
The Best AI Coding Models Right Now, By Job
Coding models run from $0.07 to $5.00 per million input tokens — a 70× spread. A shortlist by task, with verified prices and context lengths.

Coding models run from $0.07 to $5.00 per million input tokens — a 70× spread. A shortlist by task, with verified prices and context lengths.

A shortlist by task, not a ranking. Prices run from $0.002 to $0.357 per second — a 178× spread. What each tier is actually for.

Not a ranking — a shortlist by task. The cheapest model that will do each job, from $0.003 bulk generation to precision editing. Verified prices.

Resolution is the biggest lever on an AI video bill — and the cheapest provider changes depending on which tier you pick. Verified prices.

What one generated image actually costs, from $0.003 to $0.045 — across fal.ai, Replicate and Atlas Cloud, with the rounding trap that doubles bills.

What AI really costs for 10,000 product images, a chat feature at 50,000 messages a month, and 200 short videos — with the unit maths shown.

The same AI model is often listed at three different prices. Here is what actually varies — billing units, resolution tiers, run-time billing and discounts.

Multimodal significa dos cosas distintas. Un modelo que lee muchos tipos de entrada no es lo mismo que uno que los produce, y casi ninguno hace ambas cosas.

La longitud de contexto es un presupuesto, no una característica. Qué cuenta contra ella, cuáles son los límites reales hoy, y qué pasa cuando te quedas sin espacio.

Los tokens explicados en lenguaje llano: qué cuenta como uno, por qué un chat de 10 turnos factura 22 veces el texto que escribiste, y por qué los tokens de salida son los más caros.