
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.

Multimodaal betekent twee dingen. Een model dat veel invoertypen leest is niet hetzelfde als een dat ze maakt — en vrijwel geen enkel model doet allebei.

Contextlengte is een budget, geen feature. Wat er tegenop telt, wat de echte grenzen vandaag zijn, en wat er gebeurt als het opraakt.

Tokens in gewone taal: wat er als één telt, waarom een chat van 10 beurten 22× de getypte tekst factureert, en waarom uitvoertokens het meest kosten.