
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 betyder två olika saker. En modell som läser många indatatyper är inte densamma som en som producerar dem — och nästan ingen gör bådadera.

Kontextlängd är en budget, inte en funktion. Vad som räknas mot den, var de verkliga gränserna går i dag, och vad som händer när det tar slut.

Tokens på vanlig svenska: vad som räknas som en, varför en chatt på 10 turer fakturerar 22× den skrivna texten, och varför utdatatokens kostar mest.