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Most expensive AI APIs in 2026, ranked by output price

Leiolai 1 Plus Ultra is the most expensive AI API at $700 per million output tokens. GPT-6 Astra and Claude Fable 5.1 are tied for second at $50.

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AI API prices per million output tokens.
  1. 1. Leiolai 1 Plus Ultra

    $160 input$700 output

    Leiolai 1 uses the Plus Ultra rate when reasoning_effort is set to "xhigh" in Research or Private mode. At $700 per million output tokens, it is the most expensive AI API.

  2. 2. GPT-6 Astra

    $10 input$50 output

    OpenAI charges $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens for GPT-6 Astra at the standard short-context rate. Astra is tied for second.

  3. 2. Claude Fable 5.1

    $10 input$50 output

    Anthropic charges the same $10 input and $50 output rates for Claude Fable 5.1. Fable shares second place with GPT-6 Astra.

  4. 4. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview

    $2 input$12 output

    Google charges $2 per million input tokens and $12 per million output tokens for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview with prompts up to 200,000 tokens. Gemini ranks fourth.

  5. 5. Grok 4.7

    $2 input$6 output

    xAI charges $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens for Grok 4.7. Grok ranks fifth.

Full price comparison

Price per million tokensRanked by output
RankProvider and modelInputOutput
1Leiolai 1Leiolai · Plus Ultra$160$700
2GPT-6 AstraOpenAI$10$50
2Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic$10$50
4Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle · prompts up to 200K$2$12
5Grok 4.7xAI$2$6

Prices were checked against each provider's official pricing on September 26, 2026.

What $700 per million output tokens means

The $700 figure is a token rate, not the flat price of one request. A response that uses fewer than one million output tokens costs a proportional fraction of that rate. Input is billed separately at $160 per million tokens.

Where Opus, Sol, Luna, and Grok land

Claude Opus 5.5 lists at $4 input and $20 output per million tokens. GPT-6 Sol lists at $2 and $10, Grok 4.7 at $2 and $6, and GPT-6 Luna at $0.10 and $0.50. All four cost less than GPT-6 Astra and Claude Fable 5.1 at standard rates. The GPT-6 Astra, Fable 5.1, and Leiolai 1 comparison covers context and output limits.

Call Leiolai 1 with Plus Ultra

Use leiolai-1 with reasoning_effort: "xhigh". Xhigh is the maximum response-depth setting and uses the same $160 input and $700 output rates in Research and Private modes.

Developers can cap output with max_completion_tokens and set an API budget. The Leiolai API pricing table carries the current rates and the API reference shows the supported request fields.

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