Doesn’t seem like token costs, specifically, are increasing.
Opus cut its token pricing by 66% 6 months ago and it had previously been that higher price consistently for a year and a half (since that model launch).
GPT’s latest model is harder to track since it’s not named, but it’s historically inline with its history.
Not to mention what’s happening with other models like DeepSeek, GLM, and Kimi.
It seems to me the bigger change in costs is based on token appetite. People are discovering agentic capabilities are stronger than they used to be and use cases have broadened because of that. They’ll eventually discover too that these alternative models offer 95% of the intelligence at 20% of the price.
Opus cut its token pricing by 66% 6 months ago and it had previously been that higher price consistently for a year and a half (since that model launch).
GPT’s latest model is harder to track since it’s not named, but it’s historically inline with its history.
Not to mention what’s happening with other models like DeepSeek, GLM, and Kimi.
It seems to me the bigger change in costs is based on token appetite. People are discovering agentic capabilities are stronger than they used to be and use cases have broadened because of that. They’ll eventually discover too that these alternative models offer 95% of the intelligence at 20% of the price.