Compare Leading AI Models and API Channels

Compare each vendor’s current leading model, then find the best API channel for the model you choose.

Comprehensive Comparison

Compare prices, rate limits, and performance across official and third-party channels

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Find the cheapest providers and save up to 70% on API costs

China Accessible

Mark channels accessible from China with Alipay/WeChat support

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New plan and model categories

Agent, coding, token and creative are plan categories. Video, music and world models are model categories. The two axes stay separate.

Pricing research and market data

Choose a model through the cross-vendor comparison, then inspect its prices across official, cloud, and aggregator channels. Price history remains available for trend and migration research.

Frequently asked questions

What can I compare on aiplans.dev?

Two things: metered API prices for the same AI model across channels (official, cloud, aggregators, resellers), and subscription plans for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Kimi, GLM and more — free, pro, team and enterprise tiers with annual discounts. Every price is read in the channel's own currency then normalised to USD for comparison.

What is the difference between metered API pricing and a subscription plan?

APIs charge per token and suit integrating a model into your own app; subscriptions bill monthly or annually for day-to-day use in an official or third-party app. For high volume, compare per-channel API unit prices; for everyday chat, compare plan tiers, message limits and the models each plan includes.

Can I use these channels from mainland China?

Every channel is flagged for direct mainland-China access, with a filter to show only those channels. Domestic producers and some aggregators are directly reachable and support Alipay/WeChat Pay; international official channels normally require a proxy or VPN.

How up to date and accurate is the pricing data?

API and plan prices are scraped daily from official pages and every tracked channel, with significant changes recorded in a price-history log. A daily read-only audit cross-checks each channel against the model producer's published price and flags stale or inconsistent rows for correction.

Where should I start?

Open a popular model to see every subscription plan that includes it, or go to API pricing to filter all models by price, region and channel type. Each model also has its own detail page summarising per-channel unit prices, Arena scores and subscription options.