AI Code Assistant Monthly Cost Estimator
Running an AI coding assistant for your dev team? Estimate API costs for code completion, review, and generation workloads.
Recommended Setup
Model
Claude Sonnet 4.6
Anthropic
Monthly tokens
380M
300M in / 80M out
Estimated monthly cost
$2,100
Cost Comparison: All Cloud Models
Based on 300M input + 80M output tokens/month
| Model | Provider | Monthly cost |
|---|---|---|
| Gemma 3 4B | $18.40 | |
| Llama 3.1 8B (Groq) | Groq | $21.40 |
| Gemma 3 12B | $22.40 | |
| gpt-oss-120b | OpenAI | $26.40 |
| Gemma 3n 4B | $27.60 | |
| Doubao Seed 2.0 Mini | Doubao (ByteDance) | $32.20 |
| Gemma 3 27B | $36.80 | |
| Gemma 4 26B A4B | $44.40 | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | DeepSeek | $46.00 |
| GPT-5 Nano | OpenAI | $47.00 |
| Qwen3.5-Flash | Qwen (Alibaba) | $47.00 |
| Qwen3 14B | Qwen (Alibaba) | $49.20 |
| GLM-4.7 Flash | Zhipu AI (GLM) | $50.00 |
| Doubao Pro 32K | Doubao (ByteDance) | $55.40 |
| Hunyuan TurboS | Hunyuan (Tencent) | $55.40 |
| Llama 4 Scout (Groq) | Groq | $60.20 |
| GPT-4.1 Nano | OpenAI | $62.00 |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | $62.00 | |
| Qwen3 30B A3B | Qwen (Alibaba) | $63.00 |
| Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct | Qwen (Alibaba) | $63.60 |
| Gemma 4 31B | $64.80 | |
| Hunyuan T1 | Hunyuan (Tencent) | $86.80 |
| GPT-4o-mini | OpenAI | $93.00 |
| GPT-OSS 120B (Groq) | Groq | $93.00 |
| DeepSeek V3.2 | DeepSeek | $96.20 |
| Qwen3 Coder Next | Qwen (Alibaba) | $97.00 |
| DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek | $124 |
| DeepSeek V3.1 | DeepSeek | $126 |
| Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | Qwen (Alibaba) | $130 |
| Qwen3 32B (Groq) | Groq | $134 |
| Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct | Qwen (Alibaba) | $135 |
| Qwen2.5 72B Instruct | Qwen (Alibaba) | $140 |
| Qwen3.5-Plus | Qwen (Alibaba) | $140 |
| Qwen3.6 Flash | Qwen (Alibaba) | $147 |
| GPT-5.4 Nano | OpenAI | $160 |
| DeepSeek V3 (Mar 2025) | DeepSeek | $169 |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | $195 | |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | DeepSeek | $202 |
| Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | Qwen (Alibaba) | $210 |
| GPT-5 Mini | OpenAI | $235 |
| Llama 3.3 70B (Groq) | Groq | $240 |
| GPT-4.1 Mini | OpenAI | $248 |
| Qwen3.7 Plus | Qwen (Alibaba) | $248 |
| Qwen3.6 Plus | Qwen (Alibaba) | $255 |
| Kimi K2.5 | Kimi (Moonshot AI) | $272 |
| Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Qwen (Alibaba) | $278 |
| Qwen3-Max | Qwen (Alibaba) | $281 |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | $290 | |
| R1 0528 | DeepSeek | $322 |
| Doubao Seed 2.0 Pro | Doubao (ByteDance) | $331 |
| Llama 3.3 70B (Together) | Together AI | $334 |
| Kimi K2 | Kimi (Moonshot AI) | $355 |
| Kimi K2.5 (Together) | Together AI | $374 |
| Kimi K2 Thinking | Kimi (Moonshot AI) | $380 |
| DeepSeek R1 | DeepSeek | $410 |
| Qwen3 Coder Plus | Qwen (Alibaba) | $455 |
| Qwen3.5 397B (Together) | Together AI | $468 |
| Qwen3 Max Thinking | Qwen (Alibaba) | $546 |
| GLM-5 | Zhipu AI (GLM) | $556 |
| Claude 3.5 Haiku | Anthropic | $560 |
| GPT-5.4 Mini | OpenAI | $585 |
| Kimi K2.6 | Kimi (Moonshot AI) | $620 |
| Qwen3.7 Max | Qwen (Alibaba) | $675 |
| GLM-5-Turbo | Zhipu AI (GLM) | $680 |
| o4-mini | OpenAI | $682 |
| o3 Mini | OpenAI | $682 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | Anthropic | $700 |
| GLM-5.1 | Zhipu AI (GLM) | $772 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro (Together) | Together AI | $982 |
| Moonshot V1 (128K) | Kimi (Moonshot AI) | $1,000 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | $1,170 | |
| GPT-5 | OpenAI | $1,175 |
| GPT-5 Codex | OpenAI | $1,175 |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro | $1,175 | |
| GPT-4.1 | OpenAI | $1,240 |
| o3 | OpenAI | $1,240 |
| o4 Mini Deep Research | OpenAI | $1,240 |
| GPT-4o | OpenAI | $1,550 |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | $1,560 | |
| GPT-5.4 | OpenAI | $1,950 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6★ recommended | Anthropic | $2,100 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Anthropic | $2,100 |
| Claude Sonnet 4 | Anthropic | $2,100 |
| Claude Opus 4.7 | Anthropic | $3,500 |
| Claude Opus 4.6 | Anthropic | $3,500 |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | $3,500 |
| Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | $3,500 |
| GPT-5.5 | OpenAI | $3,900 |
| o3 Deep Research | OpenAI | $6,200 |
| Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast) | Anthropic | $7,000 |
| o1 | OpenAI | $9,300 |
| Claude Opus 4.1 | Anthropic | $10,500 |
| Claude Opus 4 | Anthropic | $10,500 |
| o3 Pro | OpenAI | $12,400 |
| GPT-5 Pro | OpenAI | $14,100 |
| Claude Opus 4.7 (Fast) | Anthropic | $21,000 |
| Claude Opus 4.6 (Fast) | Anthropic | $21,000 |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | OpenAI | $23,400 |
| GPT-5.4 Pro | OpenAI | $23,400 |
| o1-pro | OpenAI | $93,000 |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many tokens does a code completion request use?
Code completion requests typically send 1,000–8,000 input tokens (surrounding code context) and receive 50–500 output tokens. A team of 10 engineers making 200 completions/day could use 60–150M tokens/month.
Which model is best for AI code assistance?
Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Claude Opus 4.8 consistently lead coding benchmarks and are popular in tools like Cursor. GPT-5.4 is also excellent. For budget-conscious teams, GPT-5.4 Mini handles autocomplete well at $0.75/1M input.
Can I run a code assistant on a local GPU?
Yes. Models like CodeLlama 34B or Llama 3 70B (quantized) are suitable for code assistance. An A100 80G handles Llama 3 70B comfortably. For a team of 5-10 developers, a single A100 may be cost-effective vs cloud APIs.