Changelog · Updated weekly · Last verified 2026-08-23

LLM Pricing Changelog

Every rate change we have recorded across OpenAI, Claude and Gemini, the promotional windows still running, and this site's own release history. Entries are newest first. Rate entries use the provider's effective date; verification entries record our weekly re-check.

Rate changes

Recorded pricing changes

Four changes to the eight models we track. Each was verified against the provider's own documentation before the data file was updated.

2026-08-21 — GPT-5.6 Sol cut to $4.00 / $20.00OpenAI reduced its flagship from $5.00/$30.00 to a promotional $4.00/$20.00 per 1M input/output tokens, a cut of 20% on input and 33% on output. Promotional rate runs through at least November 21, 2026. Verified against OpenAI model documentation on 2026-08-23. See OpenAI API Pricing.
2026-08-16 — Gemini 3.6 Flash promotional pricing confirmedGoogle's standard rate of $1.50/$7.50 per 1M input/output tokens is discounted to $0.75/$3.75 through December 31, 2026 — exactly half. The standard rate resumes January 1, 2027. See Gemini API Pricing.
2026-08-16 — Claude Sonnet 5 price increase cancelledAnthropic's scheduled September 1, 2026 increase to $3.00/$15.00 will not occur; the introductory $2.00/$10.00 rate is now the standard price. Confirmed against Anthropic's official pricing page. See Claude API Pricing.
2026-08-09 — Baseline rate captureFirst verified snapshot of all tracked models: the GPT-5.6 family, Claude Opus 5 and Haiku 4.5, and both Gemini models. Every subsequent entry records a change from this baseline.
Upcoming

Price events still to come

Two promotional windows are currently open. Both carry a published end date, and both would raise costs if they lapse as scheduled — model 2027 budgets on the post-promo number, not today's.

DateModelPromotional rateRate if it lapsesEffect on cost
2026-11-21
On or after
GPT-5.6 Sol$4.00 / $20.00$5.00 / $30.00Input +25%, output +50%. On a 1.8B-in / 30M-out month the flagship bill rises from $7,800 to $9,900.
2027-01-01
From
Gemini 3.6 Flash$0.75 / $3.75$1.50 / $7.50Doubles on both axes. On the same workload the bill rises from $1,462.50 to $2,925.00 — still below GPT-5.6 Terra's $3,960.00.

Promotional end dates are as published by the provider and may be extended or withdrawn; we re-check them weekly and update this table the moment a provider changes the published date. Neither event changes the direction of any comparison on this site — only the size of the gap. Details: OpenAI vs Gemini and Claude vs Gemini.

Verification log

Weekly checks

All eight rates are re-verified against official provider documentation on a weekly cycle. A pass with no change is still logged — "no change" is a finding, not a no-op.

2026-09-14 — Pass, no changesAll 8 models re-checked against official provider documentation; no rate moved. Claude Sonnet 5's cancelled increase to $3/$15 reconfirmed, and the two open price events remain GPT-5.6 Sol on 2026-11-21 and Gemini 3.6 Flash on 2026-12-31.
2026-08-31 — Pass, no changesAll 8 models matched their official sources. GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra and Luna verified at $4.00/$20.00, $2.00/$12.00 and $0.20/$1.20; Claude Opus 5, Sonnet 5 and Haiku 4.5 at $5.00/$25.00, $2.00/$10.00 and $1.00/$5.00; Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite at $0.75/$3.75 and $0.30/$2.50.
2026-08-23 — OpenAI rates re-verifiedFull re-check of the GPT-5.6 family against OpenAI model documentation, confirming the Sol promotional rate in effect since August 21. This is the verified date now shown on OpenAI rows sitewide.
2026-08-16 — Anthropic and Google rates re-verifiedClaude Sonnet 5's cancelled increase and Gemini 3.6 Flash's promotional window both confirmed against official pages on this date.
CadenceWeekly. Per-model verified dates are printed on every pricing page, and any change lands here with its effective date. See Methodology for sources and process.
Site releases

GetMoreTokens release history

What shipped on the site itself, newest first.

DateReleasePages / files
2026-09-23
1M-tokens guide + prompt weight analyzerHow Many Words Is 1M Tokens? (750,000 words, the request-fit limit, and why OpenAI's 272K surcharge makes a 1M prompt cost more on Sol than on Opus 5) and Prompt Weight Analyzer, which replaces the last "coming soon" card on the homepage. tools.js gained a five-rule prompt analyzer with three measured sample prompts. No pricing changes.
2026-09-16
Token definition guide + HTML savings toolWhat Is an AI Token? (the cluster root: sub-word definition, conversion by content type, output-to-input multiples) and HTML → Markdown Token Savings, which replaces the "coming soon" card on the homepage. tools.js gained the html-savings calculator with four measured sample pages.
2026-09-09
100K-tokens and context-window guidesHow Many Words Is 100K Tokens? and What Is a Context Window?. tools.js gained the context-fill calculator.
2026-09-02
Trust pages + Compare cluster completeAbout, Methodology, this changelog and Privacy added; trust links added to the footer sitewide.
2026-09-02
OpenAI vs Gemini + 1,000-word guideOpenAI vs Gemini Pricing and How Many Tokens in 1,000 Words?. tools.js gained the words-to-tokens calculator and a long-context preset.
2026-08-26
Comparison cluster opensOpenAI vs Claude and Claude vs Gemini. tools.js gained multi-provider filtering.
2026-08-19
Claude and Gemini provider pagesClaude API Pricing and Gemini API Pricing.
2026-08-11
Pricing cluster opensLLM API Pricing Comparison and OpenAI API Pricing. tools.js gained the workload scenario calculator.
2026-08-09
LaunchHomepage calculator, Token Counter, API Cost Calculator, Context Window Checker, Tokens ↔ Words, and How Much Does 1 Million AI Tokens Cost?.
Corrections

Corrections are logged here too.

If we publish a rate, date or calculation that disagrees with a provider's current documentation, we fix the data file and add an entry above — we do not silently edit. That way the record stays auditable and nobody is misled by a number that quietly changed. Report a discrepancy to hello@getmoretokens.com with the page URL and the official source.

Current rate cardLLM API Pricing Comparison.
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