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Every number on these pages is computed from our verified pricing data (last refresh: 2026-07-11) using the same engine as the calculator — tokenizer overhead, caching economics, and retries included. When prices change, these pages change.

OpenAI vs Anthropic
OpenAI vs Anthropic Pricing: Real Cost Breakdown
The rate cards look nearly identical — the real gaps are the tokenizer, the cache-write premium, and the budget tier. Computed live from verified pricing data.