How many tokens is my text?

English text averages about 1 token per 4 characters or 0.75 words per token. A 1000-word article is roughly 1,300 tokens. Code and non-English text may use more tokens. Use the token estimator above for accurate counts.

How much does 1 million tokens cost?

1 million tokens costs $0.075 (Gemini Flash Lite) to $30 (GPT-5.5) for input. Most mid-tier models cost $1-3 per million tokens. Output tokens cost 2-10x more. GPT-5 is $1.25/M input, $10/M output.

What is the difference between input and output tokens?

Input tokens are what you send to the API (your prompt). Output tokens are what the model generates (the response). Output tokens cost 2-10x more than input tokens. For example, GPT-5 charges $1.25/M input but $10/M output.

Token Cost Estimator

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Input Tokens

Tokens sent to the model

Output Tokens

Tokens generated by the model

Requests / Month

How many API calls per month

Cost Comparison

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