# AI API pricing research

> Dated studies of public API catalogs, prices, and billing units.

Canonical: https://cheapaiapi.org/research

- [20 public AI API SKUs: starting-price study, 06 November 2026](https://cheapaiapi.org/research/api-pricing) — A dated study of 20 public API SKUs, with modality counts and separate price distributions by billing unit. Published 2026-11-06 by CheapAIAPI.

Each study describes its captured dataset and calculation method. See [models and pricing](https://cheapaiapi.org/models/) for current public rates.

## Related

- [Public page index](https://cheapaiapi.org/llms.txt)