# OptimToken by OptimNow

> Compare LLM pricing and cloud compute pricing with business metrics, technical filters, and live provider data.

Primary site: https://optimtoken.optimnow.io/
Compute page: https://optimtoken.optimnow.io/compute
Per-model pages: https://optimtoken.optimnow.io/models/{provider}/{model} — one
static HTML page per model (full pricing incl. batch/cache, use-case costs),
readable without JavaScript; complete list in https://optimtoken.optimnow.io/sitemap.xml
Guides: https://optimtoken.optimnow.io/guides/batch-api-economics — Batch API
economics: when the -50% actually applies (worked examples with current prices)
Detailed reference: https://optimtoken.optimnow.io/llms-full.txt

## Summary

OptimToken helps teams compare large language model pricing and cloud infrastructure pricing in one web app. The root page focuses on LLMs. The compute page focuses on cloud instances.

## LLM pricing

- Compare hundreds of models when live OpenRouter data is available (exact count in the API's meta.total), with static fallback coverage in local development or API outages
- Providers include OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, DeepSeek, Mistral, xAI, Cohere, Amazon, Alibaba, AI21 Labs, and others
- Business view shows efficiency score, unit cost per request, monthly budget estimates, and a FinOps Friendly badge
- Technical view shows input and output price per 1M tokens, context window, parameters, release date, and capabilities
- Use case presets: Support Ticket, Knowledge Q&A, Meeting Summary, Marketing Content, Coding Task, Invoice Processing, Call Summary, Agent Workflow
- FinOps Friendly requires all 3: Arena ELO >= 1250, efficiency in the top 30%, and a stable release

## Cloud compute pricing

- Compare AWS, Azure, GCP, DigitalOcean, OCI, OVH, and Alibaba Cloud
- Pricing tiers include on-demand, spot/preemptible, savings plans or CUDs, and reserved pricing where the provider supports them
- Filters cover provider, category, use case, processor family, operating system, region, vCPUs, and memory

## Machine-readable API (free, no auth, CORS enabled)

AI agents and applications are welcome to read the same JSON data the site uses.
Terms: free to use with attribution — cite https://optimtoken.optimnow.io/ as the
source. Data is provided as-is for comparison; verify final numbers with official
provider pricing pages.

OpenAPI 3.1 spec (full schemas + field provenance): https://optimtoken.optimnow.io/openapi.json
MCP server (Model Context Protocol, streamable HTTP): https://ai-pricing-hub-mcp-9604f763.alpic.live/
  Docs & connection guide: https://optimtoken.optimnow.io/mcp
  Tools: compare-llm-models, estimate-llm-cost, compare-compute-pricing.
  Registry name: io.github.optimnow/ai-pricing-hub

- LLM pricing JSON: https://optimtoken.optimnow.io/api/llm-models
  Query params: ?provider= (exact, case-insensitive), ?model= (substring), ?limit=
  Example: /api/llm-models?provider=anthropic&limit=10
  Returns { models: [...], meta }. Each model has: provider, model, inputPricePer1M,
  outputPricePer1M, batchInputPricePer1M, batchOutputPricePer1M (batch API, typically -50%),
  cachedInputPricePer1M (prompt-cache read price), contextWindow, category, capabilities,
  releaseDate, eloScore (Arena), license. meta.timestamp is the snapshot time and
  meta.eloAsOf the date of the last Arena ELO refresh.
- Compute pricing JSON: https://optimtoken.optimnow.io/api/pricing
  Query params: ?region= (us-east | us-west | europe | asia-pacific),
  ?provider=aws,gcp (comma list), ?instanceType= (substring), ?limit=
  Example: /api/pricing?region=europe&provider=aws,azure&instanceType=large&limit=50
  Returns { instances: [...], meta }. Each instance has: provider, instanceType, os, vCPUs,
  memory, onDemandHourly, onDemandMonthly, spot, savingsPlan1yr/3yr, reserved1yr/3yr
  (reserved = EFFECTIVE HOURLY, term totals divided by term hours).
  meta.sources marks each provider live or static; meta.sourceRegions tells the actual
  priced region per provider — some public endpoints return a global list price.

## Data sources and freshness

- LLM pricing: OpenRouter API, refreshed at most every 24 hours (CDN cache), with a
  daily-regenerated static fallback
- LLM quality: Arena (formerly Chatbot Arena / LMArena) ELO scores, refreshed monthly
- Cloud pricing: live provider APIs (AWS, Azure, GCP, DigitalOcean, OCI, OVH), refreshed
  at most every 24 hours; Alibaba Cloud uses curated static data