Tool 02 · cost
What 1,000 image analyses actually cost
Translate “¥15 per million tokens” into a monthly bill. Adjust volume, resolution and output length to see how 24 models reorder on cost.
Lowest monthly
¥3.0MiniCPM-V 4.5
Flagship monthly
¥90.8Doubao Seed 2.0 Pro
Assumptions: 120 prompt tokens per image; input priced at 25% of output; no cache, retries or volume discounts; models without public pricing or commercial access are excluded. Based on 10,000 images/month.
Monthly cost ranking
¥3.0/ mo from
The flagship costs 30.0× the cheapest. Model choice can cost a headcount.
List prices or self-host estimates for comparison only; your bill depends on vendor pricing and call structure.
About the cost model
Why is ranking by output price misleading?
Image analysis is large-input, small-output. Image tokens often exceed 70% of the total, so input price and tiling drive the bill more.
Why do open models have a cost?
Self-hosting needs GPUs, bandwidth, ops and redundancy. We convert mainstream GPU cloud pricing and utilisation into an equivalent unit price for comparison with APIs.
How far off can a real bill be?
Token counting for the same image can vary 2–4× across vendors; retries, caching, batching and volume discounts also matter. Reconcile with 1,000 real images before committing.
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