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AI-Cost-CLI is an MCP server published by ufhouck in the Developer Tools category: terminal-based AI API cost calculator, recommender, and mcp server.
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AI-Cost-CLI
A terminal-based calculator and recommendation engine for AI API costs. Supports multiple providers, local currency conversion, and automated pricing updates.
Preview: Direct vs. Aggregator Comparison
Compare the effective cost of using models directly vs. through gateways like OpenRouter, including platform fees.
Comparison: gpt-4o vs openrouter/gpt-4o
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┃ Attribute ┃ gpt-4o ┃ openrouter/gpt-4o ┃
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│ Provider │ OpenAI │ OpenRouter │
├──────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│ Source │ Direct │ Aggregator │
├──────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│ Platform Fee │ 0.0% │ 5.5% │
├──────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│ Type │ text │ text │
├──────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│ Input Cost │ 111.4775 TRY (1M) │ 117.6088 TRY (1M) │
├──────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│ Output/Unit Cost │ 445.9100 TRY (1M) │ 470.4350 TRY (1M) │
└──────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────┘
Supported Models
Text Models
| Model | Provider | Input/1M | Output/1M | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.7 | Anthropic | $5.00 | $25.00 | reasoning, coding, vision, agentic |
| GPT-5.5 | OpenAI | $5.00 | $30.00 | multimodal, coding, agentic |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | OpenAI | $30.00 | $180.00 | precision, enterprise, agentic |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Anthropic | $3.00 | $15.00 | coding, fast, general |
| GPT-4o | OpenAI | $2.50 | $10.00 | reasoning, coding, vision |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | $2.00 | $12.00 | long-context, multimodal | |
| DeepSeek R1 | DeepSeek | $0.55 | $2.19 | reasoning, coding, smart |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | $0.30 | $2.50 | fast, reasoning, legacy | |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite | $0.25 | $1.50 | fast, cheap, agentic | |
| DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek | $0.14 | $0.28 | general, coding, cheap |
Image, Video & Audio Models
| Model | Provider | Price | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imagen 4 Fast | $0.02/image | Image | |
| GPT-Image-1 | OpenAI | $0.02/image | Image |
| DALL-E 3 | OpenAI | $0.04/image | Image |
| Imagen 4 Ultra | $0.06/image | Image | |
| Veo 3 Lite | $0.05/sec | Video | |
| Veo 3 | $0.40/sec | Video | |
| Lyria 3 Clip | $0.04/clip | Music | |
| Lyria 3 Pro | $0.08/song | Music | |
| Whisper | OpenAI | $0.006/min | Speech-to-Text |
| TTS Standard | OpenAI | $15/1M chars | Text-to-Speech |
Full list available via
aicost list --currency USD
Features
- Infrastructure Comparison: Compare Direct providers vs. Aggregators (OpenRouter) and Gateways (Portkey, LiteLLM, Martian).
- Transparent Commissions: Automatically calculates platform fees (e.g., OpenRouter's 5.5% credit fee).
- Direct Cost Calculation: Full breakdown of base costs and platform middle-layer fees.
- Currency Conversion: Real-time conversion to local currencies (TRY, EUR, etc.) with offline fallback.
- Automated Pricing: Weekly automated updates from official provider documentation.
- MCP Server: Native support for AI agents (Cursor, Claude Desktop).
Installation
pip install aicost-cli
With MCP server support:
pip install aicost-cli[mcp]
Or from source:
git clone https://github.com/ufhouck/aicost.git
cd aicost
pip install -e .
Usage
List All Models
aicost list --currency TRY
Calculate Cost
# Text model — token-based
aicost calc claude-opus-4.7 --input 1000000 --output 500000 --currency TRY
# With platform fee breakdown (aggregators)
aicost calc openrouter/gpt-4o --input 1000000 --output 500000 --currency TRY
Output Example:
╭───────── Cost Calculation ──────────╮
│ Model: openrouter/gpt-4o │
│ Source: Aggregator │
│ │
│ Base Cost: 316.9976 TRY │
│ Platform Fee (5.5%): 17.4349 TRY │
│ │
│ Total Cost: 334.4325 TRY │
╰─────────────────────────────────────╯
Compare Models
aicost compare claude-opus-4.7 gpt-5.5 --currency USD
Get Recommendations
aicost recommend "fast cheap coding" --currency USD
Sync Latest Pricing
aicost sync
MCP Server
Start the Model Context Protocol server for AI agent integration:
aicost mcp
Registries
- PyPI
- MCP Registry —
io.github.ufhouck/aicost-cli - Smithery.ai
- Skills.sh
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines on how to contribute, including pricing updates, bug reports, and code contributions.
Community
License
MIT — see LICENSE for details. Developed by Ufuk Aydın.
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