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Token Counter

Paste any text to instantly count tokens and estimate API costs across GPT-4o, Claude 3.5, Gemini, and more. Uses a cl100k_base approximation — no API calls, no data leaves your browser.

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Estimated API cost

Based on ~0 input tokens and ~0 output tokens. Prices from public provider pages (may vary).

ModelProviderInput costOutput costTotal
GPT-4oOpenAI$0.0000$0.0000$0.0000
GPT-4o miniOpenAI$0.0000$0.0000$0.0000
Claude 3.5 SonnetAnthropic$0.0000$0.0000$0.0000
Claude 3 HaikuAnthropic$0.0000$0.0000$0.0000
Gemini 1.5 ProGoogle$0.0000$0.0000$0.0000
Gemini 2.0 FlashGoogle$0.0000$0.0000$0.0000
Pricing per 1M tokens — Input / Output:GPT-4o: $5 / $15GPT-4o mini: $0.15 / $0.6Claude 3.5 Sonnet: $3 / $15Claude 3 Haiku: $0.25 / $1.25Gemini 1.5 Pro: $3.5 / $10.5Gemini 2.0 Flash: $0.075 / $0.3

What are tokens?

Language models don't read text character by character — they process tokens, which are chunks of text roughly 4 characters long for English. A word like "hello" is 1 token; "unbelievable" might be 3–4 tokens.

Why does it matter?

LLM APIs charge per token — for both input (your prompt + context) and output (the response). Knowing your token count helps you optimize prompts, choose the right model, and predict costs before running large batches.

Approximation accuracy

This tool uses a regex-based approximation of cl100k_base encoding. Results are typically within 5–10% of the actual count. For exact counts, use the official tiktoken library or the provider's tokenizer API.

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