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How to Cut Your AI Bill Without Giving Up Claude Opus 4.7
Gemini 3.1 Pro, DeepSeek V4 and GPT-5.5 now undercut Claude Opus 4.7 by up to 90% on output tokens, with Kimi K2.6, GLM-5.1, MiniMax M2.5, Qwen3.6 and Grok 4.20 splitting the cheaper work by task. This 2026 routing guide shows where each model wins, where Opus still earns its $5 and $25 rate, and how to lower your AI bill without losing the premium reviewer.
Implicator PRO Briefing / 19 May 2026
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AI buyers have spent two years treating a flagship model as the safe default. The May 2026 price table breaks that habit. Opus still earns the hardest review calls, but Gemini, DeepSeek, GPT-5.5, Kimi, GLM, MiniMax, Qwen and Grok now carve up the cheaper work by task. The question for a software team is no longer whether a rival is smart enough in the abstract. It is whether the router, tests and reviewers can prove a cheaper lane works before a bad answer reaches production.
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Editor-in-Chief and founder of Implicator.ai. Former ARD correspondent and senior broadcast journalist with 10+ years covering tech. Writes daily briefings on policy and market developments. Based in San Francisco.
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