Cheapest AI Provider

What provider should you actually go with?

Below is a graph of Intelligence per Cost, with data from Artificial Analysis adjusted based on user-reported provider subsidy.

The graph

OpenAI
Anthropic
Cursor
Other
Model intelligence and plotted cost scatter plotA logarithmic cost-per-task horizontal axis and Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index vertical axis. OpenAI uses green dots, Anthropic orange dots, Cursor-native models purple dots, and other providers grey dots.

Data

ModelProviderIntelligenceAPI cost/taskPlotted cost/taskMultiplierTreatmentSource set
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Sources

Assumptions and reference image