tokevenCost Calculator
How much does blog writing cost?
Compare 14 AI models for blog writing. Prices shown at 10K calls/month with default token counts.
Creative writing tasks generate long-form content from a brief input prompt. Output tokens far exceed input, making output pricing the primary cost driver here. Longer articles and stories increase per-call cost because of higher output volume.
What drives blog writing cost
The most output-heavy use case tracked here. A brief of a few hundred tokens produces an article of several thousand, so output pricing is essentially the entire cost and input rate is noise. Generating section by section rather than whole-article gives you more control over both quality and spend, at the cost of more calls.
Recommendations
Top picks for blog writing
Best quality
Claude Opus 4.8
93/100 confidence
Best value
Claude Sonnet 5
87/100 confidence · $140/mo
Budget pick
Claude Haiku 4.5
60/100 confidence · $70/mo
Monthly estimates assume 1,000 input / 8,000 output tokens per call. Use the detailed page for custom calculations.
Confidence scores are a third-party benchmark snapshot from week 29 of 2026. This snapshot is 8 weeks old, so treat the scores as directional and validate against your own evals.
Frequently asked questions
How much does blog writing cost per API call?
The most output-heavy use case tracked here. A brief of a few hundred tokens produces an article of several thousand, so output pricing is essentially the entire cost and input rate is noise. Generating section by section rather than whole-article gives you more control over both quality and spend, at the cost of more calls. Across the 14 models we track, a typical call uses about 1,000 input and 8,000 output tokens.
What is the cheapest model for blog writing?
GPT 5.6 Luna from GPT is the lowest-cost model we track for blog writing, at roughly $16.00 for 10,000 calls per month. It scores 58 out of 100 on this task type.
Which model is best for blog writing?
Claude Opus 4.8 from Claude ranks highest for blog writing, scoring 93 out of 100. Confidence scores are a third-party benchmark snapshot from week 29 of 2026. This snapshot is 8 weeks old, so treat the scores as directional and validate against your own evals.
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