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AI Token Counter & Cost Estimator

Q: Does this tool call a paid API?

No. This calculator or suggestion tool runs locally. Third-party services it describes have their own terms and charges.

Q: Are the results guaranteed?

No. Review assumptions and provider documentation. Estimates exclude billing details such as taxes, caching and tool fees. Curated recommendations do not establish free-plan eligibility.

Estimate text tokens with a rough character heuristic and calculate costs for three selected Claude API models. Not an exact tokenizer.

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Quick Answer

Estimate text tokens with a rough character heuristic and calculate costs for three selected Claude API models. Not an exact tokenizer.

Rough text estimate: one token per four Unicode characters. Accuracy varies substantially with language and content; this is not a Claude tokenizer. Selected standard API rates reviewed October 15, 2026; no paid API is called.

Official pricing sourceYour prompt / text

ModelExpected output tokens

Characters

Words

Input tokens

Rough character-based estimate; not a tokenizer

Estimated cost per call

Input

< $0.0001

20 × $1/M

Output

$0.002500

500 × $5/M

Total

$0.002520

per Claude Haiku 4.5 call

$0.2520

100 calls

$2.52

1,000 calls

$25.20

10,000 calls

🔒 Your text never leaves the browser — token counting and pricing all run client-side. Costs exclude message overhead, tools, images, caching, batch discounts and taxes. Verify rates and actual token counts before budgeting.

Quick Facts

Tool Name: AI Token Counter & Cost Estimator
Category: AI Strategy Tool
Price: Free browser utility; device and input limits apply.
Platform: Browser Based
Login Required: ✓ No
Processing & privacy: The core calculation runs in your browser. This tool does not need a paid AI API for its core output.
Scope: Results describe the submitted input and supported checks. They do not guarantee accuracy, search rankings, indexing or AI citations. Read our testing and scoring methodology.

How to Use AI Token Counter & Cost Estimator

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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about AI Token Counter & Cost Estimator

Does this tool call a paid API?

No. This calculator or suggestion tool runs locally. Third-party services it describes have their own terms and charges.

Are the results guaranteed?

No. Review assumptions and provider documentation. Estimates exclude billing details such as taxes, caching and tool fees. Curated recommendations do not establish free-plan eligibility.

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