Prices as of Nov 1, 2026

Which AI model for bulk classification and tagging?

Tag, sort or score thousands of short texts such as reviews, tickets and product titles. Nobody waits for the answer.

What matters for this task

  • The lowest price per request
  • Batch API: half price when results can wait up to 24 hours
  • Short, consistent outputs

Typical workload

50,000 requests/day · 400 in · 20 out · batch API

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Shortlist

4 models meet the requirements, ranked by monthly cost for this workload.

ModelArena scoreClassContextImagesInput $/1MOutput $/1MMonthly
Claude Haiku 5.5 Lowest cost 1,425 Fast 1M ✓ $0.05 $0.25 $38
GPT-6 Luna 1,441 Fast 1.05M ✓ $0.05 $0.25 $38
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1,476 Budget 1M ✓ $0.15 $0.60 $108
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite 1,456 Budget 1.05M ✓ $0.15 $1.25 $128

Arena score: LMArena (text, style control), from human votes, published Oct 28, 2026, CC BY 4.0.

Quality tests

Our side-by-side tests for this task are in progress. Until they are published, run 10 to 20 of your own real examples on two or three candidates before you choose.

Independent leaderboards: LMArena · Artificial Analysis

How this list is built: models in the classes suited to the task that meet its hard requirements (image input, context size, open weights), ranked by price. A lower price does not mean better quality.