Market Structure
How AI pricing is formed
Commodity-style view of the inference market: basis (channel discount/premium vs direct owner) and price dispersion across providers selling the same model.
Model Basis
$-1.293
avg(cheapest channel price − direct owner price)
coverage: 18 models
Price Dispersion
30.55%
avg stddev/mean across provider prices per model
raw stddev: $0.457 / 1M
Model Basis Trend
Negative values mean reseller/aggregator channels are cheaper than direct owner pricing.
$-1.293
$-1.293
2026-04-16
2026-04-16
Input Price Dispersion Trend
Higher dispersion means more cross-provider pricing inefficiency for identical models.
30.55
30.55
2026-04-16
2026-04-16