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+ ---
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+ license: cc-by-4.0
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+ pretty_name: "The Nesyona Effective-Price Index 2026 (AI consumer shrinkflation)"
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+ language:
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+ - en
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+ tags:
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+ - lattice
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+ - first-party-data
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+ - doi
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+ - ai-tools
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+ source_datasets:
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+ - original
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+ ---
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+
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+ # The Nesyona Effective-Price Index 2026 (AI consumer shrinkflation)
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+ First-party research dataset from the **Lattice network**, published open under CC-BY 4.0 with a
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+ permanent DOI. Nothing here is scraped from another dataset — it is computed and published under a
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+ single ORCID-verified byline.
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+
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+ | | |
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+ |---|---|
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+ | **DOI** | [`10.5281/zenodo.20675138`](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20675138) |
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+ | **Published by** | Nesyona (`nesyona.com`) |
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+ | **Study page** | https://nesyona.com/research/real-ai-price-shrinkflation-index-2026/ |
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+ | **Licence** | CC-BY 4.0 — reuse freely with attribution |
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+ | **Publication date** | 2026-05-09 |
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+
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+ ## What it is
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+
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+ The first public computation of AI consumer effective price per task that accounts for tokenizer inflation and free-tier changes. Effective $/task across Claude Pro, ChatGPT Plus, and ChatGPT Pro for Jan 2026 vs Jun 2026, capturing list-price-flat 'shrinkflation' driven by the Opus 4.7 tokenizer (carried into Opus 4.8). Methodology and full sourcing at https://nesyona.com/research/real-ai-price-shrinkflation-index-2026/ . License CC-BY 4.0.
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+
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+ ## Citation
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+
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+ ```bibtex
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+ @dataset{real_ai_price_shrinkflation_index_2026,
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+ title = {The Nesyona Effective-Price Index 2026 (AI consumer shrinkflation)},
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+ author = {Couey, Vincent Wesley},
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+ year = {2026},
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+ doi = {10.5281/zenodo.20675138},
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+ url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20675138}
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+ }
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## Provenance
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+
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+ Part of the Lattice open research index — every study is CC-BY, DOI-backed and published under one
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+ byline. The full index: <https://www.deepsynthesis.org/#research>
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+ "metadata": {
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+ "name": "The Nesyona Effective-Price Index 2026 (AI Consumer Shrinkflation)",
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+ "description": "The first public computation of AI consumer effective price per task that accounts for tokenizer inflation and free-tier changes. Effective $/task across Claude Pro, ChatGPT Plus, and ChatGPT Pro for Jan 2026 vs Jun 2026, capturing list-price-flat 'shrinkflation' driven by the Opus 4.7 tokenizer (carried into Opus 4.8).",
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+ "tools": 3,
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+ "timeRange": "2026-01 to 2026-06",
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+ "datePublished": "2026-06-10",
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+ "dateModified": "2026-06-10",
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+ "nextReview": "2026-09",
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+ "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
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+ "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
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+ "canonicalUrl": "https://nesyona.com/articles/real-ai-price-shrinkflation-index-2026",
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+ "creator": {
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+ "name": "Vincent Wesley Couey",
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+ "id": "https://nesyona.com/author/vincent-couey#person"
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+ },
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+ "publisher": {
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+ "name": "Nesyona",
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+ "url": "https://nesyona.com"
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+ },
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+ "methodology": "Fixed task basket of 300 tasks/month (avg 850 input + 600 output tokens each), priced at each tool's current list price, multiplied by its tokenizer-inflation factor, then adjusted for free-tier headroom (fraction of the basket the free tier covers). The result is effective $/task: what a moderate-use consumer actually spends per meaningful output task at the current tokenization rate. Tokenizer-inflation factors sourced from OpenRouter, FindSkill, and TokenMix analyses of the Claude Opus 4.7 tokenizer. Every figure is date-stamped and source-attributed.",
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+ "referenceBasket": {
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+ "tasksPerMonth": 300,
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+ "avgInputTokens": 850,
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+ "avgOutputTokens": 600
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+ },
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+ "fields": [
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+ "tool",
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+ "list_price_usd_per_month",
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+ "tokenizer_inflation_factor",
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+ "effective_dollars_per_task_jan_2026",
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+ "effective_dollars_per_task_jun_2026",
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+ "change",
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+ "sources",
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+ "verified_date"
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+ ]
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+ },
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+ "data": [
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+ {
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+ "tool": "Claude Pro",
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+ "list_price_usd_per_month": 20,
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+ "tokenizer_inflation_factor": "1.0-1.35x",
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+ "effective_dollars_per_task_jan_2026": 0.067,
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+ "effective_dollars_per_task_jun_2026": 0.085,
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+ "change": "+27% max (12-27% cost impact; +32-47% more tokens)",
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+ "sources": [
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+ "OpenRouter",
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+ "FindSkill",
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+ "TokenMix"
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+ ],
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+ "verified_date": "2026-06-10"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "tool": "ChatGPT Plus",
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+ "list_price_usd_per_month": 20,
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+ "tokenizer_inflation_factor": "1.0x",
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+ "effective_dollars_per_task_jan_2026": 0.061,
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+ "effective_dollars_per_task_jun_2026": 0.066,
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+ "change": "+8% (tier-value; free tier ad-degraded Feb 2026)",
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+ "sources": [
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+ "FindSkill",
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+ "Fritz.ai",
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+ "CloudZero"
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+ ],
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+ "verified_date": "2026-06-10"
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "tool": "ChatGPT Pro",
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+ "list_price_usd_per_month": 100,
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+ "tokenizer_inflation_factor": "1.0x",
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+ "effective_dollars_per_task_jan_2026": null,
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+ "effective_dollars_per_task_jun_2026": 0.04,
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+ "change": "new tier Apr 2026",
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+ "sources": [
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+ "BuildFastWithAI"
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+ ],
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+ "verified_date": "2026-06-10"
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+ }
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+ ],
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+ "keyFindings": [
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+ "Claude Pro's effective cost per task rose approximately 20-27% in 2026 with no list-price change, driven by Opus 4.7 tokenizer inflation (April 2026): the same prompt now generates 12-47% more tokens.",
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+ "ChatGPT Plus list price held at $20/mo but effective value eroded ~8% via Feb 2026 free-tier ad-degradation and GPT-5.5 being gated to the $100+ Pro tiers.",
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+ "The list price is a fiction; the effective price is the number a user feels in their usage cap."
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+ ]
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+ }