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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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# 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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| **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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## What it is
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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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## Citation
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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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## Provenance
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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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{
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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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}
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