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Make model pricing badges more granular (5-point Logarithmic Scale)

Feature Request

Right now, the 4 pricing buckets ($, $$, $$$, and red $$$) end up a bit too compressed because API pricing varies exponentially. For example, two models might both show as $$, but one is actually a fraction of the cost of the other.

Since keeping the simple green/red color scheme is great for UI cleanliness and avoids the contrast issues of yellow or orange, it would be awesome to just expand the scale to 5 states and map them logarithmically:

  • $ (Green) — Ultra-economy

  • $$ (Green) — Cheap

  • $$$ (Green) — Mid-range

  • $$$$ (Red) — Premium / Expensive

  • $$$$$ (Red) — Ultra-expensive outliers

This keeps the clear mental model (Green = economy, Red = expensive warning) but gives enough granularity so models with vastly different prices (like Gemini Pro vs. GLM-5) don't get forced into the exact same bucket.

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  • Mark Florkowski

    Team

    There actually already are 5 states in the current model:

    • … (Grey) — Ultra-economy

    • $ (Green) — Cheap

    • $$ (Green) — Mid-range

    • $$$ (Green) — Premium / Expensive

    • $$$+ (Red) — Ultra-expensive outliers

    The indicators are based on both the per-token cost, as well as the “real world” cost based on token usage (if a “cheap” model uses a lot of tokens to respond, it can be ranked as more expensive than one with a higher per-token cost that is more token efficient)

    models with vastly different prices (like Gemini Pro vs. GLM-5) don't get forced into the exact same bucket

    They aren’t?