Text Token Calculator & Tokenizer
Paste your text or code below to instantly calculate tokens across multiple tokenizers in real-time. Optimize your prompts and estimate your LLM costs.
Token ↔ Word & Cost Converter
Estimate how many words, pages, and cost this token count represents across models
LLM (GPT-5.5, Claude, DeepSeek) calling costs are 30% - 50% lower than official APIs. Multimodal (Veo 3.1, Flux Pro) costs are 60%+ lower!
Single key aggregates text, image, video generation (Runway, Veo, Kling), music generation (Suno), and speech recognition. No multiple accounts needed.
Fully compatible with OpenAI / Anthropic request formats. Simply update base_url and api_key in your code to migrate seamlessly.
Developer Integration Guides (Cursor, Claude Code, SDK)
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is a Token?
Tokens are the basic building blocks of text processed by Large Language Models. Models don't read word-by-word like humans; instead, they split text into smaller chunks called tokens (sub-words). Typically, 1 token equals about 4 characters or 0.75 English words. For non-English scripts like Chinese or Japanese, one character can cost 1 to 2 tokens depending on the tokenizer.
Q: Why do token counts differ between models?
This is because each model family uses a different Tokenizer and vocabulary list. For instance, OpenAI's o200k_base (used in GPT-4o/o1/o3) has a much larger vocabulary than cl100k_base (used in GPT-4), meaning it can compress non-English languages and code much more efficiently, yielding fewer tokens.
Tokenizer Tech Overview
In prompt engineering, optimizing token usage is the most direct way to cut API expenses. Here is a brief review of the mainstream tokenizers:
- o200k_base: Used in GPT-5.5, GPT-4o, o1, o3 series. Provides 30%-50% better compression for non-English scripts, saving on contextual costs.
- DeepSeek Tokenizer: Tailored for code and multilingual text. Possesses a vocabulary of 129,280 and highly compact segmentations.
- Claude / Gemini: Based on Byte-Pair Encoding (BPE) and SentencePiece respectively, offering superior parsing of mathematical expressions and programming structures.