Source-tracked model comparison

GPT-5.4 Nano vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: which has lower support-triage API cost?

Compare verified pricing and model limits for lowest-cost model routing for support triage. The cost example uses a support ticket triage workload and does not assume equal model quality.

Direct cost answer: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is estimated at $52.38 per month and gpt-5.4-nano at $132.88 for 1,500 input tokens, 250 output tokens, and 250,000 monthly requests. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is $80.50 lower under these assumptions. This does not identify a quality winner.
Current provider alternativesSupport ticket triageSources checked 2026-07-12 / 2026-07-13
Tracked facts

Pricing and model limits

Prices are USD per 1M tokens under each model's verified default profile.

FieldGemini 2.5 Flash-Litegpt-5.4-nano
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
API model IDgemini-2.5-flash-litegpt-5.4-nano
Input / 1M$0.10$0.20
Cached input / 1M$0.01$0.02
Output / 1M$0.40$1.25
Context window1,048,576 tokens400,000 tokens
Maximum output65,536 tokens128,000 tokens
Accepted inputtext, image, video, audio, pdftext, image
Example workload

Support ticket triage cost scenario

1,500 input and 250 output tokens per request, 250,000 monthly requests, and 30% cached input.

Google

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

$52.38 / month
Input cost
$27.38
Output cost
$25.00
Per 1,000 calls
$0.2095
Pricing profile
standard / text
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OpenAI

gpt-5.4-nano

$132.88 / month
Input cost
$54.75
Output cost
$78.13
Per 1,000 calls
$0.5315
Pricing profile
standard / short context
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Cost result: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is $80.50 lower per month for these assumptions. This is a price comparison, not a model-quality ranking.

StackLens assessment

Questions to answer before choosing

  • Which model meets the triage accuracy requirement?
  • What percentage of tickets needs escalation?
  • Do provider availability requirements rule out either option?
Workload caveat

What this estimate leaves out

This estimate covers generation tokens only and does not assume equal routing accuracy between models.

Latency, reliability, output quality, retries, regional processing, and provider-specific tool charges can change the practical decision.