Ramp's effective token-price index fell 41%, from the March 2026 peak of $1.15 to $0.68 per million tokens (9 September 2026)
$1.15/M → $0.68/M (Mar–Sep 2026, Ramp index)observed
| Value kind | observed — Reported measurements, counts, and specifications keep the precision and scope stated by their source; an exact specification is not treated as a range. |
|---|---|
| Scope | Effective-price index among businesses Ramp observes; do not splice this series to the historical March 2025 cohort comparison. |
| As of | 2026-09-09 |
| Source | Ramp AI Index, 9 September 2026 · Effective price per million tokens, March peak to publication week |
| Review | checking…review by 2026-12-09 · fast cadence |
| Recorded changes | last 2026-10-05 · 4 revisions tracked |
| Claim id | self-hosted-vs-market-avg-inference-cost-per |
Where the guide uses it
- 1.3 Inference Data Centers: Bursty, Distributed, Always-On
- 10.11 Inference Serving Engineering: SLOs, Batching, Disaggregation & Goodput-Optimal Scheduling
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