Cheapest LLM APIs
229 models ranked by blended cost — (3×input + 1×output) ÷ 4 per million tokens (input-only models like embeddings rank by their input price). Lower is cheaper.
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MODELPRICEWATCH.COM · 2026-09-22
Every model by blended cost
229 models · sorted by blended cost (cheapest first)| Notes | |||||
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| GLM-4.5-FlashZ.AI | $0 |
$0 | $0 | 128K | Open |
| GLM-4.6V-FlashZ.AI | $0 |
$0 | $0 | 128K | Open |
| GLM-4.7-FlashZ.AI | $0 |
$0 | $0 | 128K | Open |
| text-embedding-3-smallOpenAI | $0.020 |
$0.020 | — | 8K | |
| rerank-2.5-liteVoyage AI | $0.020 |
$0.020 | — | — | |
| voyage-4-liteVoyage AI | $0.020 |
$0.020 | — | — | |
| GLM-OCRZ.AI | $0.030 |
$0.030 | $0.030 | 128K | Open |
| Jev 1.13TypeSafe AI | $0.032 |
$0.042 | $0 | 64K | |
| Granite 4.0 H MicroIBM | $0.041 |
$0.017 | $0.112 | 128K | Open |
| rerank-2.5Voyage AI | $0.050 |
$0.050 | — | — | |
| LFM2.5 8B A1BTogether | $0.052 |
$0.030 | $0.120 | 33K | Open |
| Qwen3.7-FlashAlibaba | $0.055 |
$0.030 | $0.130 | 1M | |
| Llama 3.1 8BMeta | $0.058 |
$0.050 | $0.080 | 128K | Open |
| Schematron V2 TurboInference.net | $0.060 |
$0.030 | $0.150 | 128K | |
| voyage-4Voyage AI | $0.060 |
$0.060 | — | — | |
| Nova MicroAmazon | $0.061 |
$0.035 | $0.140 | 128K | |
| Baichuan M2-32BBaichuan | $0.070 |
$0.070 | $0.070 | 131K | Open |
| Hy-MT2 1.8BTencent | $0.077 |
$0.044 | $0.177 | 8K | Open |
| Qwen-TurboAlibaba | $0.088 |
$0.050 | $0.200 | 1M | |
| Schematron V2 SmallInference.net | $0.095 |
$0.050 | $0.230 | 128K | |
| Ministral 3 3BMistral | $0.100 |
$0.100 | $0.100 | 128K | Open |
| Reka EdgeReka | $0.100 |
$0.100 | $0.100 | 66K | |
| GLM-4-32B-0414Z.AI | $0.100 |
$0.100 | $0.100 | 128K | Open |
| Nova LiteAmazon | $0.105 |
$0.060 | $0.240 | 300K | |
| Granite Embedding 278M MultilingualIBM | $0.106 |
$0.106 | — | — | Open |
| NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 LightningDeepInfra | $0.110 |
$0.080 | $0.200 | 256K | Open |
| DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepInfra | $0.113 |
$0.090 | $0.180 | 1M | |
| Granite 4 H SmallIBM | $0.114 |
$0.064 | $0.265 | 128K | Open |
| Embed 4Cohere | $0.120 |
$0.120 | — | — | |
| voyage-4-largeVoyage AI | $0.120 |
$0.120 | — | — | |
| voyage-multimodal-3.5Voyage AI | $0.120 |
$0.120 | — | — | |
| GPT-OSS 20BFireworks | $0.128 |
$0.070 | $0.300 | 128K | Open |
| Hy-MT2 30B-A3BTencent | $0.129 |
$0.074 | $0.295 | 8K | Open |
| text-embedding-3-largeOpenAI | $0.130 |
$0.130 | — | 8K | |
| GLM-4.6V-FlashXZ.AI | $0.130 |
$0.040 | $0.400 | 128K | Open |
| Qwen3-32BDeepInfra | $0.130 |
$0.080 | $0.280 | 128K | Open |
| GPT-OSS 20BGroq | $0.131 |
$0.075 | $0.300 | 131K | Open1000 TPS |
| Qwen-FlashAlibaba | $0.138 |
$0.050 | $0.400 | 1M | |
| GPT-5 nanoOpenAI | $0.138 |
$0.050 | $0.400 | 400K | |
| Llama 4 ScoutDeepInfra | $0.150 |
$0.100 | $0.300 | 10M | Open |
| GLM-4.7-FlashXZ.AI | $0.153 |
$0.070 | $0.400 | 128K | Open |
| Solar Pro 4Upstage | $0.158 |
$0.090 | $0.360 | 524K | |
| Llama 4 ScoutMeta | $0.168 |
$0.110 | $0.340 | 10M | Open |
| Qwen3.5-FlashAlibaba | $0.175 |
$0.100 | $0.400 | 1M | |
| DeepSeek V4 FlashFireworks | $0.175 |
$0.140 | $0.280 | 1M | |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGoogle | $0.175 |
$0.100 | $0.400 | 1M | |
| Voxtral Small 24BMistral | $0.175 |
$0.100 | $0.400 | 128K | Open |
| GPT-4.1 nanoOpenAI | $0.175 |
$0.100 | $0.400 | 1M | |
| voyage-code-3Voyage AI | $0.180 |
$0.180 | — | 32K | |
| voyage-context-3Voyage AI | $0.180 |
$0.180 | — | 32K | |
| Qwen3.8-FlashAlibaba | $0.230 |
$0.150 | $0.470 | 1M | |
| Qwen3.8-Omni-FlashAlibaba | $0.230 |
$0.150 | $0.470 | 1M | |
| GLM-5.3-FlashZ.AI | $0.237 |
$0.150 | $0.500 | 1M | Open |
| Jamba MiniAI21 Labs | $0.250 |
$0.200 | $0.400 | 256K | Open |
| Hunyuan Hy3Tencent | $0.257 |
$0.147 | $0.588 | 262K | |
| KAT-Coder-Air V2.5Kwaipilot | $0.259 |
$0.148 | $0.593 | 256K | |
| Command R 08-2024Cohere | $0.262 |
$0.150 | $0.600 | 128K | |
| GPT-OSS 120BFireworks | $0.262 |
$0.150 | $0.600 | 128K | Open |
| GPT-OSS 120BGroq | $0.262 |
$0.150 | $0.600 | 131K | Open500 TPS |
| Mistral Small 4Mistral | $0.262 |
$0.150 | $0.600 | 128K | |
| GPT-OSS 120BTogether | $0.262 |
$0.150 | $0.600 | 131K | Open |
| Solar Pro 3Upstage | $0.262 |
$0.150 | $0.600 | 131K | |
| GPT-4o miniOpenAI | $0.262 |
$0.150 | $0.600 | 128K | |
| Qwen3-32BAlibaba | $0.280 |
$0.160 | $0.640 | 131K | Open |
| Mercury 2.5Inception | $0.338 |
$0.200 | $0.750 | 260K | |
| Llama 4 MaverickDeepInfra | $0.350 |
$0.200 | $0.800 | 1M | Open |
| Qwen3-32BGroq | $0.365 |
$0.290 | $0.590 | 128K | Open662 TPS |
| Mercury 2Inception | $0.375 |
$0.250 | $0.750 | 128K | |
| Mercury Edit 2Inception | $0.375 |
$0.250 | $0.750 | 32K | |
| GLM-4.5-AirZ.AI | $0.425 |
$0.200 | $1.10 | 128K | Open |
| CodestralMistral | $0.450 |
$0.300 | $0.900 | 256K | |
| Codestral 2508Mistral | $0.450 |
$0.300 | $0.900 | 256K | |
| GLM-4.6VZ.AI | $0.450 |
$0.300 | $0.900 | 128K | Open |
| GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI | $0.450 |
$0.200 | $1.20 | 1M | |
| GPT-5.4 nanoOpenAI | $0.463 |
$0.200 | $1.25 | 400K | |
| DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek | $0.525 |
$0.300 | $1.20 | 1M | |
| MiniMax-M2.7Fireworks | $0.525 |
$0.300 | $1.20 | 128K | Open |
| MiniMax-M3Fireworks | $0.525 |
$0.300 | $1.20 | 1M | Open |
| MiniMax-M2.7MiniMax | $0.525 |
$0.300 | $1.20 | 205K | Open |
| MiniMax-M3MiniMax | $0.525 |
$0.300 | $1.20 | 1M | Open |
| MiniMax-M3Together | $0.525 |
$0.300 | $1.20 | 524K | Open |
| Inkling SmallThinking Machines | $0.525 |
$0.300 | $1.20 | 262K | Open |
| Qwen3.7-PlusTogether | $0.560 |
$0.320 | $1.28 | 1M | Open |
| Qwen3.6-FlashAlibaba | $0.563 |
$0.250 | $1.50 | 1M | |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteGoogle | $0.563 |
$0.250 | $1.50 | 1M | |
| GLM-5.3-FlashXZ.AI | $0.590 |
$0.370 | $1.25 | 1M | Open |
| Qwen3-Coder-NextAlibaba | $0.600 |
$0.300 | $1.50 | 262K | |
| Qwen-PlusAlibaba | $0.600 |
$0.400 | $1.20 | 131K | |
| Muse Glimmer 30BFireworks | $0.637 |
$0.350 | $1.50 | 131K | Open |
| Muse Glimmer 30BTogether | $0.637 |
$0.350 | $1.50 | 131K | Open |
| Llama 3.3 70BMeta | $0.640 |
$0.590 | $0.790 | 128K | Open |
| Qwen3.5-35B-A3BAlibaba | $0.688 |
$0.250 | $2.00 | 262K | Open |
| GPT-5 miniOpenAI | $0.688 |
$0.250 | $2.00 | 400K | |
| Qwen3.7-PlusAlibaba | $0.700 |
$0.400 | $1.60 | 1M | |
| Qwen3.7-PlusFireworks | $0.700 |
$0.400 | $1.60 | 128K | Open |
| GPT-4.1 miniOpenAI | $0.700 |
$0.400 | $1.60 | 1M | |
| Command R 03-2024Cohere | $0.750 |
$0.500 | $1.50 | 128K | |
| Mistral Large 3Mistral | $0.750 |
$0.500 | $1.50 | 128K | |
| GPT-3.5 TurboOpenAI | $0.750 |
$0.500 | $1.50 | 16K | |
| Qwen3.5-27BAlibaba | $0.825 |
$0.300 | $2.40 | 262K | Open |
| Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle | $0.850 |
$0.300 | $2.50 | 1M | |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteGoogle | $0.850 |
$0.300 | $2.50 | 1M | |
| GLM-4.5VZ.AI | $0.900 |
$0.600 | $1.80 | — | Open |
| Qwen3.5-PlusAlibaba | $0.900 |
$0.400 | $2.40 | 1M | |
| Relace Apply 3Relace | $0.900 |
$0.800 | $1.20 | 256K | |
| SonarPerplexity | $1.00 |
$1.00 | $1.00 | 200K | |
| GLM-4.5Z.AI | $1.00 |
$0.600 | $2.20 | 128K | Open |
| GLM-4.6Z.AI | $1.00 |
$0.600 | $2.20 | 200K | Open |
| GLM-4.7Z.AI | $1.00 |
$0.600 | $2.20 | 128K | Open |
| Llama 3.3 70BTogether | $1.04 |
$1.04 | $1.04 | 131K | Open |
| NVIDIA Nemotron 3 UltraFireworks | $1.05 |
$0.600 | $2.40 | 128K | Open |
| GPT-Realtime-2.1 miniOpenAI | $1.05 |
$0.600 | $2.40 | 128K | |
| Qwen3.5-122B-A10BAlibaba | $1.10 |
$0.400 | $3.20 | 262K | Open |
| Reka FlashReka | $1.10 |
$0.800 | $2.00 | 128K | |
| Qwen3.8-27BAlibaba | $1.13 |
$0.500 | $3.00 | 1M | Open |
| Qwen3.6-PlusAlibaba | $1.13 |
$0.500 | $3.00 | 1M | |
| Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle | $1.13 |
$0.500 | $3.00 | 1M | |
| Qwen3.6-27BGroq | $1.20 |
$0.600 | $3.00 | 131K | Open500 TPS |
| Kimi K2.5Moonshot | $1.20 |
$0.600 | $3.00 | 262K | Open |
| QwQ-PlusAlibaba | $1.20 |
$0.800 | $2.40 | 131K | |
| Grok Build 0.1xAI | $1.25 |
$1.00 | $2.00 | 256K | |
| Hy4 previewTencent | $1.25 |
$0.834 | $2.50 | 1M | Open |
| KAT-Coder-Pro V2.5Kwaipilot | $1.30 |
$0.741 | $2.96 | 256K | |
| LongCat-2.0Meituan | $1.30 |
$0.750 | $2.95 | 262K | Open |
| Qwen3.6-27BAlibaba | $1.35 |
$0.600 | $3.60 | 262K | Open |
| Qwen3.5-397B-A17BAlibaba | $1.35 |
$0.600 | $3.60 | 262K | Open |
| Nova ProAmazon | $1.40 |
$0.800 | $3.20 | 300K | |
| Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle | $1.50 |
$0.750 | $3.75 | 1M | |
| Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle | $1.50 |
$0.750 | $3.75 | 1M | |
| Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle | $1.50 |
$0.750 | $3.75 | 1M | |
| Relace SearchRelace | $1.50 |
$1.00 | $3.00 | 256K | |
| GLM-5Z.AI | $1.55 |
$1.00 | $3.20 | 128K | Open |
| Grok 4.20xAI | $1.56 |
$1.25 | $2.50 | 1M | |
| Grok 4.3xAI | $1.56 |
$1.25 | $2.50 | 1M | |
| DeepSeek V4 ProDeepInfra | $1.63 |
$1.30 | $2.60 | 1M | |
| GPT-5.4 miniOpenAI | $1.69 |
$0.750 | $4.50 | 1M | |
| Kimi K2.6Fireworks | $1.71 |
$0.950 | $4.00 | 256K | Open |
| Kimi K2.7 CodeFireworks | $1.71 |
$0.950 | $4.00 | 256K | Open |
| Kimi K2.6Moonshot | $1.71 |
$0.950 | $4.00 | 262K | Open |
| Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot | $1.71 |
$0.950 | $4.00 | 262K | Open |
| Sakana NamazuSakana AI | $1.71 |
$0.950 | $4.00 | 262K | |
| InklingThinking Machines | $1.76 |
$1.00 | $4.05 | 262K | Open |
| GLM-5-TurboZ.AI | $1.90 |
$1.20 | $4.00 | 128K | Open |
| GLM-5V-TurboZ.AI | $1.90 |
$1.20 | $4.00 | 128K | Open |
| o3-miniOpenAI | $1.93 |
$1.10 | $4.40 | 200K | |
| o4-miniOpenAI | $1.93 |
$1.10 | $4.40 | 200K | |
| GLM-4.5-AirXZ.AI | $1.95 |
$1.10 | $4.50 | 128K | Open |
| DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek | $1.98 |
$1.32 | $3.96 | 1M | |
| DeepSeek V4 ProFireworks | $1.98 |
$1.32 | $3.96 | 1M | |
| DeepSeek V4 ProTogether | $1.98 |
$1.32 | $3.96 | 1M | |
| Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic | $2.00 |
$1.00 | $5.00 | 200K | |
| Muse Spark 1.1Meta | $2.00 |
$1.25 | $4.25 | 1M | |
| Muse Spark 1.2Meta | $2.00 |
$1.25 | $4.25 | 1M | |
| Muse Spark 1.3Meta | $2.00 |
$1.25 | $4.25 | 1M | |
| GLM-5.1Fireworks | $2.15 |
$1.40 | $4.40 | 128K | Open |
| GLM-5.2Fireworks | $2.15 |
$1.40 | $4.40 | 1M | Open |
| GLM-5.3Fireworks | $2.15 |
$1.40 | $4.40 | 1M | Open |
| GLM-5.2Together | $2.15 |
$1.40 | $4.40 | 1M | Open |
| GLM-5.3Together | $2.15 |
$1.40 | $4.40 | 1M | Open |
| GLM-5.1Z.AI | $2.15 |
$1.40 | $4.40 | 128K | Open |
| GLM-5.2Z.AI | $2.15 |
$1.40 | $4.40 | 1M | Open |
| GLM-5.3Z.AI | $2.15 |
$1.40 | $4.40 | 1M | Open |
| Qwen3-MaxAlibaba | $2.40 |
$1.20 | $6.00 | 262K | |
| Qwen3.8-MaxAlibaba | $3.00 |
$2.00 | $6.00 | 1M | |
| Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95BAlibaba | $3.00 |
$2.00 | $6.00 | 1M | Open |
| Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral | $3.00 |
$1.50 | $7.50 | 128K | |
| Reka CoreReka | $3.00 |
$2.00 | $6.00 | 128K | |
| Grok 4.7xAI | $3.00 |
$2.00 | $6.00 | 500K | |
| Grok 4.6xAI | $3.00 |
$2.00 | $6.00 | 500K | |
| Grok 4.5xAI | $3.00 |
$2.00 | $6.00 | 500K | |
| Fugu MaxSakana AI | $3.00 |
$2.00 | $6.00 | 1M | |
| Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle | $3.38 |
$1.50 | $9.00 | 1M | |
| Kimi K2.7 Code HighSpeedMoonshot | $3.42 |
$1.90 | $8.00 | 262K | Open |
| Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle | $3.44 |
$1.25 | $10.00 | 2M | |
| GPT-5.1OpenAI | $3.44 |
$1.25 | $10.00 | 400K | |
| GPT-5OpenAI | $3.44 |
$1.25 | $10.00 | 400K | |
| Jamba LargeAI21 Labs | $3.50 |
$2.00 | $8.00 | 256K | Open |
| GPT-4.1OpenAI | $3.50 |
$2.00 | $8.00 | 1M | |
| Sonar Deep ResearchPerplexity | $3.50 |
$2.00 | $8.00 | 200K | |
| Sonar Reasoning ProPerplexity | $3.50 |
$2.00 | $8.00 | 200K | |
| o3OpenAI | $3.50 |
$2.00 | $8.00 | 200K | |
| Qwen3.7-MaxAlibaba | $3.75 |
$2.50 | $7.50 | 1M | |
| Qwen3.7-MaxTogether | $3.75 |
$2.50 | $7.50 | 1M | |
| ParetoUnbiased | $3.75 |
$2.50 | $7.50 | 262K | |
| GLM-4.5-XZ.AI | $3.88 |
$2.20 | $8.90 | 128K | Open |
| Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic | $4.00 |
$2.00 | $10.00 | 1M | |
| Command ACohere | $4.38 |
$2.50 | $10.00 | 256K | |
| Command R+ 08-2024Cohere | $4.38 |
$2.50 | $10.00 | 128K | |
| GPT-Audio-1.5OpenAI | $4.38 |
$2.50 | $10.00 | 128K | |
| GPT-4oOpenAI | $4.38 |
$2.50 | $10.00 | 128K | |
| Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle | $4.50 |
$2.00 | $12.00 | 2M | |
| GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI | $4.50 |
$2.00 | $12.00 | 1M | |
| GPT-5.3 CodexOpenAI | $4.81 |
$1.75 | $14.00 | 400K | |
| GPT-5.2OpenAI | $4.81 |
$1.75 | $14.00 | 400K | |
| GPT-5.4OpenAI | $5.63 |
$2.50 | $15.00 | 1M | |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic | $6.00 |
$3.00 | $15.00 | 200K | |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | $6.00 |
$3.00 | $15.00 | 1M | |
| Kimi K3Moonshot | $6.00 |
$3.00 | $15.00 | 1M | Open |
| Sonar ProPerplexity | $6.00 |
$3.00 | $15.00 | 200K | |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite ImageGoogle | $7.69 |
$0.250 | $30.00 | — | |
| Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic | $8.00 |
$4.00 | $20.00 | 1M | |
| GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI | $8.00 |
$4.00 | $20.00 | 1M | |
| GPT-Realtime-2OpenAI | $9.00 |
$4.00 | $24.00 | 128K | |
| GPT-Realtime-2.1OpenAI | $9.00 |
$4.00 | $24.00 | 128K | |
| Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic | $10.00 |
$5.00 | $25.00 | 200K | |
| Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic | $10.00 |
$5.00 | $25.00 | 1M | |
| Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic | $10.00 |
$5.00 | $25.00 | 1M | |
| Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic | $10.00 |
$5.00 | $25.00 | 1M | |
| Claude Opus 5Anthropic | $10.00 |
$5.00 | $25.00 | 1M | |
| GPT-5.5OpenAI | $11.25 |
$5.00 | $30.00 | 1M | |
| Fugu UltraSakana AI | $11.25 |
$5.00 | $30.00 | 1M | |
| GPT-Image-2OpenAI | $13.50 |
$8.00 | $30.00 | 128K | |
| GPT-4 TurboOpenAI | $15.00 |
$10.00 | $30.00 | 128K | |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash ImageGoogle | $15.38 |
$0.500 | $60.00 | — | |
| Claude Fable 5Anthropic | $20.00 |
$10.00 | $50.00 | 1M | |
| Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic | $20.00 |
$10.00 | $50.00 | 1M | |
| GPT-6 AstraOpenAI | $20.00 |
$10.00 | $50.00 | 1M | |
| Claude Mythos 5Anthropic | $20.00 |
$10.00 | $50.00 | 1M | |
| Claude Mythos 5.1Anthropic | $20.00 |
$10.00 | $50.00 | 1M | |
| o1OpenAI | $26.25 |
$15.00 | $60.00 | 200K | |
| GPT-5.6 CyberOpenAI | $28.13 |
$12.50 | $75.00 | 400K | |
| Gemini 3 Pro ImageGoogle | $31.50 |
$2.00 | $120.00 | — | |
| o3-proOpenAI | $35.00 |
$20.00 | $80.00 | 200K | |
| GPT-4OpenAI | $37.50 |
$30.00 | $60.00 | 8K | |
| GPT-5 ProOpenAI | $41.25 |
$15.00 | $120.00 | 400K | |
| GPT-5.2 ProOpenAI | $57.75 |
$21.00 | $168.00 | 400K | |
| GPT-5.5 ProOpenAI | $67.50 |
$30.00 | $180.00 | 1M | |
| GPT-5.4 ProOpenAI | $67.50 |
$30.00 | $180.00 | 1M | |
| o1-proOpenAI | $262.50 |
$150.00 | $600.00 | 200K |
* Blended = (3×input + 1×output) ÷ 4 $/Mtok (input price alone for embeddings/rerankers) · cheap · mid · expensive
How blended cost works
Blended cost = (3×input + 1×output) ÷ 4 per 1M tokens, weighted toward input to reflect typical read-heavy workloads. It's the simplest way to compare models when your usage mixes both. Input-only models — embeddings and rerankers — have no output side, so their blended cost is simply their input price. The cheapest models are often small open-weight models hosted on Groq or Together, but they may lack the reasoning power of frontier models. Use the Cost Calculator to estimate real monthly spending based on your actual input/output ratio.