Cheapest LLM API
738 text models sorted by the lowest output price per 1M tokens across every provider, with their quality score beside it.
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 Nemotron 3.5 Super TextNVIDIA | $10/1Mvia Fal | — | — | $10/1M | — | — | |
 Nova 2 Pro Preview 20251202Amazon | $10/1Mvia Amazon Bedrock | — | $1.25/1M | $10/1M | — | — | |
 Palmyra X4Writer | $10/1Mvia Amazon Bedrock | — | $2.50/1M | $10/1M | — | — | |
 Riverflow V2.5 ProSourceful | $10/1Mvia Replicate | — | — | $10/1M | — | — | |
 Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom ToolsGooglePrompt cachingJSON+3 | $10.80/1Mvia APIYI | 1.05M | $1.80/1M | $10.80/1M | — | — | |
| GPT-5.2 CodexOpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $11.20/1Mvia APIMart | 400K | $1.40/1M | $11.20/1M | 1339 | — | |
| OpenAI GPT-5.2OpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $11.20/1Mvia APIMart | 400K | $1.75/1M | $14/1M | 1438 | — | |
| OpenAI GPT-5.3 CodexOpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $11.20/1Mvia APIMart | 400K | $1.40/1M | $11.20/1M | 1371 | — | |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 (latest)AnthropicPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $12/1Mvia APIMart | 1M | $3/1M | $15/1M | — | — | |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6AnthropicPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $12/1Mvia APIMart | 1M | $3/1M | $15/1M | 1523 | 36K | |
| Computer Use PreviewOpenAI | $12/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $3/1M | $12/1M | — | — | |
| Gemini 3 ProGoogle | $12/1Mvia Replicate | — | $2/1M | $12/1M | 1479 | 23K | |
| Gemini 3.1 ProGooglePrompt cachingVision | $12/1Mvia CrazyRouter | 1.05M | $2/1M | $12/1M | — | 19K | |
 Mistral Large (latest)Mistral | $12/1Mvia DevPass (LLM Gateway) | — | $4/1M | $12/1M | — | — | |
| OpenAI GPT-5.4OpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $12/1Mvia APIMart | 1.05M | $2.50/1M | $15/1M | 1469 | — | |
 Qwen 3.8 Max PrimeAlibabaPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $12/1Mvia OpenRouter | 1M | $4/1M | $12/1M | — | 2K | |
| Qwen3.5 Omni Plus RealtimeAlibabaPrompt caching | $12.40/1Mvia Alibaba | 256K | $2.10/1M | $12.40/1M | — | — | |
| Nova Premier (US)AmazonPrompt cachingTool calling+1 | $12.50/1Mvia Amazon Bedrock | 1M | $2.50/1M | $12.50/1M | — | — | |
| Mistral Large 2402Mistral | $13.01/1Mvia Cortecs | — | $4.30/1M | $13.01/1M | — | — | |
| GPT-5.3-Codex-SparkOpenAI | $14/1Mvia OpenCode | — | $1.75/1M | $14/1M | — | — | |
 GLM 4Zhipu AI | $14.20/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $14.20/1M | $14.20/1M | — | 2K | |
| GLM 4 VisionZhipu AI | $14.20/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $14.20/1M | $14.20/1M | — | — | |
| Grok-4xAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $14.25/1Mvia Jiekou.AI | 256K | $2.85/1M | $14.25/1M | 1411 | 15K | |
| Claude 3 Sonnet 20240229AnthropicVision | $15/1Mvia Amazon Bedrock | — | $3/1M | $15/1M | — | — | |
| Claude 4.5 SonnetAnthropicPrompt cachingReasoning+2 | $15/1Mvia Replicate | 200K | $3/1M | $15/1M | — | — | |
| Claude Sonnet 4AnthropicPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $15/1Mvia Atlas Cloud | 1M | $3/1M | $15/1M | 1351 | — | |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic | $15/1Mvia Helicone | — | $3/1M | $15/1M | — | — | |
| Claude-Sonnet-3.5Anthropic | $15/1Mvia Helicone | — | $3/1M | $15/1M | 1298 | 47K | |
| Claude-Sonnet-3.7Anthropic | $15/1Mvia Amazon Bedrock | — | $3/1M | $15/1M | 1314 | — | |
 Command R Plus 04-2024Cohere | $15/1Mvia Cohere | — | $3/1M | $15/1M | — | — | |
 Ember-1FireworksPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $15/1Mvia Fireworks AI | 1.05M | $3/1M | $15/1M | — | — | |
| Grok 3xAIPrompt cachingJSON+2 | $15/1Mvia AIHubMix | 131K | $3/1M | $15/1M | — | 23K | |
 Sonar ProPerplexityVision | $15/1Mvia AI/ML API | 200K | $3/1M | $15/1M | — | — | |
| Sonar Pro SearchPerplexityJSONReasoning+1 | $15/1Mvia OpenRouter | 200K | $3/1M | $15/1M | — | — | |
| Claude Opus 5.5AnthropicPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $16/1Mvia APIMart | 1M | $4/1M | $20/1M | 1807 | 405K | |
| GPT RealtimeOpenAIPrompt cachingVision | $16/1Mvia FastRouter | 32K | $4/1M | $16/1M | — | — | |
| GPT-4 1106 PreviewOpenAI | $16/1Mvia APIMart | — | $8/1M | $16/1M | — | — | |
| GPT-4o Realtime Preview 2024 1001OpenAI | $16/1Mvia APIMart | — | $4/1M | $16/1M | — | — | |
 Muse WonderMetaPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $16/1Mvia CometAPI | 1.05M | $3.20/1M | $16/1M | — | 569K | |
| Grok Vision BetaxAIVision | $16.80/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $5.60/1M | $16.80/1M | — | — | |
| Claude Opus 4.5 (latest)AnthropicPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $20/1Mvia APIMart | 200K | $5/1M | $25/1M | — | — | |
| Claude Opus 4.6AnthropicPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $20/1Mvia APIMart | 1M | $5/1M | $25/1M | 1546 | — | |
| Claude Opus 4.7AnthropicPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $20/1Mvia APIMart | 1M | $5/1M | $25/1M | 1558 | — | |
| Claude Opus 4.8AnthropicPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $20/1Mvia APIMart | 1M | $5/1M | $25/1M | 1556 | — | |
| Claude Opus 5AnthropicPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $20/1Mvia APIMart | 1M | $5/1M | $25/1M | 1690 | 46K | |
| GPT 5.1 Thinking (Fast)OpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $20/1Mvia Vercel AI Gateway | 400K | $2.50/1M | $20/1M | — | — | |
| Kimi K3.1 Pro Highspeed (Moonshot AI)Moonshot AIPrompt cachingReasoning+1 | $20/1Mvia Impossibl | 1.05M | $4/1M | $20/1M | — | 14K | |
| Qwen3.5 Livetranslate Flash RealtimeAlibaba | $20/1Mvia Alibaba | — | $7.50/1M | $20/1M | — | — | |
| Qwen3.8 Livetranslate Flash RealtimeAlibabaPrompt caching | $20/1Mvia Alibaba | 53K | $7.50/1M | $20/1M | — | 2K | |
| Kimi K3 UsMoonshot AI | $22.50/1Mvia Fireworks AI | — | $4.50/1M | $22.50/1M | — | — |
Frequently asked questions
The first rows of this list, by lowest output price. The cheapest models are usually small or older; check the score column and the chart below for the best quality at a given price.
Yes: several providers offer free, rate-limited tiers. They are listed on the free AI models page; this page counts paid prices only.
The labelled points in the chart: each one has the best LMArena score among models at its price or less. Pick the cheapest of them that is good enough for your task.
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