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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 Llama-3.3-70B-InstructMetaLlama 3.3JSON+1 | $0.32/1Mvia Deep Infra | 131K | $0.10/1M | $0.32/1M | 1274 | 5K | |
| OpenAI GPT-5 NanoOpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $0.32/1Mvia APIMart | 400K | $0.05/1M | $0.40/1M | 1320 | — | |
 Hy3TencentApache 2.0Prompt caching+3 | $0.33/1Mvia OpenRouter | 262K | $0.083/1M | $0.33/1M | 1506 | — | |
 Mistral Small 3.1 24BMistralApache 2.0JSON+2 | $0.33/1Mvia Requesty | 33K | $0.11/1M | $0.33/1M | — | — | |
 Doubao 1.5 Pro 32kByteDance | $0.335/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.134/1M | $0.335/1M | — | — | |
| Doubao Pro 32KByteDance | $0.35/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.14/1M | $0.35/1M | — | — | |
| Doubao Pro 4KByteDance | $0.35/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.14/1M | $0.35/1M | — | — | |
| Mercury 3InceptionPrompt cachingJSON+2 | $0.35/1Mvia OpenRouter | 1M | $0.10/1M | $0.35/1M | — | 9K | |
 Qwen Mt LiteAlibaba | $0.36/1Mvia Alibaba | — | $0.12/1M | $0.36/1M | — | — | |
| Qwen3.8 Flash NextAlibabaOpen weights · with termsPrompt caching+4 | $0.376/1Mvia CometAPI | 262K | $0.12/1M | $0.376/1M | 1628 | 63K | |
| Qwen3.8 Omni FlashAlibabaPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $0.38/1Mvia AIHubMix | 1M | $0.113/1M | $0.382/1M | — | 10K | |
| Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B ThinkingAlibabaOpen weights · permissive | $0.389/1Mvia SiliconFlow | — | $0.097/1M | $0.389/1M | — | — | |
| Qwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructAlibabaApache 2.0JSON+3 | $0.389/1Mvia SiliconFlow | 262K | $0.097/1M | $0.389/1M | — | — | |
| Qwen3-Omni-30B-A3B-CaptionerAlibabaOpen weights · permissive | $0.389/1Mvia SiliconFlow | — | $0.097/1M | $0.389/1M | — | 5K | |
 Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview 09-2025GooglePrompt cachingJSON+2 | $0.40/1Mvia AIHubMix | 1.05M | $0.10/1M | $0.40/1M | — | — | |
 Gemma SEA-LION v4 27BAI SingaporeGemma | $0.40/1Mvia Hugging Face | — | $0.20/1M | $0.40/1M | — | — | |
 GLM-4.6V FlashXZhipu AI | $0.40/1Mvia DevPass (LLM Gateway) | — | $0.04/1M | $0.40/1M | — | — | |
| GLM-4.7-FlashZhipu AIMITJSON+2 | $0.40/1Mvia Amazon Bedrock | 200K | $0.07/1M | $0.40/1M | 1351 | 7K | |
| GLM-4.7-FlashXZhipu AIPrompt cachingReasoning+1 | $0.40/1Mvia DevPass (LLM Gateway) | 200K | $0.07/1M | $0.40/1M | — | — | |
| GPT-5 StructuredOpenAI | $0.40/1Mvia Replicate | — | $0.05/1M | $0.40/1M | — | — | |
| GPT-6 LunaOpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $0.40/1Mvia APIMart | 1.05M | $0.10/1M | $0.50/1M | 1578 | 117K | |
| Hermes-4-70BNous ResearchLlama 3JSON+2 | $0.40/1Mvia Requesty | 128K | $0.13/1M | $0.40/1M | — | — | |
| Jamba 1.5 MiniAI21 Labs | $0.40/1Mvia Amazon Bedrock | — | $0.20/1M | $0.40/1M | 1187 | 250 | |
| Llama 3.1 70B InstructMetaLlama 3.1JSON+1 | $0.40/1Mvia OpenRouter | 131K | $0.40/1M | $0.40/1M | 1261 | — | |
| Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-InstructMetaLlama 3.2JSON+1 | $0.40/1Mvia Requesty | 131K | $0.35/1M | $0.40/1M | 1000 | — | |
 Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12BNVIDIAJSONReasoning+1 | $0.40/1Mvia Deep Infra | 262K | Free/1M | Free/1M | — | 2K | |
| Qwen Flash CharacterAlibaba | $0.40/1Mvia Alibaba | — | $0.05/1M | $0.40/1M | — | — | |
| Qwen-SEA-LION-v4.5-27B-ITAI SingaporeMIT | $0.40/1Mvia Hugging Face | — | $0.20/1M | $0.40/1M | — | — | |
| Qwen2.5 Math 7B InstructAlibabaApache 2.0 | $0.40/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.20/1M | $0.40/1M | — | — | |
| Qwen2.5-72B-InstructAlibabaOpen weights · with termsJSON+1 | $0.40/1Mvia Deep Infra | 33K | $0.36/1M | $0.40/1M | 1269 | — | |
| Qwen2p5 Coder 1.5BAlibabaApache 2.0 | $0.40/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.20/1M | $0.40/1M | — | — | |
| TUnslopNemo 12BThedrummerJSON | $0.40/1Mvia OpenRouter | 1.02M | $0.40/1M | $0.40/1M | — | — | |
| Voxtral SmallMistral | $0.40/1Mvia Mistral | 33K | $0.10/1M | $0.40/1M | — | 310 | |
| Gemma 4 31BGoogleApache 2.0Prompt caching+1 | $0.404/1Mvia Poe | 262K | $0.151/1M | $0.404/1M | — | 20K | |
| GLM-4.6VZhipu AIMITPrompt caching+4 | $0.411/1Mvia AIHubMix | 131K | $0.30/1M | $0.90/1M | 1376 | 1K | |
 DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeekMITPrompt caching+3 | $0.418/1Mvia OpenRouter | 1.05M | $0.209/1M | $0.418/1M | — | 40K | |
 ERNIE 4.5 Turbo 128K PreviewBaiduJSONTool calling+1 | $0.432/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.108/1M | $0.432/1M | — | — | |
| Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1.5NVIDIAOpen weights · with terms | $0.44/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.11/1M | $0.44/1M | 1338 | — | |
 MiniMax-M3.1-FlashMiniMaxOpen weights · with termsPrompt caching+4 | $0.45/1Mvia EmpirioLabs AI | 1.05M | $0.15/1M | $0.60/1M | 1590 | 29K | |
| Qwen3.5 35B-A3BAlibabaApache 2.0JSON+3 | $0.451/1Mvia AIHubMix | 262K | $0.25/1M | $2/1M | 1395 | 3K | |
| Qwen3 0.6BAlibabaApache 2.0 | $0.46/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.046/1M | $0.46/1M | — | 4K | |
| Qwen3 1.7BAlibabaApache 2.0 | $0.46/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.046/1M | $0.46/1M | — | 33K | |
| Grok 4.1 FastxAIPrompt cachingJSON+2 | $0.475/1Mvia Jiekou.AI | 2M | $0.19/1M | $0.475/1M | 1408 | — | |
| Grok 4.1 Fast (Reasoning)xAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $0.475/1Mvia Jiekou.AI | 2M | $0.19/1M | $0.475/1M | — | — | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeekMITPrompt caching+4 | $0.48/1Mvia CometAPI | 1.05M | $0.12/1M | $0.48/1M | — | — | |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Economy 261017DeepSeek | $0.48/1Mvia BytePlus | — | $0.12/1M | $0.48/1M | — | — | |
| MiniMax M2.1 Lightning (MiniMax)MiniMaxPrompt cachingJSON+2 | $0.48/1Mvia DevPass (LLM Gateway) | 205K | $0.12/1M | $0.48/1M | — | — | |
| OpenAI GPT-4o miniOpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+2 | $0.48/1Mvia APIMart | 128K | $0.15/1M | $0.60/1M | 1286 | — | |
 Phi 4 MultimodalMicrosoftMITVision | $0.48/1Mvia AIHubMix | 128K | $0.12/1M | $0.48/1M | — | — | |
| Qwen Mt FlashAlibaba | $0.49/1Mvia Alibaba | — | $0.16/1M | $0.49/1M | — | — |
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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