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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 Qwen3.5 122B-A10BAlibabaApache 2.0JSON+3 | $0.901/1Mvia AIHubMix | 262K | $0.40/1M | $3.20/1M | 1418 | — | |
 Step 3.7 FlashStepFunApache 2.0Prompt caching+4 | $0.925/1Mvia APIMart | 262K | $0.154/1M | $0.925/1M | — | — | |
 DeepSeek V3.1 TerminusDeepSeekMITJSON+2 | $0.95/1Mvia Hugging Face | 164K | $0.27/1M | $0.95/1M | 1419 | — | |
 MiniMax M2.5MiniMaxOpen weights · with termsPrompt caching+3 | $0.95/1Mvia Venice AI | 205K | $0.27/1M | $0.95/1M | 1386 | 9K | |
| Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B InstructAlibabaApache 2.0Prompt caching+2 | $0.95/1Mvia Helicone | 262K | $0.22/1M | $0.95/1M | 1357 | 3K | |
| Qwen3.6 35B-A3BAlibabaApache 2.0Prompt caching+4 | $0.95/1Mvia Deep Infra | 262K | $0.375/1M | $2.25/1M | — | 11K | |
| GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $0.96/1Mvia APIMart | 1.05M | $0.20/1M | $1.20/1M | 1519 | 33K | |
| Qwen3.5 397B-A17BAlibabaApache 2.0JSON+3 | $0.986/1Mvia AIHubMix | 262K | $0.172/1M | $1.03/1M | 1438 | 3K | |
 GLM 5.3 FlashxZhipu AIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $0.987/1Mvia AIHubMix | 1.05M | $0.282/1M | $0.987/1M | — | 7K | |
| Qwen3.6 FlashAlibabaJSON | $0.99/1Mvia EmpirioLabs AI | 1M | $0.165/1M | $0.99/1M | — | 17K | |
 Beam 1.0 501B A23BReflectionPrompt cachingJSON+2 | $1/1Mvia OpenRouter | 1.05M | $0.25/1M | $1/1M | 1436 | — | |
 Gemini Pro VisionGoogle | $1/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $1/1M | $1/1M | — | — | |
| Hermes 3 405B InstructNous ResearchLlama 3JSON | $1/1Mvia OpenRouter | 131K | $1/1M | $1/1M | — | 5K | |
| Mercury Coder Small BetaInceptionJSONTool calling | $1/1Mvia Vercel AI Gateway | 32K | $0.25/1M | $1/1M | — | — | |
| MiniMax M2MiniMaxOpen weights · with termsPrompt caching+3 | $1/1Mvia DevPass (LLM Gateway) | 205K | $0.20/1M | $1/1M | 1340 | — | |
| OpenAI GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAIPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $1/1Mvia APIMart | 400K | $0.20/1M | $1.25/1M | 1372 | — | |
 SonarPerplexityVision | $1/1Mvia AI/ML API | 127K | $0.25/1M | $2.50/1M | — | 112K | |
| GLM-4.6Zhipu AIMITPrompt caching+3 | $1.10/1Mvia AIHubMix | 200K | $0.60/1M | $2.20/1M | 1440 | 6K | |
| GLM-4.7Zhipu AIMITPrompt caching+3 | $1.10/1Mvia AIHubMix | 200K | $0.60/1M | $2.20/1M | 1435 | 6K | |
 Seed 1.6 VisionByteDance | $1.10/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.11/1M | $1.10/1M | — | — | |
 Ling-2.6-1TInclusionaiMITPrompt caching+1 | $1.10/1Mvia ZenMux | 1.05M | $0.132/1M | $1.10/1M | — | — | |
| Ring-2.6-1TInclusionaiMITPrompt caching+3 | $1.10/1Mvia ZenMux | 262K | $0.132/1M | $1.10/1M | — | — | |
 ERNIE 4.5 300B A47BBaiduJSONTool calling+1 | $1.10/1Mvia Jiekou.AI | — | $0.28/1M | $1.10/1M | — | — | |
| GLM-5.3Zhipu AIOpen weights · with termsPrompt caching+3 | $1.10/1Mvia NanoGPT | 1.05M | $1.40/1M | $4.40/1M | 1623 | 276K | |
| MiniMax Text 01 (MiniMax)MiniMaxOpen weights | $1.10/1Mvia AI/ML API | — | $0.20/1M | $1.10/1M | — | — | |
| MiniMax-01MiniMaxVision | $1.10/1Mvia OpenRouter | 1.M | $0.20/1M | $1.10/1M | — | — | |
| Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructAlibabaApache 2.0JSON+1 | $1.10/1Mvia Deep Infra | 262K | $0.09/1M | $1.10/1M | — | — | |
| Qwen3.7 PlusAlibabaJSON | $1.10/1Mvia EmpirioLabs AI | 1M | $0.276/1M | $1.10/1M | — | — | |
 MiniCPM V 4.5OpenBMBApache 2.0 | $1.10/1Mvia Cortecs | — | $0.654/1M | $1.10/1M | — | 260 | |
| Doubao-Seed-CodeByteDancePrompt cachingReasoning+1 | $1.12/1Mvia ZenMux | 256K | $0.17/1M | $1.12/1M | — | 30 | |
| Gemini 3.7 FlashGooglePrompt cachingJSON+3 | $1.13/1Mvia Kie.ai | 1.05M | $0.225/1M | $1.13/1M | 1591 | — | |
| CoBuddyBaidu | $1.13/1Mvia Novita AI | — | $0.28/1M | $1.13/1M | — | — | |
| DeepSeek V3 0324DeepSeekMITPrompt caching+2 | $1.14/1Mvia OpenRouter | 164K | $0.29/1M | $1.14/1M | — | — | |
| MiniMax M2.5 highspeedMiniMaxPrompt cachingJSON+2 | $1.15/1Mvia AIHubMix | 205K | $0.288/1M | $1.15/1M | — | — | |
| GLM-4.5Zhipu AIMITPrompt caching+3 | $1.16/1Mvia ZenMux | 131K | $0.60/1M | $2.20/1M | 1430 | 6K | |
| LongCat 2.5 PreviewMeituanPrompt cachingJSON+3 | $1.18/1Mvia ZenMux | 1.05M | $0.30/1M | $1.18/1M | — | 19K | |
| DeepSeek TNG R1T2 ChimeraDeepSeek | $1.20/1Mvia Helicone | — | $0.30/1M | $1.20/1M | — | — | |
| ERNIE 4.5 Turbo VLBaiduJSONTool calling+1 | $1.20/1Mvia AIHubMix | 139K | $0.40/1M | $1.20/1M | — | — | |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteGooglePrompt cachingJSON+3 | $1.20/1Mvia CometAPI | 1.05M | — | $1.50/1M | — | — | |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite PreviewGooglePrompt cachingJSON+3 | $1.20/1Mvia APIMart | 1.05M | $0.20/1M | $1.20/1M | 1416 | — | |
| GPT-3.5-TurboOpenAIJSONTool calling | $1.20/1Mvia APIMart | 16K | $0.50/1M | $1.50/1M | 1125 | — | |
 Inkling SmallThinking MachinesPrompt cachingReasoning+2 | $1.20/1Mvia Deep Infra | 1.05M | $0.45/1M | $1.20/1M | 1413 | — | |
 Llama V3p1 405B InstructMetaLlama 3.1 | $1.20/1Mvia Amazon Bedrock | — | $1.20/1M | $1.20/1M | — | — | |
| LongCat-2.0MeituanMITPrompt caching+2 | $1.20/1Mvia Atlas Cloud | 1.05M | $0.30/1M | $1.20/1M | — | 4K | |
 MAI-Code-1.1-FlashMicrosoft | $1.20/1Mvia Azure | — | $0.20/1M | $1.20/1M | — | — | |
| MiniMax-M2 HerMiniMaxPrompt caching | $1.20/1Mvia AI/ML API | 66K | $0.30/1M | $1.20/1M | — | — | |
 Morph V3 FastMorphJSON | $1.20/1Mvia OpenRouter | 262K | $0.80/1M | $1.20/1M | — | — | |
| Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507AlibabaApache 2.0 | $1.20/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $0.12/1M | $1.20/1M | — | — | |
| Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingAlibabaApache 2.0JSON+2 | $1.20/1Mvia OpenRouter | 262K | $0.15/1M | $1.20/1M | — | — | |
| DeepSeek R1 0528DeepSeekMITPrompt caching+3 | $1.23/1Mvia APIMart | 164K | $0.408/1M | $1.23/1M | — | — |
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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