Apertus 8B Instruct: API pricing, providers and specs
Textby Swiss Ai
Apertus 8B Instruct is a text model by Swiss Ai. One provider serves it: Hugging Face, at $0.20 /1M.
Lowest price$0.20/1Mat Hugging Face
Maker's price—The maker does not sell it
Providers1
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How Apertus 8B Instruct compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Cheap for its class: at $0.20 /1M, its lowest price undercuts 85% of comparable models (median $1.10).
- 1 providers serve it; 0% of comparable models have fewer.
Apertus 8B Instruct prices by provider
Every provider's list price, read from its own price page or API. A price marked “from” changes with context length, resolution or mode.
| Provider | Input | Output | Prompt caching | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hugging Face | $0.10/1M | From$0.20/1M | — | — |
Prices in US dollars, updated daily from each provider. Prices last checked Oct 25, 2026.
Specs
- Type
- Text
- Maker
- Swiss Ai
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
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- Max output
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- Capabilities
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- Released
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- License
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- Open weights
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Alternatives to Apertus 8B Instruct
Same kind of model from other makers, at a similar price.
| Model | Lowest price | Context | Arena | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apertus 8B Instructthis model | $0.20/1M | — | — | 1 |
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| DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | $0.294/1M | 1.05M | — | 26 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | $0.418/1M | 1.05M | — | 33 |
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Apertus 8B Instruct FAQ
The lowest price for Apertus 8B Instruct is $0.20 /1M, at Hugging Face.
We have not found Apertus 8B Instruct's weights published by its maker.
1 API providers serve Apertus 8B Instruct. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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