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| TSkyfall 36B V2ThedrummerOpen weightsPrompt caching+1 | $0.80/1Mvia OpenRouter | 33K | $0.55/1M | $0.80/1M | — | Feb 3, 2025 | |
 Solar Pro3UpstagePrompt cachingJSON+2 | $0.60/1Mvia OpenRouter | 131K | $0.15/1M | $0.60/1M | — | Jan 27 | |
 Sonar ProPerplexityVision | $15/1Mvia AI/ML API | 200K | $3/1M | $15/1M | — | Mar 7, 2025 | |
| Sonar Pro SearchPerplexityJSONReasoning+1 | $15/1Mvia OpenRouter | 200K | $3/1M | $15/1M | — | Oct 30, 2025 | |
| Sonar ReasoningPerplexity | $5/1Mvia Helicone | — | $1/1M | $5/1M | — | — | |
| Sonar Reasoning ProPerplexityReasoningVision | $8/1Mvia FastRouter | 128K | $2/1M | $8/1M | — | Mar 7, 2025 | |
 Step 2 16KStepFun | $2/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $2/1M | $2/1M | — | — | |
| Step 3.5 FlashStepFunApache 2.0Reasoning+1 | $0.292/1Mvia SiliconFlow | 256K | $0.097/1M | $0.292/1M | — | Feb 1 | |
| Step 3.5 Flash 2603StepFunPrompt cachingTool calling | $0.30/1Mvia EmpirioLabs AI | 256K | $0.10/1M | $0.30/1M | — | — | |
| Step 3.7 FlashStepFunApache 2.0Prompt caching+4 | $0.925/1Mvia APIMart | 262K | $0.154/1M | $0.925/1M | — | May 23 | |
| Step 5 PreviewStepFunOpen weightsPrompt caching+4 | $2.70/1Mvia Deep Infra | 1.05M | $1/1M | $2.70/1M | — | Sep 20 | |
| Step3StepFunApache 2.0 | $2.75/1Mvia AIHubMix | — | $1.10/1M | $2.75/1M | — | Jul 28, 2025 | |
 Seedream 3ByteDance | $0.03/imgvia Replicate | — | — | $0.03/img | — | — | |
| Seedream 5.0 Pro LayerizeByteDance | $0.018/imgvia Atlas Cloud | — | — | $0.018/img | — | — | |
| Seedream v5.0 Flash Layer DecompositionByteDance | $0.018/imgvia Atlas Cloud | — | — | $0.018/img | — | — | |
 Stable Diffusion XL LightningStability AI | $0.001/GPU-secvia Fal | — | — | $0.001/GPU-sec | — | — | |
 Skyreels V4Skywork | $0.35/secvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.35/sec | — | — | |
| Stable Video Diffusion TurboStability AI | $0.001/GPU-secvia Fal | — | — | $0.001/GPU-sec | — | — | |
 Start End To VideoVidu (Shengshu) | $0.20/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.20/run | — | — | |
| Start End To Video 2.0Vidu (Shengshu) | $0.30/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.30/run | — | — | |
| Start End To Video Q1Vidu (Shengshu) | $0.40/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.40/run | — | — | |
| Start End To Video Q2 ProVidu (Shengshu) | $0.055/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.055/run | — | — | |
| Start End To Video Q2 TurboVidu (Shengshu) | $0.04/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.04/run | — | — | |
| SubtitlesVEED | $0.11/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.11/run | — | — | |
 Sfx 1.6Mirelo | $0.01/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.01/run | — | — | |
 Speech 02 HDMiniMax | $0.10/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.10/run | — | — | |
| Speech 02 TurboMiniMax | $0.06/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.06/run | — | — | |
| Speech 2.5 HD PreviewMiniMax | $0.06/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.06/run | — | — | |
| Speech 2.5 Turbo PreviewMiniMax | $0.04/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.04/run | — | — | |
| Speech 2.6 HDMiniMax | $0.08/runvia Atlas Cloud | — | — | $0.08/run | — | — | |
| Speech 2.6 TurboMiniMax | $0.048/runvia Atlas Cloud | — | — | $0.048/run | — | — | |
| Speech 2.8 HDMiniMax | $0.10/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.10/run | — | — | |
| Speech 2.8 TurboMiniMax | $0.06/runvia WaveSpeedAI | — | — | $0.06/run | — | — | |
| Stable Audio 2.5Stability AI | $0.20/runvia Fal | — | — | $0.20/run | — | — | |
| Stable Audio 3 MediumStability AIOpen weights · with terms | $0.042/runvia Fal | — | — | $0.042/run | — | May 17 | |
| Stable Audio 3 Medium BaseStability AIOpen weights · with terms | $0.048/runvia Fal | — | — | $0.048/run | — | May 17 | |
| Stable Audio 3 Small MusicStability AIOpen weights · with terms | $0.022/runvia Fal | — | — | $0.022/run | — | May 17 | |
| Stable Audio 3 Small Music BaseStability AIOpen weights · with terms | $0.028/runvia Fal | — | — | $0.028/run | — | May 16 | |
| Stable Audio 3 Small SFXStability AIOpen weights · with terms | $0.021/runvia Fal | — | — | $0.021/run | — | May 17 | |
| Stable Audio 3 Small SFX BaseStability AIOpen weights · with terms | $0.028/runvia Fal | — | — | $0.028/run | — | May 17 | |
| Stepaudio 2.5StepFun | $3.50/1Mvia EmpirioLabs AI | 256K | $1.50/1M | $3.50/1M | — | — | |
| Stepaudio 2.5 RealtimeStepFun | $10/1Mvia EmpirioLabs AI | 262K | $1.50/1M | $10/1M | — | — | |
| Stepaudio 3StepFun | $3.50/1Mvia EmpirioLabs AI | 262K | $1.50/1M | $3.50/1M | — | — | |
| Stepaudio 3 RealtimeStepFun | $10/1Mvia EmpirioLabs AI | 262K | $1.50/1M | $10/1M | — | — | |
| STT v1xAI | $0.002/runvia Atlas Cloud | — | — | $0.002/run | — | — | |
| SunoSuno | $0.002/runvia Kie.ai | — | — | $0.002/run | — | — | |
| Suno chirp-v6Suno | $0.132/runvia Atlas Cloud | — | — | $0.132/run | — | — | |
| Suno chirp-v6-miniSuno | $0.132/runvia Atlas Cloud | — | — | $0.132/run | — | — | |
| Suno chirp-v6-wildSuno | $0.132/runvia Atlas Cloud | — | — | $0.132/run | — | — | |
| CStable Diffusion Safety CheckerCompVis | $0.000225/GPU-secvia Replicate | — | — | $0.000225/GPU-sec | — | — |
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