Cheapest AI models
Paid models ranked by price for a typical 3:1 input-to-output mix.
Updated Oct 21, 2026 · 40 models
| # | Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mistral Nemo Mistral AI | $0.029 | $0.03 | 131K | toolsJSONopen weights |
| 2 | Extract Scaledown | $0.04 | $0 | 1M | vision |
| 3 | Summarize Scaledown | $0.04 | $0 | 1M | vision |
| 4 | Ling 3.0 Flash inclusionAI | $0.021 | $0.063 | 262K | toolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| 5 | gpt-oss-20b OpenAI | $0.018 | $0.09 | 131K | toolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| 6 | Granite 4.0 Micro IBM Granite | $0.017 | $0.112 | 131K | JSONopen weights |
| 7 | Gemma 3 4B | $0.04 | $0.05 | 131K | visionJSONopen weights |
| 8 | Llama 3 8B Lunaris Sao10K | $0.04 | $0.05 | 8K | JSONopen weights |
| 9 | Nex-N2.5-Mini Nex Agi | $0.025 | $0.10 | 262K | visionreasoningJSONopen weights |
| 10 | gpt-oss-20b (batch) OpenAI | $0.024 | $0.112 | 131K | toolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| 11 | Qwen3.7 Flash Qwen | $0.03 | $0.13 | 1M | visiontoolsreasoningJSON |
| 12 | gpt-oss-120b (batch) OpenAI | $0.03 | $0.136 | 131K | toolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| 13 | Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Meta Llama | $0.05 | $0.08 | 131K | toolsJSONopen weights |
| 14 | Mistral Small 3 Mistral AI | $0.05 | $0.08 | 33K | JSONopen weights |
| 15 | Schematron V2 Turbo Inference Net | $0.03 | $0.15 | 128K | JSONopen weights |
| 16 | GLM Flash Latest ~Z AI | $0.041 | $0.12 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSON |
| 17 | GLM 5.3 Flash Z.ai | $0.041 | $0.12 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| 18 | Nova Micro 1.0 Amazon | $0.035 | $0.14 | 128K | tools |
| 19 | Command R7B (12-2024) Cohere | $0.037 | $0.15 | 128K | JSON |
| 20 | Mercury 2.5 Inception | $0.04 | $0.15 | 260K | toolsreasoningJSON |
| 21 | GPT-5 Nano (batch) OpenAI | $0.025 | $0.20 | 400K | visiontoolsreasoningJSON |
| 22 | Llama 3.2 1B Instruct Meta Llama | $0.027 | $0.201 | 60K | open weights |
| 23 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest ~deepseek | $0.048 | $0.157 | 1.05M | toolsreasoningJSON |
| 24 | Ministral 3 8B 2512 (batch) Mistral AI | $0.075 | $0.075 | 262K | visiontoolsJSONopen weights |
| 25 | Laguna XS 2.1 Poolside | $0.06 | $0.12 | 262K | toolsreasoningopen weights |
| 26 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch) DeepSeek | $0.05 | $0.15 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| 27 | Gemma 3 12B | $0.05 | $0.15 | 131K | visiontoolsJSONopen weights |
| 28 | Hy-MT2-1.8B Tencent | $0.044 | $0.177 | 8K | open weights |
| 29 | $0.05 | $0.18 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSONopen weights | |
| 30 | MythoMax 13B Gryphe | $0.08 | $0.11 | 8K | JSONopen weights |
| 31 | $0.05 | $0.20 | 1.05M | visionaudiotoolsreasoningJSON | |
| 32 | Phi 4 Microsoft | $0.07 | $0.14 | 16K | JSONopen weights |
| 33 | GPT-4.1 Nano (batch) OpenAI | $0.05 | $0.20 | 1.05M | visiontoolsJSON |
| 34 | Solar Mini 4 Upstage | $0.05 | $0.20 | 524K | toolsreasoningJSON |
| 35 | Ling 3.0 Flash VL inclusionAI | $0.06 | $0.18 | 131K | visiontoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| 36 | Qwen3.5-9B Qwen | $0.08 | $0.13 | 262K | visiontoolsreasoningJSONopen weights |
| 37 | Schematron V2 Small Inference Net | $0.05 | $0.23 | 128K | JSONopen weights |
| 38 | Claude Haiku 5.5 (batch) Anthropic | $0.05 | $0.25 | 1M | visiontoolsreasoningJSON |
| 39 | Ministral 3 3B 2512 Mistral AI | $0.10 | $0.10 | 131K | visiontoolsJSONopen weights |
| 40 | GPT-6 Luna Pro (batch) OpenAI | $0.05 | $0.25 | 1.05M | visiontoolsreasoningJSON |