LLM API pricing comparison
Input and output token prices for 290 large language models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, DeepSeek, Mistral, xAI, Alibaba and others, with Arena ELO quality scores and cost per request for 8 business use cases. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-10-14; Arena ELO as of 2026-10-08.
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From 7 Oct to 14 Oct: 3 price changes (2 up, 1 down) among 282 models compared. 29 other moves are flagged as a change of quoted host or an outlier listing. See the price barometer for every move.
All models, highest Arena score first
| Model | Provider | Category | Input /1M | Output /1M | Context | Arena ELO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 5.5 | Anthropic | Frontier | $4.00 | $20.00 | 1M | 1507 |
| Claude Fable 5 | Anthropic | Frontier | $10.00 | $50.00 | 1M | 1504 |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | Anthropic | Frontier | $10.00 | $50.00 | 1M | 1501 |
| Claude Opus 4.6 | Anthropic | Frontier | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M | 1498 |
| Claude Opus 4.7 | Anthropic | Frontier | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M | 1494 |
| Claude Opus 5 | Anthropic | Frontier | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M | 1490 |
| Kimi K3 | Moonshot | Mid-tier | $0.73 | $10.00 | 1M | 1488 |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Mid-tier | $2.00 | $12.00 | 1M | 1487 | |
| Gemini 3.7 Flash | Mid-tier | $0.75 | $3.75 | 1M | 1486 | |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | OpenAI | Frontier | $4.00 | $20.00 | 1M | 1485 |
| Gemini 3.6 Flash | Mid-tier | $0.75 | $3.75 | 1M | 1482 | |
| GLM 5.3 | Zhipu | Mid-tier | $0.07 | $4.80 | 1M | 1478 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | Mid-tier | $1.50 | $9.00 | 1M | 1478 | |
| GPT-5.5 | OpenAI | Frontier | $5.00 | $30.00 | 1M | 1477 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Anthropic | Mid-tier | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1M | 1476 |
| GLM 5.3 Flash | Zhipu | Budget | $0.036 | $0.90 | 1M | 1475 |
| GLM 5.2 | Zhipu | Mid-tier | $0.05 | $7.00 | 1M | 1475 |
| Qwen3.7 Max | Alibaba | Mid-tier | $1.475 | $4.425 | 1M | 1475 |
| Grok 4.20 | xAI | Mid-tier | $1.25 | $2.50 | 2M | 1475 |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | Frontier | $5.00 | $25.00 | 1M | 1474 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Anthropic | Frontier | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1M | 1472 |
| Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent | xAI | Mid-tier | $1.25 | $2.50 | 2M | 1470 |
| Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | Frontier | $5.00 | $25.00 | 200K | 1470 |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $2.00 | $12.00 | 1M | 1466 |
| Grok 4.5 | xAI | Mid-tier | $2.00 | $6.00 | 500K | 1466 |
| GPT-5.4 | OpenAI | Frontier | $2.50 | $15.00 | 1M | 1465 |
| GLM 5.1 | Zhipu | Mid-tier | $1.33 | $4.18 | 205K | 1464 |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | Anthropic | Mid-tier | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1M | 1461 |
| Kimi K2.6 | Moonshot | Mid-tier | $0.65 | $3.41 | 262K | 1461 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 | DeepSeek | Budget | $0.9553 | $1.9105 | 1M | 1458 |
| GLM 5 | Zhipu | Budget | $0.60 | $1.92 | 205K | 1458 |
| Qwen3.7 Plus | Alibaba | Budget | $0.32 | $1.28 | 1M | 1456 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Mid-tier | $0.30 | $2.50 | 1M | 1455 | |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Anthropic | Frontier | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1M | 1455 |
| Grok 4.6 | xAI | Mid-tier | $2.00 | $6.00 | 500K | 1454 |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | OpenAI | Budget | $0.20 | $1.20 | 1M | 1452 |
| Kimi K2.5 | Moonshot | Mid-tier | $0.50 | $2.50 | 262K | 1450 |
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Alibaba | Mid-tier | $0.50 | $3.60 | 262K | 1442 |
| MiniMax M3 | MiniMax | Budget | $0.30 | $1.20 | 1M | 1440 |
| GPT-5.1 (deprecated) | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $1.25 | $10.00 | 400K | 1439 |
| Qwen3.8 27B | Alibaba | Mid-tier | $0.04 | $2.30 | 1M | 1438 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | DeepSeek | Budget | $0.091 | $0.182 | 1M | 1436 |
| GPT-5.2 | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $1.75 | $14.00 | 400K | 1435 |
| GPT-5 (deprecated) | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $1.25 | $10.00 | 400K | 1435 |
| o3 (deprecated) | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $2.00 | $8.00 | 200K | 1432 |
| DeepSeek V3.2 | DeepSeek | Budget | $0.259 | $0.80 | 164K | 1425 |
| Kimi K2 0711 | Moonshot | Mid-tier | $0.57 | $2.30 | 131K | 1418 |
| Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Alibaba | Mid-tier | $0.26 | $2.08 | 262K | 1416 |
| GPT-4.1 | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $2.00 | $8.00 | 1M | 1415 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | Anthropic | Mid-tier | $1.00 | $5.00 | 200K | 1414 |
| Mistral Large (deprecated) | Mistral | Mid-tier | $2.00 | $6.00 | 128K | 1414 |
| Qwen3.5-27B | Alibaba | Mid-tier | $0.26 | $2.60 | 262K | 1409 |
| o1 (deprecated) | OpenAI | Frontier | $15.00 | $60.00 | 200K | 1402 |
| R1 | DeepSeek | Mid-tier | $0.70 | $2.50 | 64K | 1398 |
| Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Alibaba | Budget | $0.15 | $1.00 | 262K | 1394 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | MiniMax | Budget | $0.27 | $1.08 | 205K | 1391 |
| Claude Sonnet 4 (deprecated) | Anthropic | Frontier | $3.00 | $15.00 | 200K | 1391 |
| o4 Mini (deprecated) | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $1.10 | $4.40 | 200K | 1391 |
| GPT-5 Mini | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $0.25 | $2.00 | 400K | 1390 |
| GPT-4.1 Mini | OpenAI | Budget | $0.40 | $1.60 | 1M | 1383 |
| o3 Mini High (deprecated) | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $1.10 | $4.40 | 200K | 1364 |
| o3 Mini (deprecated) | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $1.10 | $4.40 | 200K | 1348 |
| GPT-4o | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $2.50 | $10.00 | 128K | 1336 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | Meta | Budget | $0.1875 | $0.6525 | 1M | 1327 |
| GPT-4 Turbo (deprecated) | OpenAI | Frontier | $10.00 | $30.00 | 128K | 1324 |
| Llama 4 Scout | Meta | Budget | $0.18 | $0.59 | 1M | 1322 |
| Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | Meta | Budget | $0.59 | $0.79 | 131K | 1318 |
| GPT-4o-mini | OpenAI | Budget | $0.15 | $0.60 | 128K | 1318 |
| Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | Meta | Budget | $0.40 | $0.40 | 131K | 1293 |
| Gemma 2 27B | Budget | $0.65 | $0.65 | 8K | 1289 | |
| Phi 4 | Microsoft | Budget | $0.07 | $0.14 | 16K | 1256 |
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | Meta | Budget | $0.05 | $0.08 | 131K | 1211 |
| Aion 3.5 | aion-labs | Mid-tier | $3.00 | $6.00 | 262K | |
| Aion 3.5 Mini | aion-labs | Budget | $0.70 | $1.40 | 262K | |
| Aion-2.0 | aion-labs | Budget | $0.80 | $1.60 | 131K | |
| Aion-3.0 | aion-labs | Mid-tier | $3.00 | $6.00 | 131K | |
| Aion-3.0-Mini | aion-labs | Budget | $0.70 | $1.40 | 131K | |
| Aion-RP 1.0 (8B) | aion-labs | Budget | $0.80 | $1.60 | 33K | |
| Qwen-Plus | Alibaba | Budget | $0.26 | $0.78 | 1M | |
| Qwen3 14B | Alibaba | Budget | $0.12 | $0.24 | 41K | |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | Alibaba | Budget | $0.09 | $0.55 | 262K | |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 | Alibaba | Mid-tier | $0.45 | $3.50 | 128K | |
| Qwen3 30B A3B | Alibaba | Budget | $0.12 | $0.50 | 41K | |
| Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 | Alibaba | Budget | $0.10 | $0.30 | 262K | |
| Qwen3 32B | Alibaba | Budget | $0.08 | $0.28 | 131K | |
| Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B | Alibaba | Budget | $0.30 | $1.00 | 262K | |
| Qwen3 Coder Flash | Alibaba | Budget | $0.195 | $0.975 | 1M | |
| Qwen3 Coder Next | Alibaba | Budget | $0.12 | $0.80 | 262K | |
| Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | Alibaba | Budget | $0.15 | $1.20 | 262K | |
| Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking | Alibaba | Budget | $0.29 | $1.00 | 262K | |
| Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15 | Alibaba | Budget | $0.26 | $1.56 | 1M | |
| Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20 | Alibaba | Budget | $0.30 | $1.80 | 1M | |
| Qwen3.5-9B | Alibaba | Budget | $0.10 | $0.15 | 262K | |
| Qwen3.5-Flash | Alibaba | Budget | $0.065 | $0.26 | 1M | |
| Qwen3.6 27B | Alibaba | Mid-tier | $0.32 | $3.20 | 262K | |
| Qwen3.6 35B A3B | Alibaba | Budget | $0.10 | $0.95 | 262K | |
| Qwen3.6 Flash | Alibaba | Budget | $0.1875 | $1.125 | 1M | |
| Qwen3.6 Plus | Alibaba | Budget | $0.325 | $1.95 | 1M | |
| Qwen3.7 Flash | Alibaba | Budget | $0.03 | $0.13 | 1M | |
| Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B | Alibaba | Mid-tier | $2.00 | $6.00 | 1M | |
| Qwen3.8 Flash | Alibaba | Budget | $0.15 | $0.47 | 1M | |
| Qwen3.8 Max (0902) | Alibaba | Mid-tier | $2.00 | $6.00 | 1M | |
| Qwen3.8 Max Prime | Alibaba | Mid-tier | $4.00 | $12.00 | 1M | |
| Qwen3.8 Omni Flash | Alibaba | Budget | $0.15 | $0.47 | 1M | |
| Nova 2 Lite | Amazon | Mid-tier | $0.30 | $2.50 | 1M | |
| Nova Lite 1.0 | Amazon | Budget | $0.06 | $0.24 | 300K | |
| Nova Micro 1.0 | Amazon | Budget | $0.035 | $0.14 | 128K | |
| Nova Premier 1.0 | Amazon | Mid-tier | $2.50 | $12.50 | 1M | |
| Nova Pro 1.0 | Amazon | Mid-tier | $0.80 | $3.20 | 300K | |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | Anthropic | Budget | $0.10 | $0.50 | 1M | |
| Trinity Large Thinking | arcee-ai | Budget | $0.25 | $0.80 | 262K | |
| Seed 1.6 | ByteDance | Mid-tier | $0.25 | $2.00 | 262K | |
| Seed 1.6 Flash | ByteDance | Budget | $0.075 | $0.30 | 262K | |
| Seed 2.1 Turbo | ByteDance | Mid-tier | $0.50 | $2.50 | 262K | |
| Seed-2.0-Code | ByteDance | Mid-tier | $0.50 | $3.00 | 262K | |
| Seed-2.0-Lite | ByteDance | Mid-tier | $0.25 | $2.00 | 262K | |
| Seed-2.0-Mini | ByteDance | Budget | $0.10 | $0.40 | 262K | |
| UI-TARS 7B | bytedance | Budget | $0.10 | $0.20 | 128K | |
| Command A | Cohere | Mid-tier | $2.50 | $10.00 | 256K | |
| Command A+ | Cohere | Budget | $0.30 | $1.50 | 192K | |
| Command R (08-2024) | Cohere | Budget | $0.15 | $0.60 | 128K | |
| Command R+ (08-2024) | Cohere | Mid-tier | $2.50 | $10.00 | 128K | |
| Command R7B (12-2024) | Cohere | Budget | $0.0375 | $0.15 | 128K | |
| DeepSeek V3 | DeepSeek | Budget | $0.32 | $0.89 | 164K | |
| DeepSeek V3 0324 | DeepSeek | Budget | $0.29 | $1.14 | 164K | |
| DeepSeek V3.1 | DeepSeek | Budget | $0.25 | $0.95 | 164K | |
| DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus | DeepSeek | Budget | $0.27 | $1.00 | 164K | |
| DeepSeek V3.2 Exp | DeepSeek | Budget | $0.27 | $0.41 | 164K | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | DeepSeek | Budget | $0.016 | $0.64 | 1M | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | DeepSeek | Budget | $0.2156 | $0.6468 | 1M | |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | DeepSeek | Budget | $0.66 | $1.98 | 1M | |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | DeepSeek | Budget | $0.15 | $0.60 | 1M | |
| R1 0528 | DeepSeek | Mid-tier | $0.50 | $2.15 | 164K | |
| Ember-1 | fireworks | Frontier | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1M | |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | Mid-tier | $0.30 | $2.50 | 1M | ||
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Budget | $0.10 | $0.40 | 1M | ||
| Gemini 2.5 Pro (deprecated) | Mid-tier | $1.25 | $10.00 | 1M | ||
| Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (deprecated) | Mid-tier | $1.25 | $10.00 | 1M | ||
| Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Mid-tier | $0.50 | $3.00 | 1M | ||
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Budget | $0.25 | $1.50 | 1M | ||
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom Tools | Mid-tier | $2.00 | $12.00 | 1M | ||
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | Mid-tier | $0.75 | $3.75 | 1M | ||
| Gemini 4 Argon | Mid-tier | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1M | ||
| Gemma 3 12B | Budget | $0.05 | $0.15 | 131K | ||
| Gemma 3 27B | Budget | $0.08 | $0.45 | 131K | ||
| Gemma 3 4B | Budget | $0.05 | $0.10 | 131K | ||
| Gemma 4 26B A4B | Budget | $0.0765 | $0.255 | 262K | ||
| Gemma 4 31B | Budget | $0.09 | $0.34 | 262K | ||
| Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | Image | $0.30 | $2.50 | 33K | ||
| Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) | Image | $0.50 | $3.00 | 131K | ||
| Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) | Image | $0.25 | $1.50 | 66K | ||
| Nano Banana 2.1 | Image | $1.50 | $7.50 | 66K | ||
| Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image) | Image | $2.00 | $12.00 | 131K | ||
| Granite 4.0 Micro | ibm-granite | Budget | $0.017 | $0.112 | 131K | |
| Granite 4.2 8B | ibm-granite | Budget | $0.06 | $0.25 | 131K | |
| Mercury 2 | Inception | Budget | $0.25 | $0.75 | 128K | |
| Mercury 2.5 | Inception | Budget | $0.04 | $0.15 | 260K | |
| Ling 3.0 Flash | inclusionai | Budget | $0.021 | $0.063 | 262K | |
| Ling 3.0 Flash VL | inclusionai | Budget | $0.06 | $0.18 | 131K | |
| Ling 3.1 Flash | inclusionai | Budget | $0.075 | $0.225 | 262K | |
| Schematron V2 Small | inference-net | Budget | $0.05 | $0.23 | 128K | |
| Schematron V2 Turbo | inference-net | Budget | $0.03 | $0.15 | 128K | |
| LFM2.5-24B-A2B | liquid | Budget | $0.05 | $0.70 | 128K | |
| LongCat 2.0 | meituan | Budget | $0.30 | $1.20 | 1M | |
| Llama Guard 4 12B | Meta | Budget | $0.18 | $0.18 | 164K | |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | meta | Budget | $0.30 | $1.20 | 131K | |
| Muse Spark 1.1 | meta | Mid-tier | $1.25 | $4.25 | 1M | |
| Muse Spark 1.2 | meta | Mid-tier | $1.25 | $4.25 | 1M | |
| Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor | meta | Budget | $0.10 | $0.20 | 1M | |
| Muse Spark 1.3 | meta | Mid-tier | $1.25 | $4.25 | 1M | |
| Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor | meta | Budget | $0.10 | $0.20 | 1M | |
| Muse Wonder | meta | Frontier | $4.00 | $20.00 | 1M | |
| WizardLM-2 8x22B | Microsoft | Budget | $0.62 | $0.62 | 66K | |
| MiniMax M1 | MiniMax | Mid-tier | $0.55 | $2.20 | 1M | |
| MiniMax M2 | MiniMax | Budget | $0.255 | $1.02 | 205K | |
| MiniMax M2-her | MiniMax | Budget | $0.30 | $1.20 | 66K | |
| MiniMax M2.1 | MiniMax | Budget | $0.30 | $1.20 | 205K | |
| MiniMax M2.7 | MiniMax | Budget | $0.30 | $1.20 | 205K | |
| MiniMax-01 | MiniMax | Budget | $0.20 | $1.10 | 1M | |
| Codestral 2508 | Mistral | Budget | $0.30 | $0.90 | 256K | |
| Devstral 2 2512 | Mistral | Mid-tier | $0.40 | $2.00 | 262K | |
| Ministral 3 14B 2512 | Mistral | Budget | $0.20 | $0.20 | 262K | |
| Ministral 3 3B 2512 | Mistral | Budget | $0.10 | $0.10 | 131K | |
| Ministral 3 8B 2512 | Mistral | Budget | $0.15 | $0.15 | 262K | |
| Mistral Large 2407 (deprecated) | Mistral | Mid-tier | $2.00 | $6.00 | 131K | |
| Mistral Large 3 2512 | Mistral | Budget | $0.50 | $1.50 | 262K | |
| Mistral Large 4 | Mistral | Mid-tier | $0.68 | $2.09 | 1M | |
| Mistral Medium 3 | Mistral | Mid-tier | $0.40 | $2.00 | 131K | |
| Mistral Medium 3.1 | Mistral | Mid-tier | $0.40 | $2.00 | 131K | |
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | Mistral | Mid-tier | $1.50 | $7.50 | 262K | |
| Mistral Nemo | Mistral | Budget | $0.029 | $0.03 | 131K | |
| Mistral Small 3 | Mistral | Budget | $0.05 | $0.08 | 33K | |
| Mistral Small 4 | Mistral | Budget | $0.15 | $0.60 | 262K | |
| Saba | Mistral | Budget | $0.20 | $0.60 | 33K | |
| Voxtral Small 24B 2507 | Mistral | Budget | $0.10 | $0.30 | 33K | |
| Kimi K2 0905 | Moonshot | Mid-tier | $0.60 | $2.50 | 262K | |
| Kimi K2 Thinking | Moonshot | Mid-tier | $0.60 | $2.50 | 262K | |
| Kimi K2.7 Code | Moonshot | Mid-tier | $0.6712 | $3.35 | 262K | |
| Morph V3 Large | morph | Budget | $0.90 | $1.90 | 262K | |
| Nex-N2.5-Mini | nex-agi | Budget | $0.025 | $0.10 | 262K | |
| Nex-N2.5-Pro | nex-agi | Budget | $0.075 | $0.25 | 262K | |
| Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Nvidia | Budget | $0.06 | $0.24 | 262K | |
| Nemotron 3 Super | Nvidia | Budget | $0.08 | $0.45 | 262K | |
| Nemotron 3 Ultra | Nvidia | Mid-tier | $0.60 | $2.40 | 262K | |
| Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety | Nvidia | Budget | $0.20 | $0.20 | 131K | |
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Nvidia | Budget | $0.07 | $0.20 | 262K | |
| GPT Audio | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $2.50 | $10.00 | 128K | |
| GPT Audio Mini | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $0.60 | $2.40 | 128K | |
| GPT-4.1 Nano | OpenAI | Budget | $0.10 | $0.40 | 1M | |
| GPT-5 Image | OpenAI | Image | $10.00 | $10.00 | 400K | |
| GPT-5 Image Mini | OpenAI | Image | $2.50 | $2.00 | 400K | |
| GPT-5 Nano | OpenAI | Budget | $0.05 | $0.40 | 400K | |
| GPT-5 Pro | OpenAI | Frontier | $15.00 | $120.00 | 400K | |
| GPT-5.1-Codex | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $1.25 | $10.00 | 400K | |
| GPT-5.1-Codex-Max | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $1.25 | $10.00 | 400K | |
| GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $0.25 | $2.00 | 400K | |
| GPT-5.2 Chat | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $1.75 | $14.00 | 128K | |
| GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | Frontier | $21.00 | $168.00 | 400K | |
| GPT-5.2-Codex | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $1.75 | $14.00 | 400K | |
| GPT-5.3-Codex | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $1.75 | $14.00 | 400K | |
| GPT-5.4 Image 2 | OpenAI | Image | $8.00 | $15.00 | 272K | |
| GPT-5.4 Mini | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $0.75 | $4.50 | 400K | |
| GPT-5.4 Nano | OpenAI | Budget | $0.20 | $1.25 | 400K | |
| GPT-5.4 Pro | OpenAI | Frontier | $30.00 | $180.00 | 1M | |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | OpenAI | Frontier | $30.00 | $180.00 | 1M | |
| GPT-5.6 Luna Pro | OpenAI | Budget | $0.20 | $1.20 | 1M | |
| GPT-5.6 Sol Pro | OpenAI | Frontier | $4.00 | $20.00 | 1M | |
| GPT-5.6 Terra Pro | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $2.00 | $12.00 | 1M | |
| GPT-6 Astra | OpenAI | Frontier | $10.00 | $50.00 | 1M | |
| GPT-6 Astra Pro | OpenAI | Frontier | $10.00 | $50.00 | 1M | |
| GPT-6 Luna | OpenAI | Budget | $0.10 | $0.50 | 1M | |
| GPT-6 Luna Pro | OpenAI | Budget | $0.10 | $0.50 | 1M | |
| GPT-6 Sol | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1M | |
| GPT-6 Sol Pro | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1M | |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1M | |
| GPT-6.1 Sol Pro | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1M | |
| o1-pro | OpenAI | Frontier | $150.00 | $600.00 | 200K | |
| o3 Pro | OpenAI | Frontier | $20.00 | $80.00 | 200K | |
| o4 Mini High (deprecated) | OpenAI | Mid-tier | $1.10 | $4.40 | 200K | |
| Perceptron Mk1 | perceptron | Budget | $0.15 | $1.50 | 33K | |
| Perceptron Mk1.5 | perceptron | Budget | $0.15 | $1.50 | 37K | |
| Sonar | Perplexity | Budget | $1.00 | $1.00 | 127K | |
| Sonar Pro | Perplexity | Frontier | $3.00 | $15.00 | 200K | |
| Sonar Pro Search | Perplexity | Frontier | $3.00 | $15.00 | 200K | |
| Sonar Reasoning Pro | Perplexity | Mid-tier | $2.00 | $8.00 | 128K | |
| Laguna S 2.1 | poolside | Budget | $0.09 | $0.18 | 1M | |
| Laguna XS 2.1 | poolside | Budget | $0.06 | $0.12 | 262K | |
| Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | prism-ml | Budget | $0.075 | $0.50 | 262K | |
| Reka Edge | rekaai | Budget | $0.10 | $0.10 | 16K | |
| Reka Flash 3 | rekaai | Budget | $0.10 | $0.20 | 66K | |
| Relace Apply 3 | relace | Budget | $0.85 | $1.25 | 256K | |
| Relace Search | relace | Mid-tier | $1.00 | $3.00 | 256K | |
| Fugu Max | sakana | Mid-tier | $2.00 | $6.00 | 1M | |
| Fugu Ultra | sakana | Frontier | $5.00 | $30.00 | 1M | |
| Fugu Ultra v2 | sakana | Frontier | $5.00 | $30.00 | 1M | |
| Sakana Namazu | sakana | Mid-tier | $0.95 | $4.00 | 262K | |
| Extract | scaledown | Budget | $0.04 | $0.00 | 1M | |
| Summarize | scaledown | Budget | $0.04 | $0.00 | 1M | |
| Step 3.5 Flash | StepFun | Budget | $0.10 | $0.30 | 262K | |
| Step 3.7 Flash | StepFun | Budget | $0.20 | $1.15 | 262K | |
| Hy-MT2-1.8B | Tencent | Budget | $0.044 | $0.177 | 8K | |
| Hy-MT2-30B-A3B | Tencent | Budget | $0.074 | $0.295 | 8K | |
| Hy-MT2-7B | Tencent | Budget | $0.074 | $0.295 | 8K | |
| Hy3 | Tencent | Budget | $0.132 | $0.528 | 262K | |
| Inkling | thinkingmachines | Mid-tier | $1.00 | $4.05 | 524K | |
| Inkling Small | thinkingmachines | Budget | $0.45 | $1.20 | 524K | |
| Pareto 26.9 | unbiased | Mid-tier | $2.50 | $7.50 | 262K | |
| Solar Mini 4 | upstage | Budget | $0.05 | $0.20 | 524K | |
| Solar Pro 3 | upstage | Budget | $0.15 | $0.60 | 131K | |
| Solar Pro 4 | upstage | Budget | $0.09 | $0.36 | 524K | |
| Palmyra X5 | Writer | Mid-tier | $0.60 | $6.00 | 1M | |
| Grok 4.3 | xAI | Mid-tier | $1.25 | $2.50 | 1M | |
| Grok 4.7 | xAI | Mid-tier | $2.00 | $6.00 | 500K | |
| Grok Build 0.1 | xAI | Mid-tier | $1.00 | $2.00 | 256K | |
| MiMo-V2.5 | Xiaomi | Budget | $0.14 | $0.28 | 1M | |
| MiMo-V2.5-Pro | Xiaomi | Budget | $0.435 | $0.87 | 1M | |
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Xiaomi | Budget | $0.14 | $0.28 | 1M | |
| MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Xiaomi | Budget | $0.435 | $0.87 | 1M | |
| MiMo-V2.6-Pro-UltraSpeed | Xiaomi | Mid-tier | $4.35 | $8.70 | 1M | |
| GLM 4.5 | Zhipu | Mid-tier | $0.60 | $2.20 | 131K | |
| GLM 4.5 Air | Zhipu | Budget | $0.13 | $0.85 | 131K | |
| GLM 4.5V | Zhipu | Budget | $0.60 | $1.80 | 66K | |
| GLM 4.6 | Zhipu | Mid-tier | $0.50 | $2.00 | 205K | |
| GLM 4.6V | Zhipu | Budget | $0.30 | $0.90 | 131K | |
| GLM 4.7 | Zhipu | Mid-tier | $0.60 | $2.20 | 205K | |
| GLM 4.7 Flash | Zhipu | Budget | $0.0605 | $0.40 | 200K | |
| GLM 5 Turbo | Zhipu | Mid-tier | $1.20 | $4.00 | 203K | |
| GLM 5.3 FlashX | Zhipu | Budget | $0.37 | $1.25 | 1M | |
| GLM 5.3 Prime | Zhipu | Mid-tier | $2.80 | $8.80 | 1M | |
| GLM 5V Turbo | Zhipu | Mid-tier | $1.20 | $4.00 | 203K |
The cheapest model, the median price and the price range of each tier are stated, with their date, in LLM API pricing statistics.
Head-to-head comparisons
Prebuilt side-by-side pages for 20 model pairings, each with token prices, batch and cache rates, Arena ELO and cost per request for 8 use cases.
- Claude Sonnet 5 vs GPT-5.5
- Claude Opus 5 vs GPT-5.5
- Claude Opus 5 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
- Claude Fable 5 vs GPT-5.5 Pro
- Claude Sonnet 5 vs Gemini 3.7 Flash
- DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 vs Gemini 3.7 Flash
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 vs Qwen3.7 Max
- GPT-5.5 vs Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
- Claude Sonnet 5 vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
- Kimi K3 vs Claude Opus 5
- GLM 5.2 vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
- Grok 4.6 vs GPT-5.5
- Claude Haiku 4.5 vs GPT-5.6 Luna
- MiniMax M3 vs GLM 5.2
- Llama 4 Maverick vs DeepSeek V3.2
- Qwen3.7 Plus vs Gemini 3.7 Flash
- Claude Opus 5 vs Claude Sonnet 5
- GPT-5.5 vs GPT-5.4
- Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Gemini 3.5 Flash
- Claude Fable 5 vs Claude Opus 5
Or build your own comparison from any 2 to 4 models in the catalogue.
Common questions about LLM pricing
- What is the cheapest LLM API?
- As of 2026-10-14, the cheapest of 280 token-priced LLM APIs in the OptimToken catalogue is Mistral Nemo (Mistral), quoted at $0.029 per 1M input tokens and $0.03 per 1M output tokens, which is $0.03 on the blended price (30% input, 70% output). As of 2026-10-14, the cheapest model in each price tier, ranked on the blended price and quoted per 1M tokens, is: Frontier, GPT-5.4 (OpenAI) at $2.50 input and $15.00 output; Mid-tier, Seed 1.6 (ByteDance) at $0.25 input and $2.00 output, level with 3 other models; Budget, Mistral Nemo (Mistral) at $0.029 input and $0.03 output. Each figure is the price OptimToken quotes for the model, which is one host's rate: another host can charge more or less for the same model.
- How much do LLM APIs cost per million tokens?
- As of 2026-10-14, the median price across 280 token-priced LLM APIs in the OptimToken catalogue is $0.42 per 1M input tokens and $1.94 per 1M output tokens, and the median blended price (30% input, 70% output) is $1.47. As of 2026-10-14, quoted prices run from $0.016 to $150.00 per 1M input tokens and from $0.03 to $600.00 per 1M output tokens. As of 2026-10-14, the median price per 1M tokens by price tier is: Frontier, $5.00 input and $25.00 output (31 models); Mid-tier, $1.20 input and $4.40 output (107 models); Budget, $0.15 input and $0.59 output (142 models).
- How do I estimate my monthly LLM API cost?
- Use Business view and pick one of the workload presets. OptimToken converts input and output token rates into unit cost per request and monthly budget estimates for 10K, 100K, and 1M requests.
- What qualifies as FinOps Friendly?
- A model qualifies only when it meets all four rules: Arena ELO in the top 40% of ranked models, Efficiency score in the top 30%, a list price among the cheapest 70% of the market, and a stable release: no preview or beta label, no frontier model younger than 3 months, and no retirement announced by the model maker.
These are list prices: real cost also depends on caching, batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and existing contracts. Get a FinOps review from OptimNow.