OptimTokenPrice barometer › Past weeks › Week 42
LLM price moves, week 42
12–18 Oct 2026. Snapshots compared: 11 Oct 2026 and 18 Oct 2026. Percentages are on the blended price (30% input, 70% output).
2 price changes (1 up, 1 down) among 281 models compared. 21 other moves are flagged as a change of quoted host or an outlier listing.
Price changes (2)
Price increases (1)
| Model | Blended change | Blended price per 1M | Input / output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemma 4 31B | +28.3% | $0.265 → $0.34 | +122.2% / +17.6% |
Price decreases (1)
| Model | Blended change | Blended price per 1M | Input / output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hy3 Tencent | -37.5% | $0.4092 → $0.2557 | -37.5% / -37.5% |
Quoted host changes and outliers (21)
Many models are sold by several hosts at different rates, and we quote one of them. These moves are flagged as a change of quoted host: the new rate matches a different host from the one we quoted at the start of the window. Rows marked Outlier listing involve a quoted rate far from the model's typical host rate.
Show the 21 rows
Price increases (7)
| Model | Blended change | Blended price per 1M | Input / output | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ling 3.0 Flash VL inclusionai | +191.4% | $0.0494 → $0.144 | +185.7% / +192.2% | |
| GLM 5 Zhipu | +66.7% | $1.524 → $2.54 | +66.7% / +66.7% | |
| MiniMax M2.7 MiniMax | +42.9% | $0.651 → $0.93 | +42.9% / +42.9% | |
| Qwen3.5-35B-A3B Alibaba | +35.7% | $0.549 → $0.745 | +87.5% / +33.3% | |
| Kimi K3 Moonshot | +16.7% | $7.24 → $8.4464 | -62.0% / +19.4% | Outlier listing. At one end of this window, the price we quoted was an outlier listing: input almost free and output at or above the usual rate, far from what most hosts charge. The percentage reflects that listing. Mixed direction. Input and output moved in opposite directions, so the effect on your bill depends on your token mix. |
| Qwen3.6 35B A3B Alibaba | +7.2% | $0.695 → $0.745 | +50.0% / +5.3% | |
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B Alibaba | +2.1% | $2.615 → $2.67 | -9.1% / +2.9% | Mixed direction. Input and output moved in opposite directions, so the effect on your bill depends on your token mix. |
Price decreases (14)
| Model | Blended change | Blended price per 1M | Input / output | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek | -87.9% | $0.93 → $0.1128 | -86.7% / -88.0% | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 DeepSeek | -82.9% | $0.905 → $0.1547 | +203.3% / -85.8% | Outlier listing. At one end of this window, the price we quoted was an outlier listing: input almost free and output at or above the usual rate, far from what most hosts charge. The percentage reflects that listing. Mixed direction. Input and output moved in opposite directions, so the effect on your bill depends on your token mix. |
| GLM 5.3 Zhipu | -70.2% | $3.3717 → $1.0037 | +102.6% / -70.8% | Outlier listing. At one end of this window, the price we quoted was an outlier listing: input almost free and output at or above the usual rate, far from what most hosts charge. The percentage reflects that listing. Mixed direction. Input and output moved in opposite directions, so the effect on your bill depends on your token mix. |
| GLM 5.2 Zhipu | -61.8% | $4.918 → $1.88 | +933.3% / -65.4% | Outlier listing. At one end of this window, the price we quoted was an outlier listing: input almost free and output at or above the usual rate, far from what most hosts charge. The percentage reflects that listing. Mixed direction. Input and output moved in opposite directions, so the effect on your bill depends on your token mix. |
| GLM 5.3 Flash Zhipu | -60.9% | $0.395 → $0.1544 | -68.0% / -60.0% | |
| DeepSeek V3.2 DeepSeek | -40.7% | $0.6377 → $0.378 | +8.1% / -47.5% | Mixed direction. Input and output moved in opposite directions, so the effect on your bill depends on your token mix. |
| Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Meta | -38.9% | $0.416 → $0.254 | -54.5% / -36.0% | |
| Qwen3.6 27B Alibaba | -36.9% | $2.336 → $1.475 | -21.9% / -37.5% | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 DeepSeek | -30.1% | $0.4534 → $0.317 | -63.9% / -29.7% | Outlier listing. At one end of this window, the price we quoted was an outlier listing: input almost free and output at or above the usual rate, far from what most hosts charge. The percentage reflects that listing. |
| Gemma 3 27B | -20.6% | $0.339 → $0.269 | 0.0% / -22.2% | |
| MiniMax M2 MiniMax | -15.0% | $0.93 → $0.7905 | -15.0% / -15.0% | |
| MiniMax M2.5 MiniMax | -10.9% | $0.837 → $0.746 | 0.0% / -12.0% | |
| GLM 4.7 Zhipu | -10.0% | $1.72 → $1.548 | -10.0% / -10.0% | |
| Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 Alibaba | -1.3% | $0.24 → $0.237 | -10.0% / 0.0% |
How the figures are calculated is on the price barometer. Follow new weeks with the RSS feed.