Ling 3.0 Flash API pricing
inclusionai · Budget price tier · MIT · released 2026-07. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-11-14.
Promotional rate. The price we quote is 65% off Novita's standard $0.06 per 1M input tokens and $0.18 per 1M output tokens, and a promotion can end without notice.
A support ticket workload of 100K requests a month costs $6.30 on Ling 3.0 Flash; the next cheaper model in the Budget price tier for this workload, Extract, does it for $6.00. Ling 3.0 Flash has held the same list price since 2026-09-05 and is the 6th cheapest of 159 models in the Budget price tier. None of its 2 hosts undercuts the price we quote. No Arena score is published for it, so it carries no Efficiency score and cannot hold the FinOps Friendly badge.
- Input: $0.021 per 1M tokens
- Output: $0.063 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): Not published
- Prompt-cache read: $0.0042 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 262K tokens
- Arena ELO: Not published
Market position
On blended price ($0.0504 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 97% of models in the Budget price tier: 6th cheapest of 159. Across every price tier it is cheaper than 98% of priced text models in the catalogue: 6th cheapest of 304. No Arena score has been published for Ling 3.0 Flash, so this page does not rank it on quality and OptimNow's quality bars do not apply to it. 76 of the 159 models we list in the Budget price tier carry one. An unranked model is unmeasured, not poor: the benchmark needs votes, and a recent release has not had time to collect them.
Licence, size and capabilities
Ling 3.0 Flash is open source: its weights are published under MIT, an OSI-approved licence with no field-of-use limit, so it can be self-hosted as well as bought by the token. Its published size is 124B parameters. Listed capabilities: Text, Reasoning, Agents. Filling its 262K context window once costs $0.0055 in input tokens at list price.
Pricing by host
A host is a company that runs the model and sells it by the token: the model maker, a cloud platform like Amazon Bedrock, Azure or Vertex, or an independent host. One model, several hosts, and often several prices. This model is sold by 2 different hosts. The price we quote elsewhere on this page is marked. We quote one host's rate so that models stay comparable; it is not a recommendation to buy there.
The price we quote is already the cheapest of the 2 hosts: Novita at $0.021 input / $0.063 output per 1M tokens. The dearest, DeepInfra, charges 2.9x the cheapest.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Precision |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novita (price we quote) | $0.021 | $0.063 | not declared |
| DeepInfra | $0.06 | $0.18 | fp4 |
List prices as published on 2026-11-14, via OpenRouter. Negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown. Novita's listing is a promotional rate: 65% off its standard rate.
Monthly cost at 100K requests, by business use case
From the after-discounts figure (prompt caching on the cached input share, batch API for async workloads, only where inclusionai publishes those rates), which assumes you implement both, to the list price. One figure means no discount is published.
| Use case | Tokens (in/out) | Monthly (after discounts – list) |
|---|---|---|
| Support Ticket | 1,500 / 500 | $5 – $6 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $7 – $9 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $27 – $29 |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $16 – $17 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $16 – $19 |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $6 – $7 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $8 – $9 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $24 – $32 |
Price history
Ling 3.0 Flash entered our daily price archive on 2026-09-05; tracking began on 2026-08-15. It listed at $0.021 input / $0.063 output per 1M tokens that day. No list price change since 2026-09-05. Last checked against the 2026-11-14 snapshot.
Alternatives to Ling 3.0 Flash
Ling 3.0 Flash carries no Arena score, so this page cannot place it against models of comparable quality. The alternatives below are its nearest neighbours on price in the Budget price tier.
- Next cheaper model in the Budget price tier: Ling 3.0 Tiny (inclusionai) at $0.036 blended, 29% less.
- Next more expensive: GLM 5.3 Flash (Zhipu) at $0.0668 blended, 33% more.
Other models from inclusionAI
inclusionAI has 3 other models in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- Ling 3.0 Tiny: $0.015 / $0.045
- Ling 3.1 Flash: $0.045 / $0.135
- Ling 3.0 Flash VL: $0.06 / $0.18
All 4 inclusionAI models and prices
Common questions about Ling 3.0 Flash pricing
- How much does Ling 3.0 Flash cost?
- Ling 3.0 Flash costs $0.021 per 1M input tokens and $0.063 per 1M output tokens at Novita, the host whose rate we quote. Prices as listed on 2026-11-14.
- Which host is cheapest for Ling 3.0 Flash?
- The price we quote is already the cheapest of the 2 hosts: Novita at $0.021 input / $0.063 output per 1M tokens. The dearest, DeepInfra, charges 2.9x the cheapest. Host rates as listed on 2026-11-14.
- Does Ling 3.0 Flash offer batch or cached pricing?
- Yes, for prompt caching only. Cache reads cost $0.0042 per 1M tokens, as listed on 2026-11-14. No batch pricing is published.
- What would Ling 3.0 Flash cost per month?
- With the Support Ticket profile (1,500 input and 500 output tokens per request), 100,000 requests a month cost about $6 on Ling 3.0 Flash at the list price quoted on 2026-11-14.
- Can Ling 3.0 Flash be self-hosted?
- Yes. Ling 3.0 Flash is open source: its weights are published under MIT, an OSI-approved licence with no field-of-use limit, so it can be self-hosted as well as bought by the token.
- Has the price of Ling 3.0 Flash changed?
- Ling 3.0 Flash entered our daily price archive on 2026-09-05; tracking began on 2026-08-15. It listed at $0.021 input / $0.063 output per 1M tokens that day. No list price change since 2026-09-05. Last checked against the 2026-11-14 snapshot.
Its weights are published, which changes what you may run yourself: the cost gap between open weights and proprietary APIs.
These are list prices. Your real cost also depends on caching and batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and the contracts you already have. OptimNow audits exactly that.
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