Ling 3.0 Flash VL API pricing
inclusionai · Budget price tier · MIT · released 2026-09. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-10-26.
A support ticket workload of 100K requests a month costs $18.00 on Ling 3.0 Flash VL; the next cheaper model in the Budget price tier for this workload, Phi 4, does it for $17.50. The price we quote for Ling 3.0 Flash VL has changed 2 times since 2026-09-11, most recently on 2026-10-14 when the quoted host changed (+191.4%); it is now the 23rd cheapest of 164 models in the Budget price tier. Only one host, DeepInfra, sells it, so there is no second price to shop. No Arena score is published for it, so it carries no Efficiency score and cannot hold the FinOps Friendly badge.
- Input: $0.06 per 1M tokens
- Output: $0.18 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): Not published
- Prompt-cache read: $0.012 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 131K tokens
- Arena ELO: Not published
Market position
On blended price ($0.144 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 87% of models in the Budget price tier: 23rd cheapest of 164. Across every price tier it is cheaper than 93% of priced text models in the catalogue: 23rd cheapest of 310. No Arena score has been published for Ling 3.0 Flash VL, so this page does not rank it on quality and OptimNow's quality bars do not apply to it. 74 of the 164 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 VL 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, Vision, Reasoning, Agents. Filling its 131K context window once costs $0.00786 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 1 host. 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.
DeepInfra is the only host with a published rate, $0.06 input / $0.18 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Precision |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeepInfra (price we quote) | $0.06 | $0.18 | fp16 |
List prices as published on 2026-10-26, via OpenRouter. Negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown.
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 | $14 – $18 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $20 – $26 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $77 – $82 |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $45 – $47 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $47 – $54 |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $18 – $20 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $24 – $25 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $70 – $90 |
Price history
Ling 3.0 Flash VL entered our daily price archive on 2026-09-11; tracking began on 2026-08-15. It listed at $0.06 input / $0.18 output per 1M tokens that day. The price we quote has changed 2 times since then, every time through a change of quoted host rather than a repricing. The latest change, on 2026-10-14, was +191.4% on the blended price (30% input, 70% output), to $0.06 input / $0.18 output (quoted host changed, not a repricing). Net of all changes, the blended price is back where it started on 2026-09-11.
| Date | Old price (in / out) | New price (in / out) | Blended change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-14 | $0.021 / $0.0616 | $0.06 / $0.18 | +191.4% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) |
| 2026-09-26 | $0.06 / $0.18 | $0.021 / $0.0616 | -65.7% (quoted host changed, not a repricing) |
Alternatives to Ling 3.0 Flash VL
Ling 3.0 Flash VL 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: Hy-MT2-1.8B (Tencent) at $0.1371 blended, 5% less.
- Next more expensive: Llama 3.2 1B Instruct (Meta) at $0.1488 blended, 3% more.
Other models from inclusionAI
inclusionAI has 2 other models in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- Ling 3.0 Flash: $0.021 / $0.063
- Ling 3.1 Flash: $0.075 / $0.225
All 3 inclusionAI models and prices
Common questions about Ling 3.0 Flash VL pricing
- How much does Ling 3.0 Flash VL cost?
- Ling 3.0 Flash VL costs $0.06 per 1M input tokens and $0.18 per 1M output tokens at DeepInfra, the host whose rate we quote. Prices as listed on 2026-10-26.
- Which host is cheapest for Ling 3.0 Flash VL?
- DeepInfra is the only host with a published rate, $0.06 input / $0.18 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote. Host rates as listed on 2026-10-26.
- Does Ling 3.0 Flash VL offer batch or cached pricing?
- Yes, for prompt caching only. Cache reads cost $0.012 per 1M tokens, as listed on 2026-10-26. No batch pricing is published.
- What would Ling 3.0 Flash VL cost per month?
- With the Support Ticket profile (1,500 input and 500 output tokens per request), 100,000 requests a month cost about $18 on Ling 3.0 Flash VL at the list price quoted on 2026-10-26.
- Can Ling 3.0 Flash VL be self-hosted?
- Yes. Ling 3.0 Flash VL 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 VL changed?
- Ling 3.0 Flash VL entered our daily price archive on 2026-09-11; tracking began on 2026-08-15. It listed at $0.06 input / $0.18 output per 1M tokens that day. The price we quote has changed 2 times since then, every time through a change of quoted host rather than a repricing. The latest change, on 2026-10-14, was +191.4% on the blended price (30% input, 70% output), to $0.06 input / $0.18 output (quoted host changed, not a repricing). Net of all changes, the blended price is back where it started on 2026-09-11.
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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