Ternary Bonsai 2 27B API pricing
prism-ml · Budget price tier · Apache 2.0 · released 2026-09. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-11-04.
A support ticket workload of 100K requests a month costs $36.25 on Ternary Bonsai 2 27B; the next cheaper model in the Budget price tier for this workload, Llama Guard 4 12B, does it for $36.00. Ternary Bonsai 2 27B has held the same list price since 2026-09-19 and is the 72nd cheapest of 159 models in the Budget price tier. Only one host, Darkbloom, 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: $0.075 per 1M tokens
- Output: $0.50 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): Not published
- Prompt-cache read: $0.0375 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 262K tokens
- Arena ELO: Not published
Market position
On blended price ($0.3725 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 55% of models in the Budget price tier: 72nd cheapest of 159. Across every price tier it is cheaper than 76% of priced text models in the catalogue: 72nd cheapest of 303. No Arena score has been published for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B, so this page does not rank it on quality and OptimNow's quality bars do not apply to it. 69 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
Ternary Bonsai 2 27B is open source: its weights are published under Apache 2.0, 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 27B parameters. Listed capabilities: Text, Vision, Reasoning, Agents. Filling its 262K context window once costs $0.0197 in input tokens at list price.
Pricing by host
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Darkbloom is the only host with a published rate, $0.075 input / $0.50 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote. It serves a quantized int4 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M | Precision |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darkbloom (price we quote) | $0.075 | $0.50 | int4 |
List prices as published on 2026-11-04, 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 prism-ml 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 | $33 – $36 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $50 – $55 |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $131 – $135 |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $107 – $109 |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $117 – $123 |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $40 – $41 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $49 – $50 |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $179 – $195 |
Price history
Ternary Bonsai 2 27B entered our daily price archive on 2026-09-19; tracking began on 2026-08-15. It listed at $0.075 input / $0.50 output per 1M tokens that day. No list price change since 2026-09-19. Last checked against the 2026-11-04 snapshot.
Alternatives to Ternary Bonsai 2 27B
Ternary Bonsai 2 27B 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: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp (DeepSeek) at $0.368 blended, 1% less.
- Next more expensive: Qwen3.8 Flash (Alibaba) at $0.374 blended, under 1% more.
Other models from PrismML
PrismML has 1 other model in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- Ternary Bonsai 2 9B: $0.08 / $0.13
Common questions about Ternary Bonsai 2 27B pricing
- How much does Ternary Bonsai 2 27B cost?
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B costs $0.075 per 1M input tokens and $0.50 per 1M output tokens at Darkbloom, the host whose rate we quote. Darkbloom serves a quantized int4 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model. Prices as listed on 2026-11-04.
- Which host is cheapest for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B?
- Darkbloom is the only host with a published rate, $0.075 input / $0.50 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote. It serves a quantized int4 build, which is not the same product as the full-precision model. Host rates as listed on 2026-11-04.
- Does Ternary Bonsai 2 27B offer batch or cached pricing?
- Yes, for prompt caching only. Cache reads cost $0.0375 per 1M tokens, as listed on 2026-11-04. No batch pricing is published.
- What would Ternary Bonsai 2 27B cost per month?
- With the Support Ticket profile (1,500 input and 500 output tokens per request), 100,000 requests a month cost about $36 on Ternary Bonsai 2 27B at the list price quoted on 2026-11-04.
- Can Ternary Bonsai 2 27B be self-hosted?
- Yes. Ternary Bonsai 2 27B is open source: its weights are published under Apache 2.0, 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 Ternary Bonsai 2 27B changed?
- Ternary Bonsai 2 27B entered our daily price archive on 2026-09-19; tracking began on 2026-08-15. It listed at $0.075 input / $0.50 output per 1M tokens that day. No list price change since 2026-09-19. Last checked against the 2026-11-04 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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