Pareto 26.9 API pricing
unbiased · Mid-range price tier · released 2026-10. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-10-22.
Pareto 26.9 has held the same list price since 2026-10-14 and is the 79th cheapest of 113 models in the Mid-range price tier. Only one host, Unbiased, 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: $2.50 per 1M tokens
- Output: $7.50 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): Not published
- Prompt-cache read: $0.25 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 262K tokens
- Arena ELO: Not published
Market position
On blended price ($6.00 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 30% of models in the Mid-range price tier: 79th cheapest of 113. Across every price tier it is cheaper than 21% of priced text models in the catalogue: 243rd cheapest of 308.
Licence, size and capabilities
No licence is recorded for Pareto 26.9, so this page does not say whether it can be self-hosted. Its parameter count is not published. Listed capabilities: Text, Vision, Agents. Filling its 262K context window once costs $0.655 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.
Unbiased is the only host with a published rate, $2.50 input / $7.50 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| Unbiased (price we quote) | $2.50 | $7.50 |
List prices as published on 2026-10-22, 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 unbiased 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 | $548 – $750 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $785 – $1.1K |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $3.2K – $3.4K |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $1.9K – $2.0K |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $1.9K – $2.3K |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $724 – $825 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $980 – $1.0K |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $2.8K – $3.8K |
Price history
Pareto 26.9 entered our daily price archive on 2026-10-14; tracking began on 2026-08-15. It listed at $2.50 input / $7.50 output per 1M tokens that day. No list price change since 2026-10-14. Last checked against the 2026-10-22 snapshot.
Alternatives to Pareto 26.9
- Next cheaper model in the Mid-range price tier: Mistral Medium 3.5 (Mistral) at $5.70 blended, 5% less.
- Next more expensive: GPT-4.1 (OpenAI) at $6.20 blended, 3% more.
Other models from unbiased
unbiased has 1 other model in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- Pareto 26.10: $0.80 / $3.20
Common questions about Pareto 26.9 pricing
- How much does Pareto 26.9 cost?
- Pareto 26.9 costs $2.50 per 1M input tokens and $7.50 per 1M output tokens at Unbiased, the host whose rate we quote. Prices as listed on 2026-10-22.
- Which host is cheapest for Pareto 26.9?
- Unbiased is the only host with a published rate, $2.50 input / $7.50 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote. Host rates as listed on 2026-10-22.
- Does Pareto 26.9 offer batch or cached pricing?
- Yes, for prompt caching only. Cache reads cost $0.25 per 1M tokens, as listed on 2026-10-22. No batch pricing is published.
- What would Pareto 26.9 cost per month?
- With the Support Ticket profile (1,500 input and 500 output tokens per request), 100,000 requests a month cost about $750 on Pareto 26.9 at the list price quoted on 2026-10-22.
- Can Pareto 26.9 be self-hosted?
- No licence is recorded for Pareto 26.9, so this page does not say whether it can be self-hosted.
- Has the price of Pareto 26.9 changed?
- Pareto 26.9 entered our daily price archive on 2026-10-14; tracking began on 2026-08-15. It listed at $2.50 input / $7.50 output per 1M tokens that day. No list price change since 2026-10-14. Last checked against the 2026-10-22 snapshot.
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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