Cheapest models
Ranked by blended API price (75% input + 25% output, USD per 1M tokens). Free promotional listings excluded.
Ranked by blended API price (75% input + 25% output, USD per 1M tokens). Free promotional listings excluded. Source: OpenRouter. Variants (reasoning effort, batch) are folded into one row.
| # | Model | Capability | Reasoning | Coding | Context | $/M | Weights | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ling 3.0 Flash VLNEWinclusionAI (Ant Group) | — | — | — | 262K | $0.031 | Open | 10 Sep 2026 |
| 2 | Ling 3.0 FlashinclusionAI (Ant Group) | — | — | — | 262K | $0.032 | Open | 23 Jul 2026 |
| 3 | Nex-N2.5-MiniNEWNex AGI | — | — | — | 262K | $0.044 | Open | 8 Sep 2026 |
| 4 | Schematron V2 TurboNEWInference.net | — | — | — | 128K | $0.060 | Open | 12 Sep 2026 |
| 5 | Laguna XS 2.1Poolside | — | — | — | 262K | $0.075 | Open | 2 Jul 2026 |
| 6 | Hy-MT2-1.8BTencent | — | — | — | 8K | $0.077 | Open | 20 Aug 2026 |
| 7 | Nemotron 3.5 LightningNVIDIA | — | — | — | 1M | $0.085 | Open | 11 Aug 2026 |
| 8 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek | 154.5 | 91.0 | — | 1.31M | $0.093 | Open | 31 Jul 2026 |
| 9 | GLM 5.3 FlashbatchZ.ai (Zhipu AI) · +1 variant | — | — | — | 1.05M | $0.095 | Open | 26 Aug 2026 |
| 10 | Schematron V2 SmallNEWInference.net | — | — | — | 128K | $0.095 | Open | 12 Sep 2026 |
| 11 | Granite 4.2 8BNEWIBM | — | — | — | 131K | $0.11 | Open | 31 Aug 2026 |
| 12 | Laguna S 2.1Poolside | — | — | — | 1.05M | $0.11 | Open | 21 Jul 2026 |
| 13 | Nex-N2.5-ProNEWNex AGI | — | — | — | 262K | $0.12 | Open | 8 Sep 2026 |
| 14 | Hy-MT2-30B-A3BTencent | — | — | — | 8K | $0.13 | Open | 20 Aug 2026 |
| 15 | Hy-MT2-7BTencent | — | — | — | 8K | $0.13 | Open | 19 Aug 2026 |
| 16 | DeepSeek V4.1 FlashNEWbatchDeepSeek · +1 variant | — | — | — | 1.05M | $0.17 | Open | 10 Sep 2026 |
| 17 | MiMo-V2.6-FlashNEWXiaomi | — | — | — | 1.05M | $0.17 | Open | 21 Sep 2026 |
| 18 | Ternary Bonsai 2 27BNEWPrismML | — | — | — | 262K | $0.18 | Open | 18 Sep 2026 |
| 19 | Qwen3.8 FlashAlibaba (Qwen) | — | — | — | 1M | $0.23 | Open | 26 Aug 2026 |
| 20 | Hy3Tencent | — | — | — | 262K | $0.23 | Open | 6 Jul 2026 |
| 21 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek | — | — | — | 1.05M | $0.32 | Open | 21 Aug 2026 |
| 22 | LongCat 2.0Meituan | — | — | — | 1.05M | $0.53 | Open | 20 Jul 2026 |
| 23 | Muse Glimmer 30BMeta | — | — | — | 131K | $0.53 | Open | 9 Aug 2026 |
| 24 | MiMo-V2.6-ProNEWXiaomi | — | — | — | 1.05M | $0.54 | Open | 21 Sep 2026 |
| 25 | Inkling SmallThinking Machines Lab | 150.1 | — | — | 524K | $0.64 | Open | 15 Jul 2026 |
| 26 | GLM 5.3batchZ.ai (Zhipu AI) · +1 variant | — | — | — | 1.05M | $0.84 | Open | 18 Aug 2026 |
| 27 | Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba (Qwen) | — | — | — | 1M | $1.14 | Open | 14 Aug 2026 |
| 28 | Hy4 previewTencent | — | — | — | 1.05M | $1.25 | Open | 28 Aug 2026 |
| 29 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek | 155.4 | 91.7 | — | 1.05M | $1.41 | Open | 13 Aug 2026 |
| 30 | InklingThinking Machines Lab | 148.6 | — | — | 524K | $1.76 | Open | 15 Jul 2026 |
| 31 | Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BAlibaba (Qwen) | — | — | — | 1.05M | $3.00 | Open | 12 Aug 2026 |
| 32 | Kimi K3batchMoonshot AI · +1 variant | — | — | — | 1.05M | $4.56 | Open | 16 Jul 2026 |
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New - awaiting independent evaluation
All new models →- Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic · 28 Sep 2026 · AA 56 · 1M · $4.00/M
- Qwen3.8 Max PrimeAlibaba (Qwen) · 23 Sep 2026 · 1M · $6.00/M
- GPT-6 SolOpenAI · 22 Sep 2026 · AA 47.5 · 1.05M · $4.00/M
- GPT-6 LunaOpenAI · 22 Sep 2026 · AA 37.3 · 1.05M · $0.20/M
- GPT-6 Sol ProOpenAI · 22 Sep 2026 · 1.05M · $4.00/M
- GPT-6 Luna ProOpenAI · 22 Sep 2026 · 1.05M · $0.20/M
- Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic · 22 Sep 2026 · AA 57.6 · 1M · $8.00/M
- Grok 4.7xAI · 21 Sep 2026 · AA 46.4 · 500K · $3.00/M
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