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Cheapest LLM Models in 2026

All 135+ LLM API models ranked from cheapest to most expensive by average token price. Find the most budget-friendly AI model for your project.

RankModelProviderInput/1MOutput/1MAvg/1MContext
#1Gemma 4 12BGoogle$0$0$0.00262K
#2DiffusionGemma 26BGoogle$0$0$0.00262K
#3Qwen3.5-9BAlibaba$0.05$0.15$0.10262K
#4GPT-OSS 120BOpenAI$0.039$0.19$0.11131K
#5Ministral 3 8BMistral$0.15$0.15$0.15262K
#6Pixtral 12BMistral$0.15$0.15$0.15128K
#7Qwen3.5-Omni FlashAlibaba$0.065$0.26$0.16262K
#8Hunyuan HY3 PreviewTencent$0.066$0.26$0.16262K
#9Gemma 4 26B A4BGoogle$0.06$0.3$0.18262K
#10Llama 3.3 70BMeta$0.18$0.18$0.18131K
#11GPT-OSS 20B (Bedrock)OpenAI$0.07$0.3$0.1816K
#12GPT-OSS 20BOpenAI$0.075$0.3$0.19131K
#13Gemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGoogle$0.075$0.3$0.191.0M
#14Llama 4 ScoutMeta$0.08$0.3$0.191.0M
#15Devstral SmallMistral$0.1$0.3$0.20256K
#16Mistral Small 3.2Mistral$0.1$0.3$0.20128K
#17Ministral 3 14BMistral$0.2$0.2$0.20262K
#18DeepSeek V4-FlashDeepSeek$0.14$0.28$0.211.0M
#19GPT-5 NanoOpenAI$0.05$0.4$0.23128K
#20GLM-4.7-flashZhipu$0.07$0.4$0.24200K
#21Gemma 4 31BGoogle$0.12$0.36$0.24262K
#22GPT-4.1 NanoOpenAI$0.1$0.4$0.251.0M
#23Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteGoogle$0.1$0.4$0.251.0M
#24Gemini 2.0 FlashGoogle$0.1$0.4$0.251.0M
#25Grok 4.1 FastxAI$0.2$0.5$0.352.0M
#26Grok 4.1 Fast ReasoningxAI$0.2$0.5$0.352.0M
#27DeepSeek V3.2 (Chat)DeepSeek$0.28$0.42$0.35128K
#28DeepSeek V3.2 (Reasoner)DeepSeek$0.28$0.42$0.35128K
#29GPT-OSS 120B (Bedrock)OpenAI$0.15$0.6$0.3816K
#30GPT-4o MiniOpenAI$0.15$0.6$0.38128K
#31Mistral Small 4Mistral$0.15$0.6$0.38256K
#32Grok 3 MinixAI$0.3$0.5$0.40131K
#33Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-ThinkingAlibaba$0.0975$0.78$0.44262K
#34Qwen3 Coder NextAlibaba$0.11$0.8$0.46262K
#35Mercury 2Inception Labs$0.25$0.75$0.50128K
#36Nemotron 3 Super 120BNVIDIA$0.3$0.8$0.551.0M
#37Llama 4 MaverickMeta$0.27$0.85$0.561.0M
#38CodestralMistral$0.3$0.9$0.60256K
#39DeepSeek V4-ProDeepSeek$0.435$0.87$0.651.0M
#40MiMo-V2.5-ProXiaomi$0.435$0.87$0.651.0M
#41GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAI$0.2$1.25$0.72400K
#42MiniMax M2.7MiniMax$0.3$1.2$0.75205K
#43MiniMax M2.5MiniMax$0.3$1.2$0.75128K
#44Grok Code FastxAI$0.2$1.5$0.85256K
#45Gemini 3.1 Flash-LiteGoogle$0.25$1.5$0.881.0M
#46Qwen3.6-PlusAlibaba$0.276$1.651$0.961.0M
#47GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAI$0.4$1.6$1.001.0M
#48Mistral Large 3Mistral$0.5$1.5$1.00262K
#49Magistral SmallMistral$0.5$1.5$1.0040K
#50Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba$0.4$1.6$1.001.0M
#51GPT-5 MiniOpenAI$0.25$2$1.13400K
#52Mistral MediumMistral$0.4$2$1.20131K
#53DevstralMistral$0.4$2$1.20256K
#54Qwen 3.5 27BAlibaba$0.3$2.4$1.35128K
#55DeepSeek R1DeepSeek$0.55$2.19$1.37128K
#56Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle$0.3$2.5$1.401.0M
#57Nova 2.0 LiteAmazon$0.3$2.5$1.401.0M
#58GLM-4.7Zhipu$0.6$2.2$1.40200K
#59Grok Build 0.1xAI$1$2$1.50256K
#60Nemotron 3 Ultra 550BNVIDIA$0.5$2.5$1.501.0M
#61MiniMax M3MiniMax$0.6$2.4$1.501.0M
#62Kimi K2 ThinkingMoonshot$0.6$2.5$1.55262K
#63QwQ-PlusAlibaba$0.8$2.4$1.60131K
#64Gemini 3 FlashGoogle$0.5$3$1.751.0M
#65Gemini 3 Flash ReasoningGoogle$0.5$3$1.751.0M
#66Kimi K2.5Moonshot$0.6$3$1.80262K
#67Grok 4.3xAI$1.25$2.5$1.881.0M
#68MiMo-V2-ProXiaomi$1$3$2.001.0M
#69Qwen 3.5 397BAlibaba$0.6$3.6$2.10128K
#70GLM-5Zhipu$1$3.2$2.10128K
#71Grok 3 Mini FastxAI$0.6$4$2.30131K
#72Claude Haiku 3.5Anthropic$0.8$4$2.40200K
#73Kimi K2.6Moonshot$0.95$4$2.48262K
#74Qwen3.5-Omni PlusAlibaba$0.4$4.8$2.60262K
#75GLM-5 TurboZhipu$1.2$4$2.60200K
#76GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI$0.75$4.5$2.63400K
#77Gemini 3.1 Flash LiveGoogle$0.75$4.5$2.631.0M
#78o4 MiniOpenAI$1.1$4.4$2.75200K
#79o3 MiniOpenAI$1.1$4.4$2.75200K
#80GLM-5.1Zhipu$1.4$4.4$2.90200K
#81Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic$1$5$3.00200K
#82Claude 4.5 Haiku ReasoningAnthropic$1$5$3.00200K
#83Magistral MediumMistral$2$5$3.5040K
#84Grok 4.20xAI$2$6$4.002.0M
#85Pixtral LargeMistral$2$6$4.00128K
#86Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral$1.5$7.5$4.50256K
#87Qwen3.6-Max-PreviewAlibaba$1.3$7.8$4.55262K
#88Kimi K2 Thinking TurboMoonshot$1.15$8$4.58262K
#89GPT-4.1OpenAI$2$8$5.001.0M
#90o3OpenAI$2$8$5.00200K
#91o4 Mini Deep ResearchOpenAI$2$8$5.00200K
#92Qwen3.7 MaxAlibaba$2.5$7.5$5.001.0M
#93Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle$1.5$9$5.251.0M
#94GPT-5.1OpenAI$1.25$10$5.63400K
#95GPT-5OpenAI$1.25$10$5.63400K
#96GPT-5 MediumOpenAI$1.25$10$5.63400K
#97Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle$1.25$10$5.631.0M
#98Nova 2.0 Pro ReasoningAmazon$1.25$10$5.63128K
#99Grok 2xAI$2$10$6.00131K
#100GPT-4oOpenAI$2.5$10$6.25128K
#101Command A+Cohere$2.5$10$6.25128K
#102Command ACohere$2.5$10$6.25128K
#103Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle$2$12$7.001.0M
#104Gemini 3 ProGoogle$2$12$7.001.0M
#105GPT-5.2OpenAI$1.75$14$7.88400K
#106GPT-5.3 CodexOpenAI$1.75$14$7.88400K
#107Voxtral TTSMistral$16$0$8.00128K
#108GPT-5.4OpenAI$2.5$15$8.751.1M
#109Claude Sonnet 4.6 AdaptiveAnthropic$3$15$9.00200K
#110Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic$3$15$9.00200K
#111Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic$3$15$9.00200K
#112Claude Sonnet 4Anthropic$3$15$9.00200K
#113Claude 3.7 SonnetAnthropic$3$15$9.00200K
#114Grok 4xAI$3$15$9.002.0M
#115Grok 3xAI$3$15$9.00131K
#116Sonar ProPerplexity$3$15$9.00128K
#117Gemini 3.1 Flash TTSGoogle$1$20$10.5032K
#118Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic$5$25$15.001.0M
#119Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic$5$25$15.001.0M
#120Claude Opus 4.6 AdaptiveAnthropic$5$25$15.00200K
#121Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic$5$25$15.00200K
#122Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic$5$25$15.00200K
#123Grok 3 FastxAI$5$25$15.00131K
#124GPT-5.5OpenAI$5$30$17.501.1M
#125MAI-Image-2Microsoft$5$33$19.0032K
#126o3 Deep ResearchOpenAI$10$40$25.00200K
#127Claude Fable 5Anthropic$10$50$30.001.0M
#128Claude Mythos 5Anthropic$10$50$30.001.0M
#129o1OpenAI$15$60$37.50200K
#130Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic$15$75$45.00200K
#131o3-proOpenAI$20$80$50.00200K
#132Claude Mythos PreviewAnthropic$25$125$75.001.0M
#133GPT-5.5 ProOpenAI$30$180$105.001.1M
#134GPT-5.4 ProOpenAI$30$180$105.001.1M
#135o1 ProOpenAI$150$600$375.00200K

How We Rank the Cheapest LLMs

Models are ranked by their average price per 1 million tokens, calculated as (input price + output price) / 2. This gives a balanced view of overall cost since most workloads use both input and output tokens.

Keep in mind that the cheapest model isn't always the best choice. Consider quality benchmarks, context window size, and output speed when making your decision. Use our leaderboard to compare quality alongside cost.