Cheapest AI API Models — Lowest Cost per Token

DeepSeek V4 Flash

CN DeepSeek

Fast and ultra-cheap, for high-volume tasks.

CodeImageToolsJSON

$0.14 / $0.29 per M 1000K ctx

Qwen Text Embedding v3

CN Alibaba Qwen

Multilingual embeddings from the Qwen family.

Embedding

$0.07 / $0.00 per M 8.192K ctx

GLM Embedding 3

CN Zhipu GLM

Bilingual CN/EN embeddings from Zhipu AI.

Embedding

$0.05 / $0.00 per M 8.192K ctx

OpenAI Text Embedding 3 Large

US OpenAI

Frontier 3072-dim embeddings for RAG and search.

Embedding

$0.13 / $0.00 per M 8.191K ctx

OpenAI Text Embedding 3 Small

US OpenAI

Cheap and fast 1536-dim embeddings at scale.

EmbeddingFast

$0.02 / $0.00 per M 8.191K ctx

Ernie Embedding v1

CN Baidu ERNIE

Chinese-first embeddings from Baidu ERNIE.

Embedding

$0.04 / $0.00 per M 4.096K ctx

Qwen Vl Ocr

CN Alibaba Qwen

Multimodal vision model.

ImageOCRFast

$0.04 / $0.07 per M 32K ctx

Qwen3 Next 80b A3b Thinking

CN Alibaba Qwen

Step-by-step reasoning model.

ReasoningFast

$0.14 / $1.43 per M 131K ctx

Qwen3 Vl Plus

CN Alibaba Qwen

Multimodal vision model.

ImageVideoToolsJSON

$0.14 / $1.43 per M 262K ctx

Qwen3.5 Flash

CN Alibaba Qwen

Fast and cost-efficient.

CodeFastTools

$0.03 / $0.29 per M 1000K ctx

Qwen3.5 Plus

CN Alibaba Qwen

General-purpose chat model.

CodeToolsJSON

$0.11 / $0.69 per M 1000K ctx

Ernie 4.5 Turbo 128k

CN Baidu ERNIE

Fast and cost-efficient.

ToolsJSON

$0.11 / $0.46 per M 128K ctx

Ernie 4.5 Turbo 32k

CN Baidu ERNIE

Fast and cost-efficient.

ToolsJSON

$0.11 / $0.46 per M 32K ctx

Ernie 4.5 Turbo Preview

CN Baidu ERNIE

Fast and cost-efficient.

ToolsJSON

$0.11 / $0.46 per M 128K ctx

Glm 4.5 Air

CN Zhipu GLM

Fast and cost-efficient.

ReasoningFastTools

$0.11 / $0.29 per M 128K ctx

Glm 4.5 Air (thinking)

CN Zhipu GLM

Step-by-step reasoning model.

ReasoningFast

$0.11 / $0.29 per M 128K ctx

Glm Z1 Air

CN Zhipu GLM

Step-by-step reasoning model.

ReasoningFast

$0.11 / $0.29 per M 128K ctx

Doubao Pro 256k

CN ByteDance Doubao

Doubao's flagship model.

ToolsJSON

$0.11 / $0.29 per M 256K ctx

Doubao Seed 1.6 Flash

CN ByteDance Doubao

Fast and cost-efficient.

ReasoningFast

$0.03 / $0.30 per M 256K ctx

Doubao Seed 1.8

CN ByteDance Doubao

General-purpose chat model.

ReasoningTools

$0.11 / $1.14 per M 256K ctx

Doubao Seed 2 0 Lite

CN ByteDance Doubao

Fast and cost-efficient.

FastTools

$0.09 / $0.51 per M 256K ctx

Doubao Seed 2 0 Mini

CN ByteDance Doubao

Fast and cost-efficient.

Fast

$0.03 / $0.29 per M 256K ctx

Doubao Seed Character

CN ByteDance Doubao

General-purpose chat model.

Tools

$0.11 / $0.29 per M 128K ctx

Deepseek Ocr

CN DeepSeek

General-purpose chat model.

Free ImageOCR

Free 131.072K ctx

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite

US Google

Fast and cost-efficient.

ImageVideoAudioFast

$0.10 / $0.40 per M 1000K ctx

Gemini 2.5 Flash Live

US Google

Fast and cost-efficient.

ImageAudioFastTools

$0.10 / $0.40 per M 1000K ctx

Gemma 4 31b It

US Google

General-purpose chat model.

ImageFast

$0.10 / $0.10 per M 128K ctx

Gpt 4.1 Nano

US OpenAI

Fast and cost-efficient.

Fast

$0.10 / $0.40 per M 1000K ctx

Gpt 4o Mini

US OpenAI

Fast and cost-efficient.

ImageToolsJSONFast

$0.15 / $0.60 per M 128K ctx

Gpt 5 Nano

US OpenAI

Fast and cost-efficient.

FastTools

$0.05 / $0.40 per M 400K ctx

Gpt Oss 120b

US OpenAI

General-purpose chat model.

ReasoningTools

$0.07 / $0.30 per M 128K ctx

Gpt Oss 20b

US OpenAI

General-purpose chat model.

ReasoningFast

$0.03 / $0.12 per M 128K ctx

Step 3.5 Flash

CN StepFun

Fast and cost-efficient.

FastTools

$0.10 / $0.30 per M 256K ctx

Step 3.5 Flash 2603

CN StepFun

Fast and cost-efficient.

FastTools

$0.10 / $0.30 per M 256K ctx

Kat Coder Air V1

CN Kuaishou Kat

Optimized for code generation.

Free CodeFast

Free 128K ctx

Kat Coder Exp 72b 1010

CN Kuaishou Kat

Optimized for code generation.

Free Code

Free 128K ctx

Hunyuan T1 Vision

CN Tencent Hunyuan

Multimodal vision model.

ImageReasoning

$0.14 / $0.57 per M 32K ctx

Hunyuan Turbo Vision

CN Tencent Hunyuan

Fast and cost-efficient.

ImageTools

$0.11 / $0.29 per M 32K ctx

Mimo V2 Flash

CN Xiaomi MiMo

Fast and cost-efficient.

Fast

$0.10 / $0.30 per M 256K ctx

Mimo V2.5

CN Xiaomi MiMo

General-purpose chat model.

ReasoningTools

$0.14 / $0.29 per M 1000K ctx

Cheapest AI API Models — Lowest Cost per Token

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