Cheap AI models under $1/M — 282 options

282 models with input pricing below $1/1M tokens, sorted by blended cost.

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282 models with input pricing below $1.00 per 1M tokens, sorted cheapest-first by blended cost. Capable models for chat, summarization, and code generation are well represented.

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ModelContextInput $/MOutput $/MBlended $/M
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flashvisioncache
deepseek
1,048,576$0.028/M$0.011/M$0.024/M
Mistral: Mistral Nemo
mistralai
131,072$0.029/M$0.030/M$0.029/M
ScaleDown: Summarizevision
scaledown
1,000,000$0.040/MFree$0.030/M
ScaleDown: Extractvision
scaledown
1,000,000$0.040/MFree$0.030/M
inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flashcache
inclusionai
262,144$0.021/M$0.063/M$0.032/M
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Latestcache
~deepseek
1,048,576$0.0039/M$0.120/M$0.033/M
OpenAI: gpt-oss-20bcache
openai
131,072$0.018/M$0.090/M$0.036/M
IBM: Granite 4.0 Micro
ibm-granite
131,000$0.017/M$0.112/M$0.041/M
Sao10K: Llama 3 8B Lunaris
sao10k
8,192$0.040/M$0.050/M$0.043/M
Nex AGI: Nex-N2.5-Minivisioncache
nex-agi
262,144$0.025/M$0.100/M$0.044/M
OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (batch)
openai
131,072$0.024/M$0.112/M$0.046/M
Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flashvisioncache
qwen
1,000,000$0.030/M$0.130/M$0.055/M
OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b (batch)
openai
131,072$0.030/M$0.136/M$0.056/M
Mistral: Mistral Small 3
mistralai
32,768$0.050/M$0.080/M$0.058/M
Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instructcache
meta-llama
131,072$0.050/M$0.080/M$0.058/M
Inference.net: Schematron V2 Turbocache
inference-net
128,000$0.030/M$0.150/M$0.060/M
Amazon: Nova Micro 1.0
amazon
128,000$0.035/M$0.140/M$0.061/M
Google: Gemma 3 4Bvision
google
131,072$0.050/M$0.100/M$0.062/M
Cohere: Command R7B (12-2024)
cohere
128,000$0.037/M$0.150/M$0.066/M
Inception: Mercury 2.5cache
inception
260,000$0.040/M$0.150/M$0.068/M
OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (batch)visioncache
openai
400,000$0.025/M$0.200/M$0.069/M
Meta: Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
meta-llama
60,000$0.027/M$0.201/M$0.070/M
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch)visioncache
deepseek
1,048,576$0.050/M$0.150/M$0.075/M
Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1cache
poolside
262,144$0.060/M$0.120/M$0.075/M
Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 (batch)visioncache
mistralai
262,144$0.075/M$0.075/M$0.075/M
Google: Gemma 3 12Bvision
google
131,072$0.050/M$0.150/M$0.075/M
Z.ai: GLM Flash Latestvisioncache
~z-ai
1,048,576$0.048/M$0.160/M$0.076/M
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flashvisioncache
z-ai
1,048,576$0.048/M$0.160/M$0.076/M
Tencent: Hy-MT2-1.8B
tencent
8,192$0.044/M$0.177/M$0.077/M
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)visioncache
z-ai
1,048,576$0.050/M$0.180/M$0.083/M
Upstage: Solar Mini 4cache
upstage
524,288$0.050/M$0.200/M$0.087/M
Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch)visioncache
google
1,048,576$0.050/M$0.200/M$0.087/M
OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Nano (batch)visioncache
openai
1,047,576$0.050/M$0.200/M$0.087/M
Microsoft: Phi 4
microsoft
16,384$0.070/M$0.140/M$0.087/M
MythoMax 13B
gryphe
8,192$0.080/M$0.110/M$0.087/M
inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash VLvisioncache
inclusionai
131,072$0.060/M$0.180/M$0.090/M
Inference.net: Schematron V2 Smallcache
inference-net
128,000$0.050/M$0.230/M$0.095/M
Anthropic: Claude Haiku 5.5 (batch)visioncache
anthropic
1,000,000$0.050/M$0.250/M$0.100/M
OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna Pro (batch)visioncache
openai
1,050,000$0.050/M$0.250/M$0.100/M
OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna (batch)visioncache
openai
1,050,000$0.050/M$0.250/M$0.100/M
Reka Edgevision
rekaai
16,384$0.100/M$0.100/M$0.100/M
Mistral: Ministral 3 3B 2512visioncache
mistralai
131,072$0.100/M$0.100/M$0.100/M
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightningcache
nvidia
262,144$0.070/M$0.200/M$0.102/M
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
nvidia
262,144$0.060/M$0.240/M$0.105/M
Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0vision
amazon
300,000$0.060/M$0.240/M$0.105/M
IBM: Granite 4.2 8Bcache
ibm-granite
131,072$0.060/M$0.250/M$0.107/M
inclusionAI: Ling 3.1 Flashcache
inclusionai
262,144$0.075/M$0.225/M$0.113/M
Poolside: Laguna S 2.1cache
poolside
1,048,576$0.090/M$0.180/M$0.113/M
Qwen: Qwen3.5-9Bvision
qwen
262,144$0.100/M$0.150/M$0.113/M
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423cache
deepseek
1,048,576$0.091/M$0.182/M$0.114/M
Qwen: Qwen3.5-Flashvision
qwen
1,000,000$0.065/M$0.260/M$0.114/M
Nex AGI: Nex-N2.5-Provisioncache
nex-agi
262,144$0.075/M$0.250/M$0.119/M
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B visioncache
google
262,144$0.076/M$0.255/M$0.121/M
Meta: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
meta-llama
131,072$0.051/M$0.335/M$0.122/M
Qwen: Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct
qwen
262,144$0.070/M$0.280/M$0.122/M
Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 Contributorvisioncache
meta
1,048,576$0.100/M$0.200/M$0.125/M
Meta: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributorvisioncache
meta
1,048,576$0.100/M$0.200/M$0.125/M
ByteDance: UI-TARS 7B visioncache
bytedance
128,000$0.100/M$0.200/M$0.125/M
Reka Flash 3
rekaai
65,536$0.100/M$0.200/M$0.125/M
Qwen: Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
qwen
32,768$0.100/M$0.200/M$0.125/M
Tencent: Hy-MT2-30B-A3B
tencent
8,192$0.074/M$0.295/M$0.129/M
Tencent: Hy-MT2-7B
tencent
8,192$0.074/M$0.295/M$0.129/M
Qwen: Qwen3 32B
qwen
131,072$0.080/M$0.280/M$0.130/M
Mistral: Mistral Small 4 (batch)visioncache
mistralai
262,144$0.075/M$0.300/M$0.131/M
ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flashvision
bytedance-seed
262,144$0.075/M$0.300/M$0.131/M
OpenAI: gpt-oss-safeguard-20bcache
openai
131,072$0.075/M$0.300/M$0.131/M
OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (batch)visioncache
openai
128,000$0.075/M$0.300/M$0.131/M
Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24Bvision
mistralai
256,000$0.094/M$0.250/M$0.133/M
OpenAI: GPT-5 Nanovisioncache
openai
400,000$0.050/M$0.400/M$0.138/M
Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507
qwen
262,144$0.090/M$0.300/M$0.142/M
Tencent: Hy3cache
tencent
262,144$0.083/M$0.330/M$0.144/M
Z.ai: GLM 4.7 Flash
z-ai
200,000$0.060/M$0.400/M$0.145/M
Google: Gemma 3 27Bvisioncache
google
131,072$0.080/M$0.350/M$0.147/M
StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash
stepfun
262,144$0.100/M$0.300/M$0.150/M
Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512visioncache
mistralai
262,144$0.150/M$0.150/M$0.150/M
Mistral: Voxtral Small 24B 2507cache
mistralai
32,768$0.100/M$0.300/M$0.150/M
Qwen: Qwen3 14B
qwen
40,960$0.120/M$0.240/M$0.150/M
Meta: Llama 4 Scoutvision
meta-llama
1,310,720$0.100/M$0.300/M$0.150/M
Meta: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
meta-llama
131,072$0.100/M$0.320/M$0.155/M
Upstage: Solar Pro 4cache
upstage
524,288$0.090/M$0.360/M$0.158/M
Inception: Mercury 3cache
inception
1,000,000$0.100/M$0.350/M$0.163/M
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super
nvidia
262,144$0.080/M$0.450/M$0.172/M
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VLvisioncache
nvidia
1,048,576$0.100/M$0.400/M$0.175/M
Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.6-Flashvisioncache
xiaomi
1,050,000$0.140/M$0.280/M$0.175/M
Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5visioncache
xiaomi
1,050,000$0.140/M$0.280/M$0.175/M
ByteDance Seed: Seed-2.0-Minivision
bytedance-seed
262,144$0.100/M$0.400/M$0.175/M
Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash Litevisioncache
google
1,048,576$0.100/M$0.400/M$0.175/M
OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Nanovisioncache
openai
1,047,576$0.100/M$0.400/M$0.175/M
DeepSeek: DeepSeek Flash Latestvisioncache
~deepseek
1,048,576$0.035/M$0.600/M$0.176/M
Meta: Llama Guard 4 12Bvision
meta-llama
163,840$0.180/M$0.180/M$0.180/M
PrismML: Ternary Bonsai 2 27Bvisioncache
prism-ml
262,144$0.075/M$0.500/M$0.181/M
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731cache
deepseek
1,048,576$0.130/M$0.389/M$0.195/M
Anthropic: Claude Haiku 5.5visioncache
anthropic
1,000,000$0.100/M$0.500/M$0.200/M
OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna Provisioncache
openai
1,050,000$0.100/M$0.500/M$0.200/M
OpenAI: GPT-6 Lunavisioncache
openai
1,050,000$0.100/M$0.500/M$0.200/M
OpenAI: GPT Luna Latestvisioncache
~openai
1,050,000$0.100/M$0.500/M$0.200/M
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Content Safetyvision
nvidia
131,072$0.200/M$0.200/M$0.200/M
Anthropic: Claude Haiku Latestvisioncache
~anthropic
1,000,000$0.100/M$0.500/M$0.200/M
Mistral: Ministral 3 14B 2512visioncache
mistralai
262,144$0.200/M$0.200/M$0.200/M
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
qwen
262,144$0.090/M$0.550/M$0.205/M

Frequently asked questions

What counts as a cheap AI model?
This page lists 282 models where input pricing is under $1.00 per 1M tokens. Many capable models for chat, summarization, and code generation fall well under this threshold.
How much cheaper are budget models vs flagship ones?
The spread is enormous — the cheapest paid models cost less than $0.01/M blended while flagship models can exceed $75/M. For many tasks, budget models deliver 80-90% of the quality at 1-5% of the cost.
How many models are under $1/M input right now?
282 models on OpenRouter currently have input pricing below $1/1M tokens. The list updates daily as providers adjust prices.
How do I choose between cheap models?
Sort by blended cost for read-heavy workloads, or by output $/M for generation-heavy tasks like writing. Use the context column if you need long documents.

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Data: OpenRouter public model API, normalized to $/1M tokens. Blended = (3×input + output)/4. Generated 19 Oct 2026 22:00 UTC. Prices change often — confirm on the provider before committing spend.