Cheapest AI model for vision / multimodal tasks

Multimodal models that accept image input, sorted cheapest-first.

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306 models matched for vision tasks. Cheapest right now: MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) at Free blended $/M. Sorted cheapest-first, updated daily.

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ModelContextInput $/MOutput $/MBlended $/M
MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free)visionfree
minimax
1,000,000FreeFreeFree
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free)visionfree
nvidia
1,000,000FreeFreeFree
Dots Studio: Dots3-Note Preview (free)visionfree
dots-studio
512,000FreeFreeFree
Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (free)visionfree
thinkingmachines
1,048,576FreeFreeFree
Thinking Machines: Inkling (free)visionfree
thinkingmachines
1,048,576FreeFreeFree
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety (free)visionfree
nvidia
128,000FreeFreeFree
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)visionfree
nvidia
256,000FreeFreeFree
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)visionfree
google
262,144FreeFreeFree
Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)visionfree
google
262,144FreeFreeFree
Google: Lyria 3 Pro Previewvisionfree
google
1,048,576FreeFreeFree
Google: Lyria 3 Clip Previewvisionfree
google
1,048,576FreeFreeFree
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flashvisioncache
deepseek
1,048,576$0.028/M$0.011/M$0.024/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
Nex AGI: Nex-N2.5-Minivisioncache
nex-agi
262,144$0.025/M$0.100/M$0.044/M
Qwen: Qwen3.7 Flashvisioncache
qwen
1,000,000$0.030/M$0.130/M$0.055/M
Google: Gemma 3 4Bvision
google
131,072$0.050/M$0.100/M$0.062/M
OpenAI: GPT-5 Nano (batch)visioncache
openai
400,000$0.025/M$0.200/M$0.069/M
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (batch)visioncache
deepseek
1,048,576$0.050/M$0.150/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
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)visioncache
z-ai
1,048,576$0.050/M$0.180/M$0.083/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
inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash VLvisioncache
inclusionai
131,072$0.060/M$0.180/M$0.090/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
Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0vision
amazon
300,000$0.060/M$0.240/M$0.105/M
Qwen: Qwen3.5-9Bvision
qwen
262,144$0.100/M$0.150/M$0.113/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: 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
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-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
Google: Gemma 3 27Bvisioncache
google
131,072$0.080/M$0.350/M$0.147/M
Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512visioncache
mistralai
262,144$0.150/M$0.150/M$0.150/M
Meta: Llama 4 Scoutvision
meta-llama
1,310,720$0.100/M$0.300/M$0.150/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
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
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)visioncache
openai
1,050,000$0.100/M$0.600/M$0.225/M
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)visioncache
openai
1,050,000$0.100/M$0.600/M$0.225/M
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Omni Flashvisioncache
qwen
1,000,000$0.150/M$0.470/M$0.230/M
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flashvisioncache
qwen
1,000,000$0.150/M$0.470/M$0.230/M
OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nano (batch)visioncache
openai
400,000$0.100/M$0.625/M$0.231/M
Google: Gemma 4 31Bvision
google
262,144$0.200/M$0.400/M$0.250/M
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017visioncache
deepseek
1,048,576$0.150/M$0.600/M$0.263/M
Mistral: Mistral Small 4visioncache
mistralai
262,144$0.150/M$0.600/M$0.263/M
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instructvision
qwen
262,144$0.150/M$0.600/M$0.263/M
OpenAI: GPT-4o-minivisioncache
openai
128,000$0.150/M$0.600/M$0.263/M
OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)visioncache
openai
128,000$0.150/M$0.600/M$0.263/M
Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)visioncache
google
1,048,576$0.125/M$0.750/M$0.281/M
Meta: Llama 4 Maverickvisioncache
meta-llama
524,288$0.188/M$0.652/M$0.304/M
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Expvisioncache
deepseek
1,048,576$0.216/M$0.647/M$0.323/M
OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini (batch)visioncache
openai
400,000$0.125/M$1.00/M$0.344/M
OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Mini (batch)visioncache
openai
1,047,576$0.200/M$0.800/M$0.350/M
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3Bvisioncache
qwen
262,144$0.150/M$1.00/M$0.362/M
Qwen: Qwen3.5-35B-A3Bvisioncache
qwen
262,144$0.150/M$1.00/M$0.362/M
Mistral: Mistral Large 3 2512 (batch)visioncache
mistralai
262,144$0.250/M$0.750/M$0.375/M
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 8B Instructvisioncache
qwen
262,144$0.250/M$0.750/M$0.375/M
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.1 (batch)visioncache
mistralai
131,072$0.200/M$1.00/M$0.400/M
Mistral: Mistral Small 3.1 24Bvision
mistralai
128,000$0.351/M$0.555/M$0.402/M
Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus (batch)vision
qwen
262,144$0.230/M$0.920/M$0.403/M
Qwen: Qwen3.6 Flashvision
qwen
1,000,000$0.188/M$1.12/M$0.422/M
Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite (batch)visioncache
google
1,048,576$0.150/M$1.25/M$0.425/M
Google: Gemini 2.5 Flash (batch)visioncache
google
1,048,576$0.150/M$1.25/M$0.425/M
MiniMax: MiniMax-01vision
minimax
1,000,192$0.200/M$1.10/M$0.425/M
StepFun: Step 3.7 Flashvisioncache
stepfun
262,144$0.200/M$1.15/M$0.438/M
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Luna Provisioncache
openai
1,050,000$0.200/M$1.20/M$0.450/M
OpenAI: GPT-5.6 Lunavisioncache
openai
1,050,000$0.200/M$1.20/M$0.450/M
Z.ai: GLM 4.6Vvisioncache
z-ai
131,072$0.300/M$0.900/M$0.450/M
OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Nanovisioncache
openai
400,000$0.200/M$1.25/M$0.463/M
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinkingvision
qwen
262,144$0.290/M$1.00/M$0.468/M
Perceptron: Perceptron Mk1.5vision
perceptron
36,864$0.150/M$1.50/M$0.487/M
Perceptron: Perceptron Mk1vision
perceptron
32,768$0.150/M$1.50/M$0.487/M
Meta: Muse Glimmer 30Bvisioncache
meta
131,072$0.300/M$1.20/M$0.525/M

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