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AI API Price Index

A consistent snapshot of currently available LLM API channels. Prices retain each provider’s billing currency and are normalized to USD for ranking; free routes are excluded from the lowest paid-price table.

Latest data verification: Oct 19, 2026

512
priced models
704
available channels
29
providers

Lowest paid input prices

Each model identifier is represented by its lowest current channel. The USD value is only for ranking; billing remains in the provider’s displayed currency.

ModelChannelInput / 1MOutput / 1MUSD normalized
DeepSeek V4 FlashOpenRouter$0.00$0.14$0.0039
Perplexity Decider V1.2 FlashVercel AI Gateway$0.01$0.00$0.01
GPT OSS 20BOpenRouter$0.02$0.09$0.018
Perplexity Decider V1.2 27BVercel AI Gateway$0.02$0.00$0.02
Ling 3.0 FlashOpenRouter$0.02$0.06$0.021
GLM 4.6v FlashxXycAi¥0.15¥1.48$0.0215
Gemini 2.5 Flash LiteXycAi¥0.16¥0.63$0.023
Nex N2.5 MiniOpenRouter$0.03$0.10$0.025
Llama 3.2 1BOpenRouter$0.03$0.20$0.027
GLM Ocr智谱 AI (ChatGLM)¥0.20¥0.20$0.029
Qwen3.7 FlashQwen(阿里)¥0.20¥0.80$0.029
Qwen FlashQwen(阿里)¥0.20¥2.00$0.029

Recent price changes

These records show the latest material change for each channel in the price history log.

DateModelChannelInput price changeChange
Oct 19, 2026GLM 4XycAi¥98.86 -> ¥98.86-0.0%
Oct 19, 2026Kimi K3XycAi¥10.84 -> ¥10.84-0.0%
Oct 19, 2026Gemma 3 27BOpenRouter$0.08 -> $0.08-22.2%
Oct 19, 2026GLM 4.7OpenRouter$0.60 -> $0.54-10.0%
Oct 19, 2026KimiOpenRouter$0.27 -> $0.25-7.8%
Oct 19, 2026Kimi K3OpenRouter$0.30 -> $0.25-18.1%
Oct 19, 2026GLM 5.3OpenRouter$0.08 -> $0.08-70.8%
Oct 19, 2026GLMOpenRouter$0.06 -> $0.08+18.7%
Oct 19, 2026GLM 5.3 FlashOpenRouter$0.15 -> $0.05-68.0%
Oct 19, 2026GLM FlashOpenRouter$0.06 -> $0.05-20.0%
Oct 19, 2026DeepSeek FlashOpenRouter$0.09 -> $0.05-44.4%
Oct 19, 2026Pareto LatestOpenRouter$2.50 -> $0.80-68.0%