Market data report
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: Sep 3, 2026
343
priced models
479
available channels
21
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.
| Model | Channel | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | USD normalized |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral Nemo | OpenRouter | $0.02 | $0.03 | $0.019 |
| GLM 4.6v Flashx | 智谱 AI (ChatGLM) | ¥0.15 | ¥1.50 | $0.0217 |
| Doubao Seed 1.6 Flash | Seed (字节) | ¥0.15 | ¥1.50 | $0.0217 |
| Qwen3 VL Flash | Qwen(阿里) | ¥0.15 | ¥1.50 | $0.0217 |
| Doubao Seed 2.0 | Seed (字节) | ¥0.20 | ¥2.00 | $0.029 |
| Qwen3.5 Flash | Qwen(阿里) | ¥0.20 | ¥2.00 | $0.029 |
| Qwen Flash | Qwen(阿里) | ¥0.20 | ¥2.00 | $0.029 |
| Qwen3.7 Flash | OpenRouter | $0.03 | $0.13 | $0.03 |
| GPT OSS 20B | OpenRouter | $0.03 | $0.13 | $0.03 |
| GPT OSS 120B | OpenRouter | $0.04 | $0.17 | $0.037 |
| Doubao Seed 1.6 Lite | Seed (字节) | ¥0.30 | ¥0.60 | $0.0435 |
| Doubao 1.5 Lite | Seed (字节) | ¥0.30 | ¥0.60 | $0.0435 |
Recent price changes
These records show the latest material change for each channel in the price history log.
| Date | Model | Channel | Input price change | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | GPT 5 | Azure OpenAI | $0.25 -> $1.25 | +400.0% |
| Sep 3, 2026 | GPT 5.1 Codex | Azure OpenAI | $1.25 -> $0.25 | -80.0% |
| Sep 3, 2026 | GPT 5.4 | Azure OpenAI | $2.50 -> $0.75 | -70.0% |
| Sep 3, 2026 | GPT 4 | OpenRouter | $1.00 -> $30.00 | +2900.0% |
| Sep 3, 2026 | GPT 3.5 Turbo | OpenRouter | $0.50 -> $0.25 | -50.0% |
| Sep 3, 2026 | GPT 4 Turbo | OpenRouter | $5.00 -> $10.00 | +100.0% |
| Sep 3, 2026 | Mistral Large | OpenRouter | $0.50 -> $2.00 | +300.0% |
| Sep 3, 2026 | GPT 4o | OpenRouter | $5.00 -> $1.25 | -75.0% |
| Sep 3, 2026 | GPT 4o Mini | OpenRouter | $0.15 -> $0.08 | -50.0% |
| Sep 3, 2026 | Mistral Small | OpenRouter | $0.35 -> $0.05 | -85.8% |
| Sep 3, 2026 | O3 Mini | OpenRouter | $1.10 -> $0.55 | -50.0% |
| Sep 3, 2026 | Qwen3 235B A22B | OpenRouter | $0.09 -> $0.46 | +420.0% |