AI Models Under $1/1M Tokens

Cheapest AI models ranked by score. All models with input pricing under $1 per million tokens, sorted by benchmark performance.

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1DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V3.2 Speciale🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen95.2-----------------0.037.929.4--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------96.086.728.691.780.985.5------------------------------------$0.40164KDec 2511mo ago
2stepfun logoStep 3.5 Flash🇨🇳 stepfunOpen89.5-----------------52.031.637.8-------------1393.3------------------------------------------------------------------------------------95.783.721.693.283.983.5------------------------------------$0.10262KJan 269mo ago
3xiaomi logoMiMo-V2-Flash🇨🇳 xiaomiOpen81.7-----------------48.833.541.5------------1336.51392.1------------------------------------------------------------------------------------92.982.120.589.571.883.1------------------------------------$0.09262KDec 2511mo ago
4nousresearch logoHermes 3 70B Instruct🇺🇸 nousresearchOpen73.2------------------------53.8----------------------------14.9----------------76.6------------------21.0---41.4---------------23.4--------------------------------------------------$0.70131KAug 242y ago
5minimax logoMiniMax M2🇨🇳 minimaxOpen72.4--------------------------------1296.61343.4------------------------------------------------------------------------------------79.178.713.490.274.081.6------------------------------------$0.30205KOct 251y ago
6z-ai logoGLM 4.5🇨🇳 z-aiOpen72.3---------------------------------1411.3------------------------------------------------------------------------------------85.879.516.985.465.082.7------------------------------------$0.60131KJul 251y ago
7Alibaba Qwen logoQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen71.4--60.7--16.471.4-----------------52.3--------1270.6-------------------13.2-91.1-----------77.3--72.7------------------49.5--72.137.9---------------13.7-------------------------------------------------61.6$0.6633KNov 242y ago
8Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.5 397B A17B🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen69.3-24.9-----0.914.686.119.851.664.352.744.835.683.919.948.221.4------------1399.41441.88.5-----79.1--------32.9----85.2--------------------------------44.6--------------------------9.7-88.9-92.388.427.591.583.087.6------------------------------------$0.60262KFeb 268mo ago
9DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V4 Flash🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen68.6-----------------31.156.240.3-------------1436.0------77.3--------------------------------------50.069.268.063.170.179.767.370.642.2--------------------------------------------------------35.6------------45.6--$0.091.0MApr 266mo ago
10DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen68.4-69.8-94.578.1-----------------------------43.2-------------46.375.0----94.7-----------------------------------------------------------43.8-99.4----------------------------42.5------------22.1-$0.011.0MOct 2625d ago
11Mistral AI logoMixtral 8x7B Instruct🇫🇷 Mistral AIOpen68.232.8-83.1---------------------------------------------------7.574.4-----------82.3----------------------9.9-60.8------------------------81.1-------67.2------------------------82.2--------54.4$0.5433KDec 232y ago
12moonshotai logoKimi K3🇨🇳 moonshotai64.5-47.8-94.560.4--23.451.793.546.9-88.780.559.5----43.6--------------33.7----68.585.3-------39.076.044.225.96.0-94.6--------------------------------62.0-----------------------54.4--18.5-97.2---------32.0--87.0--------------52.850.6-95.0---------82.617.1-$0.191.0MJul 263mo ago
13z-ai logoGLM 5.2🇨🇳 z-aiOpen64.4-45.2-77.022.8------------43.168.851.1------------1593.31471.017.9----43.889.39.5------29.362.324.5---92.9------------------------73.379.773.762.376.289.876.278.653.9--------------------------10.8-86.4---------31.7--35.0--------78.7-----50.634.2-55.6---------70.1--$0.011.0MJun 264mo ago
14Anthropic logoClaude Haiku 5.5🇺🇸 Anthropic64.4-56.1-89.061.3--18.955.9-44.4-82.7-55.0----43.4--------------52.6-----91.743.8------46.379.046.443.825.0-89.8----------26.6---------------------60.1-----------------------78.9--22.9-98.9------------89.0---------------23.8------------26.8-$0.101.0MOct 261mo ago
15Google DeepMind logoGemini 3.7 Flash🇺🇸 Google DeepMind64.3-67.8-95.584.6-----------------------------64.2----65.594.7-------36.675.343.620.30.0-97.0--------------------------------59.3-----------------------41.1--30.6-97.2------------58.0-5.0-------------69.2--------------$0.751.0MAug 263mo ago
16Google DeepMind logoGemini 3.8 Flash🇺🇸 Google DeepMind64.1-64.3-98.589.2--18.346.895.347.8-81.385.656.6----40.9--------------55.8----73.892.9-------21.972.041.219.62.4-97.8----------41.7---------------------62.2-----------------------38.9--41.6-98.9------------48.0-5.8-------------69.7-76.9---------84.816.2-$0.821.0MSep 262mo ago
17Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen63.5----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------86.870.111.789.759.479.5------------------------------------$0.2082KAug 251y ago
18OpenAI logoGPT-5.1-Codex-Mini🇺🇸 OpenAI63.3-------------------------------------------------------------------------------40.069.949.759.063.076.360.464.7-------------------------------------------------------------------------$0.25400KNov 2512mo ago
19z-ai logoGLM 5.3🇨🇳 z-ai63.0-56.6-----19.157.591.742.3-79.7-59.0----44.8--------------33.7----69.079.5-------29.372.440.130.2--91.5--------------------------------65.3--------------------------26.2-91.1------------49.0---------------41.0-----------75.4--$0.071.0MAug 262mo ago
20DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813🇨🇳 DeepSeek62.6-47.3-90.561.3--0.027.9-10.6-50.7-39.9----20.4--------------43.2-----89.8-------26.868.028.6---92.6--------------------------------53.5-----------------------33.3--37.2-98.6------------50.0---------------52.9-----------66.2--$0.111.0MAug 263mo ago
21Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.6 Plus🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen62.3-----------------27.654.539.6------------1460.71443.411.620.3----69.8-----26.213.9-40.3----88.0------------------------55.078.269.958.375.083.770.875.838.9--------------------------3.1-93.3---------------------57.9------44.1--------------$0.331.0MApr 267mo ago
22moonshotai logoKimi K2.7 Code🇨🇳 moonshotaiOpen62.3-37.6-----10.026.989.635.063.179.3-47.844.790.129.660.825.8--------------9.5----30.5--------12.256.930.1---87.3------------------------70.074.062.756.377.979.671.982.8-----------------------------95.5---------------------------49.536.5-48.8---------54.1--$0.60262KJun 265mo ago
23Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3.6 27B🇨🇳 Alibaba QwenOpen61.9-----------------27.053.737.0--------------17.9-----63.5--------36.9----84.5------------------------50.071.870.453.263.379.965.670.340.6--------------------------0.0-91.1-------------------------------------------$0.32262KApr 266mo ago
24Microsoft logoWizardLM-2 8x22B🇺🇸 MicrosoftOpen61.4------44.4-----------------48.6----------------------------17.6----------------52.7------------------25.0---40.0---------------14.5--------------------------------------------------$0.6266KApr 242y ago
25DeepSeek logoDeepSeek V4 Pro🇨🇳 DeepSeekOpen60.5-------18.047.592.841.0-80.3-51.0--36.459.436.0------------1446.01457.814.8-13.5---84.5-------2.447.617.6---91.5------------------------56.770.074.562.478.190.773.682.748.5--------------------------8.6-96.7------------16.0--------77.6------47.0-40.0---------48.9--$0.881.0MApr 266mo ago
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All AI models priced under $1 per million input tokens, ranked by benchmark score. These budget-friendly models offer strong performance at a fraction of flagship pricing.

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AI API pricing ranges from free to over $60/1M tokens. Models on this page cost less than $1/1M input tokens, making them suitable for high-volume applications.