Cheapest LLM APIs
Pricing updated daily · Last refreshed Oct 29, 2026The lowest-priced large language model APIs right now, ranked by blended price per million tokens.
How this list is made
All models in the catalogue, ordered by blended price (input weighted 3:1 against output), lowest first. It ranks by listed price and specifications only. It says nothing about output quality, which this site does not measure, so test candidates on your own task before choosing.
| Model | Provider | Blended $/1M | Context | Input $/1M | Output $/1M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Command R7B (12-2024) | Cohere | $0.066 / 1M | 128K | $0.037 | $0.15 |
| Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | Meta | $0.071 / 1M | 60K | $0.027 | $0.201 |
| Llama 4 Scout | Meta | $0.15 / 1M | 1.31M | $0.10 | $0.30 |
| Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | Meta | $0.155 / 1M | 131K | $0.10 | $0.32 |
| Llama Guard 4 12B | Meta | $0.18 / 1M | 164K | $0.18 | $0.18 |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | Anthropic | $0.20 / 1M | 1M | $0.10 | $0.50 |
| GPT-6 Luna Pro | OpenAI | $0.20 / 1M | 1.05M | $0.10 | $0.50 |
| Ministral 3 14B 2512 | Mistral | $0.20 / 1M | 262K | $0.20 | $0.20 |
| Command R (08-2024) | Cohere | $0.262 / 1M | 128K | $0.15 | $0.60 |
| Mistral Small 4 | Mistral | $0.262 / 1M | 262K | $0.15 | $0.60 |
Showing the top 10 of 30 models in the catalogue. Prices are those OpenRouter charges and can differ from a provider’s own list price. Want to sort or filter differently? Use the model comparison tool.