AI models

Cheapest language models in 2026: Prices, Context Windows and Features

437 entriesOrdered 16 Oct 2026 How the Club ranks

Listed by price per million tokens (input plus output), lowest first.

1 MN
Mistral Nemo

Mistral
- Input $0.019/M
- Output $0.03/M
- Context 131K
- Released 19 Jul 2024
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2 L3
Ling 3.0 Flash VL

inclusionAI
- Input $0.021/M
- Output $0.062/M
- Context 262K
- Released 10 Sept 2026
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3 L3
Ling 3.0 Flash

inclusionAI
- Input $0.021/M
- Output $0.063/M
- Context 262K
- Released 23 Jul 2026
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4 DV
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423

DeepSeek
- Input $0.028/M
- Output $0.056/M
- Context 1.05M
- Released 24 Apr 2026
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5 L3
Llama 3 8B Lunaris

Sao10K
- Input $0.04/M
- Output $0.05/M
- Context 8K
- Released 13 Aug 2024
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6 GO
gpt-oss-20b

OpenAI
- Input $0.018/M
- Output $0.09/M
- Context 131K
- Released 5 Aug 2025
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7 NN
Nex-N2.5-Mini

Nex AGI
- Input $0.025/M
- Output $0.1/M
- Context 262K
- Released 8 Sept 2026
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8 G4
Granite 4.0 Micro

IBM
- Input $0.017/M
- Output $0.112/M
- Context 131K
- Released 20 Oct 2025
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9 MS
Mistral Small 3

Mistral
- Input $0.05/M
- Output $0.08/M
- Context 33K
- Released 30 Jan 2025
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10 L3
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Meta
- Input $0.05/M
- Output $0.08/M
- Context 131K
- Released 23 Jul 2024
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11 GO
gpt-oss-20b (batch)

OpenAI
- Input $0.024/M
- Output $0.112/M
- Context 131K
- Released 5 Aug 2025
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12 M3
Ministral 3 8B 2512 (batch)

Mistral
- Input $0.075/M
- Output $0.075/M
- Context 262K
- Released 2 Dec 2025
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13 G3
Gemma 3 4B

Google
- Input $0.05/M
- Output $0.1/M
- Context 131K
- Released 13 Mar 2025
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14 Q7
Qwen3.7 Flash

Qwen
- Input $0.03/M
- Output $0.13/M
- Context 1M
- Released 27 Jul 2026
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15 L3
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin

inclusionAI
- Input $0.042/M
- Output $0.123/M
- Context 262K
- Released 27 Aug 2026
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16 GO
gpt-oss-120b (batch)

OpenAI
- Input $0.03/M
- Output $0.136/M
- Context 131K
- Released 5 Aug 2025
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17 NM
Nova Micro 1.0

Amazon
- Input $0.035/M
- Output $0.14/M
- Context 128K
- Released 5 Dec 2024
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18 SV
Schematron V2 Turbo

Inference.net
- Input $0.03/M
- Output $0.15/M
- Context 128K
- Released 12 Sept 2026
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19 LX
Laguna XS 2.1

Poolside
- Input $0.06/M
- Output $0.12/M
- Context 262K
- Released 2 Jul 2026
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20 CR
Command R7B (12-2024)

Cohere
- Input $0.038/M
- Output $0.15/M
- Context 128K
- Released 14 Dec 2024
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21 M2
Mercury 2.5

Inception
- Input $0.04/M
- Output $0.15/M
- Context 260K
- Released 8 Sept 2026
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22 M1
MythoMax 13B

gryphe
- Input $0.08/M
- Output $0.11/M
- Context 8K
- Released 2 Jul 2023
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23 RE
Reka Edge

rekaai
- Input $0.1/M
- Output $0.1/M
- Context 16K
- Released 20 Mar 2026
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24 M3
Ministral 3 3B 2512

Mistral
- Input $0.1/M
- Output $0.1/M
- Context 131K
- Released 2 Dec 2025
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25 G3
Gemma 3 12B

Google
- Input $0.05/M
- Output $0.15/M
- Context 131K
- Released 13 Mar 2025
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