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

437 entriesOrdered 16 Oct 2026 Page 2 of 18How the Club ranks

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

  1. 26

    gpt-oss-120b

    OpenAI

    • Input $0.037/M
    • Output $0.17/M
    • Context 131K
    • Released 5 Aug 2025
  2. 27

    Phi 4

    Microsoft

    • Input $0.07/M
    • Output $0.14/M
    • Context 16K
    • Released 10 Jan 2025
  3. 28

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

    NVIDIA

    • Input $0.06/M
    • Output $0.16/M
    • Context 262K
    • Released 11 Aug 2026
  4. 29

    Hy-MT2-1.8B

    Tencent

    • Input $0.044/M
    • Output $0.177/M
    • Context 8K
    • Released 20 Aug 2026
  5. 30

    GPT-5 Nano (batch)

    OpenAI

    • Input $0.025/M
    • Output $0.2/M
    • Context 400K
    • Released 7 Aug 2025
  6. 31

    Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

    Meta

    • Input $0.027/M
    • Output $0.201/M
    • Context 60K
    • Released 25 Sept 2024
  7. 32

    Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507

    Qwen

    • Input $0.048/M
    • Output $0.193/M
    • Context 262K
    • Released 29 Jul 2025
  8. 33

    Solar Mini 4

    Upstage

    • Input $0.05/M
    • Output $0.2/M
    • Context 524K
    • Released 23 Sept 2026
  9. 34

    Qwen3.5-9B

    Qwen

    • Input $0.1/M
    • Output $0.15/M
    • Context 262K
    • Released 10 Mar 2026
  10. 35

    Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

    NVIDIA

    • Input $0.05/M
    • Output $0.2/M
    • Context 262K
    • Released 14 Dec 2025
  11. 36

    Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch)

    Google

    • Input $0.05/M
    • Output $0.2/M
    • Context 1.05M
    • Released 22 Jul 2025
  12. 37

    GPT-4.1 Nano (batch)

    OpenAI

    • Input $0.05/M
    • Output $0.2/M
    • Context 1.05M
    • Released 14 Apr 2025
  13. 38

    GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)

    Z.ai

    • Input $0.06/M
    • Output $0.2/M
    • Context 1.05M
    • Released 26 Aug 2026
  14. 39

    Laguna S 2.1

    Poolside

    • Input $0.09/M
    • Output $0.18/M
    • Context 1.05M
    • Released 21 Jul 2026
  15. 40

    Schematron V2 Small

    Inference.net

    • Input $0.05/M
    • Output $0.23/M
    • Context 128K
    • Released 12 Sept 2026
  16. 41

    Gemma 4 26B A4B

    Google

    • Input $0.068/M
    • Output $0.225/M
    • Context 262K
    • Released 3 Apr 2026
  17. 42

    GPT-6 Luna (batch)

    OpenAI

    • Input $0.05/M
    • Output $0.25/M
    • Context 1.05M
    • Released 22 Sept 2026
  18. 43

    GPT-6 Luna Pro (batch)

    OpenAI

    • Input $0.05/M
    • Output $0.25/M
    • Context 1.05M
    • Released 22 Sept 2026
  19. 44

    Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor

    Meta

    • Input $0.1/M
    • Output $0.2/M
    • Context 1.05M
    • Released 2 Sept 2026
  20. 45

    Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor

    Meta

    • Input $0.1/M
    • Output $0.2/M
    • Context 1.05M
    • Released 21 Aug 2026
  21. 46

    Ministral 3 8B 2512

    Mistral

    • Input $0.15/M
    • Output $0.15/M
    • Context 262K
    • Released 2 Dec 2025
  22. 47

    UI-TARS 7B

    ByteDance

    • Input $0.1/M
    • Output $0.2/M
    • Context 128K
    • Released 22 Jul 2025
  23. 48

    Reka Flash 3

    rekaai

    • Input $0.1/M
    • Output $0.2/M
    • Context 66K
    • Released 12 Mar 2025
  24. 49

    Nova Lite 1.0

    Amazon

    • Input $0.06/M
    • Output $0.24/M
    • Context 300K
    • Released 5 Dec 2024
  25. 50

    Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

    Qwen

    • Input $0.1/M
    • Output $0.2/M
    • Context 33K
    • Released 16 Oct 2024