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

437 entriesOrdered 16 Oct 2026 Page 8 of 18How the Club ranks

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

  1. 176

    GLM 5.3 FlashX

    Z.ai

    • Input $0.37/M
    • Output $1.25/M
    • Context 1.05M
    • Released 18 Sept 2026
  2. 177

    Perceptron Mk1.5

    Perceptron

    • Input $0.15/M
    • Output $1.5/M
    • Context 37K
    • Released 25 Sept 2026
  3. 178

    Inkling Small

    Thinking Machines

    • Input $0.45/M
    • Output $1.2/M
    • Context 524K
    • Released 30 Jul 2026
  4. 179

    Perceptron Mk1

    Perceptron

    • Input $0.15/M
    • Output $1.5/M
    • Context 33K
    • Released 12 May 2026
  5. 180

    Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

    qwen

    • Input $0.66/M
    • Output $1/M
    • Context 33K
    • Released 11 Nov 2024
  6. 181

    ERNIE 4.5 VL 424B A47B

    Baidu

    • Input $0.42/M
    • Output $1.25/M
    • Context 123K
    • Released 30 Jun 2025
  7. 182

    Llama 3.1 Euryale 70B v2.2

    Sao10K

    • Input $0.85/M
    • Output $0.85/M
    • Context 131K
    • Released 28 Aug 2024
  8. 183

    Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image)

    Google

    • Input $0.25/M
    • Output $1.5/M
    • Context 66K
    • Released 30 Jun 2026
  9. 184

    Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite

    Google

    • Input $0.25/M
    • Output $1.5/M
    • Context 1.05M
    • Released 7 May 2026
  10. 185

    Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview

    Google

    • Input $0.25/M
    • Output $1.5/M
    • Context 1.05M
    • Released 3 Mar 2026
  11. 186

    Gemini 3 Flash Preview (batch)

    Google

    • Input $0.25/M
    • Output $1.5/M
    • Context 1.05M
    • Released 17 Dec 2025
  12. 187

    Qwen3.5-27B

    Qwen

    • Input $0.195/M
    • Output $1.56/M
    • Context 262K
    • Released 25 Feb 2026
  13. 188

    Command A+

    Cohere

    • Input $0.3/M
    • Output $1.5/M
    • Context 192K
    • Released 22 Sept 2026
  14. 189

    Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct

    Qwen

    • Input $0.8/M
    • Output $1/M
    • Context 128K
    • Released 1 Feb 2025
  15. 190

    Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15

    Qwen

    • Input $0.26/M
    • Output $1.56/M
    • Context 1M
    • Released 16 Feb 2026
  16. 191

    Muse Glimmer 30B

    Meta

    • Input $0.35/M
    • Output $1.5/M
    • Context 131K
    • Released 9 Aug 2026
  17. 192

    Mistral Large 3 2512

    Mistral

    • Input $0.5/M
    • Output $1.5/M
    • Context 262K
    • Released 1 Dec 2025
  18. 193

    Morph V3 Fast

    Morph

    • Input $0.8/M
    • Output $1.2/M
    • Context 82K
    • Released 7 Jul 2025
  19. 194

    GPT-4.1 Mini

    OpenAI

    • Input $0.4/M
    • Output $1.6/M
    • Context 1.05M
    • Released 14 Apr 2025
  20. 195

    Sonar

    Perplexity

    • Input $1/M
    • Output $1/M
    • Context 127K
    • Released 27 Jan 2025
  21. 196

    Hermes 3 405B Instruct

    Nous

    • Input $1/M
    • Output $1/M
    • Context 131K
    • Released 16 Aug 2024
  22. 197

    GPT-3.5 Turbo

    OpenAI

    • Input $0.5/M
    • Output $1.5/M
    • Context 16K
    • Released 28 May 2023
  23. 198

    Aion 3.5 Mini

    AionLabs

    • Input $0.7/M
    • Output $1.4/M
    • Context 262K
    • Released 23 Sept 2026
  24. 199

    Aion-3.0-Mini

    AionLabs

    • Input $0.7/M
    • Output $1.4/M
    • Context 131K
    • Released 7 Jul 2026
  25. 200

    Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20

    Qwen

    • Input $0.3/M
    • Output $1.8/M
    • Context 1M
    • Released 27 Apr 2026