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

437 entriesOrdered 16 Oct 2026 Page 9 of 18How the Club ranks

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

  1. 201

    Relace Apply 3

    Relace

    • Input $0.85/M
    • Output $1.25/M
    • Context 256K
    • Released 26 Sept 2025
  2. 202

    Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

    Qwen

    • Input $0.21/M
    • Output $1.9/M
    • Context 262K
    • Released 23 Sept 2025
  3. 203

    GLM 4.6

    Z.ai

    • Input $0.43/M
    • Output $1.75/M
    • Context 205K
    • Released 30 Sept 2025
  4. 204

    Gemini 3.8 Flash (batch)

    Google

    • Input $0.375/M
    • Output $1.875/M
    • Context 1.05M
    • Released 2 Sept 2026
  5. 205

    Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch)

    Google

    • Input $0.375/M
    • Output $1.875/M
    • Context 1.05M
    • Released 13 Aug 2026
  6. 206

    Gemini 3.6 Flash (batch)

    Google

    • Input $0.375/M
    • Output $1.875/M
    • Context 1.05M
    • Released 21 Jul 2026
  7. 207

    Seed-2.0-Lite

    ByteDance Seed

    • Input $0.25/M
    • Output $2/M
    • Context 262K
    • Released 10 Mar 2026
  8. 208

    Seed 1.6

    ByteDance Seed

    • Input $0.25/M
    • Output $2/M
    • Context 262K
    • Released 23 Dec 2025
  9. 209

    GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini

    OpenAI

    • Input $0.25/M
    • Output $2/M
    • Context 400K
    • Released 13 Nov 2025
  10. 210

    GPT-5 Mini

    OpenAI

    • Input $0.25/M
    • Output $2/M
    • Context 400K
    • Released 7 Aug 2025
  11. 211

    Kimi K2.6

    MoonshotAI

    • Input $0.434/M
    • Output $1.828/M
    • Context 262K
    • Released 20 Apr 2026
  12. 212

    Qwen3.6 Plus

    Qwen

    • Input $0.325/M
    • Output $1.95/M
    • Context 1M
    • Released 2 Apr 2026
  13. 213

    Qwen3 235B A22B

    Qwen

    • Input $0.455/M
    • Output $1.82/M
    • Context 131K
    • Released 28 Apr 2025
  14. 214

    Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking

    Qwen

    • Input $0.18/M
    • Output $2.1/M
    • Context 131K
    • Released 14 Oct 2025
  15. 215

    Qwen3.5-122B-A10B

    Qwen

    • Input $0.26/M
    • Output $2.08/M
    • Context 262K
    • Released 25 Feb 2026
  16. 216

    Aion-2.0

    AionLabs

    • Input $0.8/M
    • Output $1.6/M
    • Context 131K
    • Released 23 Feb 2026
  17. 217

    Devstral 2 2512

    Mistral

    • Input $0.4/M
    • Output $2/M
    • Context 262K
    • Released 9 Dec 2025
  18. 218

    Mistral Medium 3.1

    Mistral

    • Input $0.4/M
    • Output $2/M
    • Context 131K
    • Released 13 Aug 2025
  19. 219

    GLM 4.5V

    Z.ai

    • Input $0.6/M
    • Output $1.8/M
    • Context 66K
    • Released 11 Aug 2025
  20. 220

    Mistral Medium 3

    Mistral

    • Input $0.4/M
    • Output $2/M
    • Context 131K
    • Released 7 May 2025
  21. 221

    Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)

    AionLabs

    • Input $0.8/M
    • Output $1.6/M
    • Context 33K
    • Released 4 Feb 2025
  22. 222

    GLM 5.3 (batch)

    Z.ai

    • Input $0.45/M
    • Output $2/M
    • Context 1.05M
    • Released 18 Aug 2026
  23. 223

    GLM 5

    Z.ai

    • Input $0.6/M
    • Output $1.92/M
    • Context 205K
    • Released 11 Feb 2026
  24. 224

    Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507

    Qwen

    • Input $0.23/M
    • Output $2.3/M
    • Context 131K
    • Released 25 Jul 2025
  25. 225

    Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking

    Qwen

    • Input $0.2/M
    • Output $2.4/M
    • Context 262K
    • Released 6 Oct 2025