Cheap models for high-volume work

At a few requests a day the price per million tokens is noise. At a hundred thousand requests a month it is the whole budget. This list is ordered by the cost of one realistic 1,000-word round trip — roughly 1,300 tokens in and the same out — rather than by a headline rate.

404 models in this category · prices in toman per 1M tokens

Model	Capabilities	Context	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	≈ 1,000 words
Mistral Nemomistralai/mistral-nemo	toolsjson	131,072	5,512	8,704	18
ILing 3.0 Flashinclusionai/ling-3.0-flash	toolsreasoningjson	262,144	6,093	18,278	32
SLlama 3 8B Lunarissao10k/l3-lunaris-8b	json	8,192	11,605	14,506	34
GMythoMax 13Bgryphe/mythomax-l2-13b	json	8,192	17,408	17,408	45
NNex-N2-Mininex-agi/nex-n2-mini	visiontoolsreasoningjson	262,144	7,253	29,013	47
Granite 4.0 Microibm-granite/granite-4.0-h-micro	json	131,000	4,932	32,494	49
Llama 3.1 8B Instructmeta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct	toolsjson	131,072	14,506	23,210	49
Mistral Small 3mistralai/mistral-small-24b-instruct-2501	json	32,768	14,506	23,210	49
Gemma 3 4Bgoogle/gemma-3-4b-it	visionjson	131,072	14,506	29,013	57
Solar Pro 4upstage/solar-pro4	toolsreasoningjson	524,288	8,704	34,815	57
gpt-oss-20bopenai/gpt-oss-20b	toolsreasoningjson	131,072	8,704	37,716	60
Qwen3.7 Flashqwen/qwen3.7-flash	visiontoolsreasoningjson	1,000,000	8,704	37,716	60
Nova Micro 1.0amazon/nova-micro-v1	tools	128,000	10,154	40,618	66
Laguna XS 2.1poolside/laguna-xs-2.1	toolsreasoning	262,144	17,408	34,815	68
Command R7B (12-2024)cohere/command-r7b-12-2024	json	128,000	10,880	43,519	71
Mercury 2.5 Previewinception/mercury-2.5-preview	toolsreasoningjson	260,000	11,605	43,519	72
Gemma 3 12Bgoogle/gemma-3-12b-it	visiontoolsjson	131,072	14,506	43,519	75
Ministral 3 3B 2512mistralai/ministral-3b-2512	visiontoolsjson	131,072	29,013	29,013	75
RReka Edgerekaai/reka-edge	visiontoolsjson	16,384	29,013	29,013	75
gpt-oss-120bopenai/gpt-oss-120b	toolsreasoningjson	131,072	10,735	49,321	78
Phi 4microsoft/phi-4	json	16,384	20,309	40,618	79
DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest	toolsreasoningjson	1,310,720	14,506	46,420	79
Hy-MT2-1.8Btencent/hy-mt2-1.8b		8,192	12,766	51,352	83
GPT-5 Nano (batch)openai/gpt-5-nano:batch	visiontoolsreasoningjson	400,000	7,253	58,025	85
Llama 3.2 1B Instructmeta-llama/llama-3.2-1b-instruct		60,000	7,833	58,315	86
ILing 3.0 Flash Fininclusionai/ling-3.0-flash-fin	toolsreasoningjson	262,144	17,408	52,223	91
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b-instruct-2507	toolsjson	262,144	13,970	56,009	91
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite (batch)google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite:batch	visiontoolsreasoningjson	1,048,576	14,506	58,025	94
Granite 4.2 8Bibm-granite/granite-4.2-8b	toolsreasoningjson	131,072	29,013	43,519	94
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3Bnvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b	toolsreasoningjson	262,144	14,506	58,025	94
GPT-4.1 Nano (batch)openai/gpt-4.1-nano:batch	visiontoolsjsonfiles	1,047,576	14,506	58,025	94
gpt-oss-20b (batch)openai/gpt-oss-20b:batch	reasoningjson	131,072	14,506	58,025	94
Qwen3.5-9Bqwen/qwen3.5-9b	visiontoolsreasoningjson	262,144	29,013	43,519	94
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash	toolsreasoningjson	1,048,576	25,707	51,414	100
Laguna S 2.1poolside/laguna-s-2.1	toolsreasoning	1,048,576	26,111	52,223	102
Mistral Small 3.2 24Bmistralai/mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct	visiontoolsjson	131,072	21,759	58,025	104
Nemotron 3.5 Lightningnvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning	toolsreasoningjson	262,144	23,210	58,025	106
Nova Lite 1.0amazon/nova-lite-v1	visiontools	300,000	17,408	69,630	113
UI-TARS 7B bytedance/ui-tars-1.5-7b	visionjson	128,000	29,013	58,025	113
Muse Spark 1.2 Contributormeta/muse-spark-1.2-contributor	visiontoolsreasoningjson	1,048,576	29,013	58,025	113
Muse Spark 1.3 Contributormeta/muse-spark-1.3-contributor	visiontoolsreasoningjson	1,048,576	29,013	58,025	113
Ministral 3 8B 2512mistralai/ministral-8b-2512	visiontoolsjson	262,144	43,519	43,519	113
Qwen2.5 7B Instructqwen/qwen-2.5-7b-instruct	toolsjson	32,768	29,013	58,025	113
RReka Flash 3rekaai/reka-flash-3	reasoningjson	65,536	29,013	58,025	113
GLM Flash Latest~z-ai/glm-flash-latest	visiontoolsreasoningjson	1,310,720	20,671	68,905	116
Qwen3.5-Flashqwen/qwen3.5-flash-02-23	visiontoolsreasoningjson	1,000,000	18,858	75,433	123
GLM 5.3 Flashz-ai/glm-5.3-flash	visiontoolsreasoningjson	1,310,720	21,759	72,531	123
Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instructqwen/qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct	toolsjson	262,144	20,309	81,235	132
Llama Guard 4 12Bmeta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b	visionjson	163,840	52,223	52,223	136
Qwen3 14Bqwen/qwen3-14b	toolsreasoningjson	131,072	34,815	69,630	136
Qwen3 32Bqwen/qwen3-32b	toolsreasoningjson	131,072	23,210	81,235	136
Hy-MT2-30B-A3Btencent/hy-mt2-30b-a3b	json	8,192	21,469	85,587	139
Hy-MT2-7Btencent/hy-mt2-7b	json	8,192	21,469	85,587	139
Seed 1.6 Flashbytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash	visiontoolsreasoningjson	262,144	21,759	87,038	141
GPT-4o-mini (batch)openai/gpt-4o-mini:batch	visiontoolsjsonfiles	128,000	21,759	87,038	141
gpt-oss-safeguard-20bopenai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b	toolsreasoningjson	131,072	21,759	87,038	141
Llama 3.2 3B Instructmeta-llama/llama-3.2-3b-instruct	json	131,072	14,506	95,741	143
Llama 4 Scoutmeta-llama/llama-4-scout	visiontoolsjson	1,310,720	29,013	87,038	151
Ministral 3 14B 2512mistralai/ministral-14b-2512	visiontoolsjson	262,144	58,025	58,025	151
Voxtral Small 24B 2507mistralai/voxtral-small-24b-2507	toolsjsonfilesaudio	32,768	29,013	87,038	151
Nemotron 3.5 Content Safetynvidia/nemotron-3.5-content-safety	visionreasoningjson	131,072	58,025	58,025	151
Step 3.5 Flashstepfun/step-3.5-flash	toolsreasoning	262,144	29,013	87,038	151
Gemma 4 26B A4B google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it	visiontoolsreasoningjson	262,144	20,309	98,643	155
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731	toolsreasoningjson	1,310,720	40,618	81,235	158
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (batch)deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731:batch	toolsreasoningjson	1,048,576	40,618	81,235	158
Llama 3.3 70B Instructmeta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct	toolsjson	131,072	29,013	92,840	158
Qwen3.5-9B (batch)qwen/qwen3.5-9b:batch	visiontoolsreasoningjson	262,144	49,321	72,531	158
MiMo-V2.5xiaomi/mimo-v2.5	visiontoolsreasoningjson	1,050,000	40,618	81,235	158
Gemma 4 31Bgoogle/gemma-4-31b-it	visiontoolsreasoningjson	262,144	26,111	98,643	162
GPT-5 Nanoopenai/gpt-5-nano	visiontoolsreasoningjson	400,000	14,506	116,050	170
GLM 4.7 Flashz-ai/glm-4.7-flash	toolsreasoningjson	202,752	17,408	116,050	173
Nemotron 3 Supernvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b	toolsreasoningjson	1,000,000	24,661	116,050	183
Seed-2.0-Minibytedance-seed/seed-2.0-mini	visiontoolsreasoningjson	262,144	29,013	116,050	189
Gemini 2.5 Flash Litegoogle/gemini-2.5-flash-lite	visiontoolsreasoningjson	1,048,576	29,013	116,050	189
GPT-4.1 Nanoopenai/gpt-4.1-nano	visiontoolsjsonfiles	1,047,576	29,013	116,050	189
Qwen3 VL 32B Instructqwen/qwen3-vl-32b-instruct	visiontoolsjson	131,072	30,173	120,692	196
Gemma 3 27Bgoogle/gemma-3-27b-it	visiontoolsjson	131,072	23,210	130,556	200
Hermes 4 70Bnousresearch/hermes-4-70b	reasoningjson	131,072	37,716	116,050	200
Qwen3 8Bqwen/qwen3-8b	toolsreasoningjson	131,072	33,945	132,007	216
Qwen3 VL 8B Instructqwen/qwen3-vl-8b-instruct	visiontoolsjson	262,144	33,945	132,007	216
Qwen3 30B A3Bqwen/qwen3-30b-a3b	toolsreasoningjson	131,072	34,815	145,063	234
Qwen3.8 Flashqwen/qwen3.8-flash	visiontoolsreasoningjson	1,000,000	43,519	136,359	234
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507	toolsjson	262,144	26,111	159,569	241
GLM 5.3 Flash (batch)z-ai/glm-5.3-flash:batch	visiontoolsreasoningjson	1,048,575	43,519	145,063	245
Hy3tencent/hy3	toolsreasoningjson	262,144	38,297	153,186	249
DeepSeek V3.2deepseek/deepseek-v3.2	toolsreasoningjson	163,840	78,044	116,050	252
DeepSeek V3.2 Expdeepseek/deepseek-v3.2-exp	toolsreasoningjson	163,840	78,334	118,951	256
GPT-5.6 Luna Pro (batch)openai/gpt-5.6-luna-pro:batch	visiontoolsreasoningjson	1,050,000	29,013	174,075	264
GPT-5.6 Luna (batch)openai/gpt-5.6-luna:batch	visiontoolsreasoningjson	1,050,000	29,013	174,075	264
Hunyuan A13B Instructtencent/hunyuan-a13b-instruct	reasoningjson	131,072	40,618	165,371	268
GPT-5.4 Nano (batch)openai/gpt-5.4-nano:batch	visiontoolsreasoningjson	400,000	29,013	181,328	273
Command R (08-2024)cohere/command-r-08-2024	toolsjson	128,000	43,519	174,075	283
Mistral Small 4mistralai/mistral-small-2603	visiontoolsreasoningjson	262,144	43,519	174,075	283
GPT-4o-miniopenai/gpt-4o-mini	visiontoolsjsonfiles	128,000	43,519	174,075	283
GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)openai/gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18	visiontoolsjsonfiles	128,000	43,519	174,075	283
gpt-oss-120b (batch)openai/gpt-oss-120b:batch	toolsreasoningjson	131,072	43,519	174,075	283
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instructqwen/qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-instruct	visiontoolsjson	262,144	43,519	174,075	283
Solar Pro 3upstage/solar-pro-3	toolsreasoningjson	131,072	43,519	174,075	283
Qwen2.5 72B Instructqwen/qwen-2.5-72b-instruct	toolsjson	32,768	104,445	116,050	287
Hy3 previewtencent/hy3-preview	toolsreasoning	262,144	52,223	174,075	294
Llama 3.1 70B Instructmeta-llama/llama-3.1-70b-instruct	toolsjson	131,072	116,050	116,050	302
Sabamistralai/mistral-saba	toolsjsonfiles	32,768	58,025	174,075	302
TCydonia 24B V4.1thedrummer/cydonia-24b-v4.1	json	131,072	87,038	145,063	302
TUnslopNemo 12Bthedrummer/unslopnemo-12b	toolsjson	1,024,000	116,050	116,050	302
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite (batch)google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite:batch	visiontoolsreasoningjson	1,048,576	36,266	217,594	330
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Expdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp	visiontoolsreasoningjson	1,048,576	63,828	191,483	332
Llama 4 Maverickmeta-llama/llama-4-maverick	visiontoolsjson	1,048,576	58,025	201,927	338
Mistral Small 3.1 24Bmistralai/mistral-small-3.1-24b-instruct	vision	128,000	101,834	161,019	342
Qwen3 Coder Nextqwen/qwen3-coder-next	toolsjson	262,144	34,815	232,100	347
GLM 4.5 Airz-ai/glm-4.5-air	toolsreasoning	131,072	37,716	246,606	370
Mercury 2inception/mercury-2	toolsreasoningjson	128,000	72,531	217,594	377
GPT-3.5 Turbo (batch)openai/gpt-3.5-turbo:batch	toolsjson	16,385	72,531	217,594	377
GPT-4.1 Mini (batch)openai/gpt-4.1-mini:batch	visiontoolsjsonfiles	1,047,576	58,025	232,100	377
Qwen3.6 35B A3Bqwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	visiontoolsreasoningjson	262,144	29,013	261,113	377
UReMM SLERP 13Bundi95/remm-slerp-l2-13b	json	6,144	101,544	188,581	377
Qwen-Plusqwen/qwen-plus	toolsjson	1,000,000	75,433	226,298	392
Qwen Plus 0728qwen/qwen-plus-2025-07-28	toolsjson	1,000,000	75,433	226,298	392
Trinity Large Thinkingarcee-ai/trinity-large-thinking	toolsreasoning	262,144	72,531	232,100	396
Uncensoredcognitivecomputations/dolphin-mistral-24b-venice-edition	json	128,000	58,025	261,113	415
GPT-5 Mini (batch)openai/gpt-5-mini:batch	visiontoolsreasoningjson	400,000	36,266	290,125	424

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