Find the Cheapest & Best-Fit LLM API
Real-time tracking of 57 providers, 389 models' pricing, capabilities & context window. Covering international and Chinese models, auto-updated daily at 04:00.
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Top 10 Best Value Models
Filters to models with AA Intelligence Index 50 or higher, then sorts by lowest input price
| # | Model | Provider | Input | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5-Pro | | $0.435 | AA Intelligence Index 54 |
| 2 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro | | $0.435 | AA Intelligence Index 52 |
| 3 | MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 Multimodal | | $0.730 | AA Intelligence Index 54 |
| 4 | Z.ai: GLM 5.1 | | $0.980 | AA Intelligence Index 51 |
| 5 | Qwen: Qwen3.6 Max Preview | | $1.04 | AA Intelligence Index 52 |
Top 10 Strongest Models
Ranked by Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, a cross-domain intelligence metric
| # | Model | Provider | Input | AA Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OpenAI: GPT-5.5 | | $5.00 | 60 |
| 2 | Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 | | $5.00 | 57 |
| 3 | Google: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | | $2.00 | 57 |
| 4 | OpenAI: GPT-5.4 | | $2.50 | 57 |
| 5 | Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max | | $1.25 | 57 |
Cheapest Input Price Top 10
Cost in USD per million input tokens (excluding free models)
| # | Model | Provider | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flash | | $0.010 | $0.030 |
| 2 | IBM: Granite 4.0 Micro | | $0.017 | $0.112 |
| 3 | Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | | $0.020 | $0.050 |
| 4 | Mistral: Mistral Nemo | | $0.020 | $0.030 |
| 5 | Meta: Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | | $0.027 | $0.201 |
Fastest Output Top 10
Ranked by Artificial Analysis measured output speed (tokens/sec)
| # | Model | Provider | t/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inception: Mercury 2 | | 898 |
| 2 | Google: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview | | 332 |
| 3 | Amazon: Nova Micro 1.0 | | 315 |
| 4 | OpenAI: gpt-oss-120b | | 309 |
| 5 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free) | | 301 |
Free Models (38)
Models with $0 input price. Some may still charge for output — click to view full pricing details.
| Model | Provider | Output $/M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking (free) | | Free | 262K |
| Baidu Qianfan: CoBuddy (free) | | Free | 131K |
| Baidu: Qianfan-OCR-Fast (free) | | Free | 66K |
| DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash (free) | | Free | 1M |
| Free Models Router | | Free | 200K |
Top Providers
🇺🇸 OpenAI
- Models
- 67
- Cheapest Input
- $0.030 /M tokens
🇨🇳 通義千問(阿里)
- Models
- 52
- Cheapest Input
- $0.033 /M tokens
🇺🇸 Google
- Models
- 35
- Cheapest Input
- $0.040 /M tokens
🇫🇷 Mistral AI
- Models
- 25
- Cheapest Input
- $0.020 /M tokens
🇺🇸 Anthropic
- Models
- 18
- Cheapest Input
- $0.250 /M tokens
🇨🇳 DeepSeek
- Models
- 14
- Cheapest Input
- $0.210 /M tokens
🇺🇸 Meta
- Models
- 14
- Cheapest Input
- $0.020 /M tokens
🇨🇳 Z.ai(智譜)
- Models
- 13
- Cheapest Input
- $0.060 /M tokens
Last update: 2026-05-28 · Prices in USD, for reference only. Please verify with official sources.