Quick answer
How much do open-weight LLM APIs cost in 2026?
It depends on the host more than on the model. On 23 October 2026, the median price of DeepSeek V4 Pro across public hosts was $1.32 per million input tokens and $3.96 per million output tokens, and gpt-oss-20b was $0.035 and $0.17. LLMwithCrypto charges 5% below each median.
What is the median price of each model?
Median of the public list prices read on the hosts below, per 1M tokens; ours is the median minus 5%.
| Model | Hosts | Median input | Median output | LLMwithCrypto input | LLMwithCrypto output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | 7 hosts | $1.32 | $3.96 | $1.254 | $3.762 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | 8 hosts | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.285 | $1.14 |
| DeepSeek R1 | 2 hosts | $0.60 | $2.325 | $0.57 | $2.208 |
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B | 6 hosts | $0.60 | $3.60 | $0.57 | $3.42 |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct | 4 hosts | $0.17 | $0.60 | $0.161 | $0.57 |
| gpt-oss-120b | 9 hosts | $0.15 | $0.60 | $0.142 | $0.57 |
| gpt-oss-20b | 2 hosts | $0.035 | $0.17 | $0.033 | $0.161 |
| GLM-4.7 | 3 hosts | $0.60 | $2.20 | $0.57 | $2.09 |
| Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | 5 hosts | $0.22 | $0.50 | $0.209 | $0.475 |
| Gemma 4 31B | 5 hosts | $0.20 | $0.40 | $0.19 | $0.38 |
| Mistral Large 3 | 1 host (the maker’s own API) | $0.50 | $1.50 | $0.475 | $1.424 |
| Mistral Small 4 | 1 host (the maker’s own API) | $0.15 | $0.60 | $0.142 | $0.57 |
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What does each host charge?
Every price read, as each host lists the model. Batch, promotional and free-tier prices are left out.
| Model | Host | Listed as | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cached input |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | DeepSeek API | deepseek-v4-pro (DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813) | $1.32 | $3.96 | $0.044 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | Together AI | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | $1.32 | $3.96 | $0.13 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | DeepInfra | deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 | $1.30 | $2.60 | $0.10 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | Novita AI | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | $1.32 | $3.96 | $0.044 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | Nebius Token Factory | DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 | $1.32 | $3.96 | $0.04 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | Baseten | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | $1.32 | $3.96 | $0.132 |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | Parasail | DeepSeek V4 Pro | $1.74 | $3.48 | $0.10 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | DeepSeek API | deepseek-flash (DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017) | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.006 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Together AI | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.006 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Fireworks AI | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.006 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Novita AI | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.006 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Hyperbolic | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (deepseek-v4.1-flash) | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.006 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Nebius Token Factory | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.006 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Baseten | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.007 |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | Parasail | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | $0.30 | $1.20 | $0.006 |
| DeepSeek R1 | DeepInfra | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | $0.50 | $2.15 | $0.35 |
| DeepSeek R1 | Novita AI | DeepSeek R1 0528 | $0.70 | $2.50 | $0.35 |
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Alibaba Model Studio (International) | qwen3.5-397b-a17b | $0.60 | $3.60 | — |
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Together AI | Qwen3.5-397B-A17B | $0.60 | $3.60 | $0.35 |
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B | DeepInfra | Qwen3.5-397B-A17B | $0.45 | $3.00 | $0.22 |
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Novita AI | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | $0.60 | $3.60 | — |
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Parasail | Qwen3.5 397B-A17B | $0.50 | $3.60 | $0.30 |
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Nebius Token Factory | Qwen3.5-397B-A17B | $0.60 | $3.60 | $0.12 |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct | Together AI | Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 FP8 Throughput | $0.20 | $0.60 | — |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct | DeepInfra | Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 | $0.09 | $0.55 | — |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct | Parasail | Qwen3 235B-A22B (2507) | $0.14 | $0.80 | $0.05 |
| Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct | Nebius Token Factory | Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 | $0.20 | $0.60 | — |
| gpt-oss-120b | Together AI | gpt-oss-120B | $0.15 | $0.60 | — |
| gpt-oss-120b | Fireworks AI | OpenAI GPT OSS 120B | $0.15 | $0.60 | $0.015 |
| gpt-oss-120b | DeepInfra | openai/gpt-oss-120b | $0.037 | $0.17 | — |
| gpt-oss-120b | Novita AI | OpenAI GPT OSS 120B | $0.05 | $0.25 | — |
| gpt-oss-120b | Nebius Token Factory | gpt-oss-120b | $0.15 | $0.60 | — |
| gpt-oss-120b | SambaNova Cloud | gpt-oss-120b | $0.22 | $0.59 | — |
| gpt-oss-120b | Cerebras | GPT OSS 120B | $0.35 | $0.75 | — |
| gpt-oss-120b | Baseten | GPT OSS 120B | $0.10 | $0.50 | — |
| gpt-oss-120b | Parasail | gpt-oss-120b | $0.10 | $0.75 | $0.055 |
| gpt-oss-20b | DeepInfra | openai/gpt-oss-20b | $0.03 | $0.14 | — |
| gpt-oss-20b | Parasail | gpt-oss-20b | $0.04 | $0.20 | $0.02 |
| GLM-4.7 | Z.ai API | GLM-4.7 | $0.60 | $2.20 | $0.11 |
| GLM-4.7 | Novita AI | GLM 4.7 | $0.60 | $2.20 | $0.11 |
| GLM-4.7 | DeepInfra | zai-org/GLM-4.7 | $0.40 | $1.75 | $0.08 |
| Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | Together AI | Llama 3.3 70B | $1.04 | $1.04 | — |
| Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | DeepInfra | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-Turbo | $0.10 | $0.32 | — |
| Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | Novita AI | Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | $0.135 | $0.40 | — |
| Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | SambaNova Cloud | Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | $0.60 | $1.20 | — |
| Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | Parasail | Llama 3.3 70B (FP8) | $0.22 | $0.50 | $0.11 |
| Gemma 4 31B | Together AI | Gemma 4 31B | $0.39 | $0.97 | — |
| Gemma 4 31B | DeepInfra | gemma-4-31B-it | $0.20 | $0.40 | — |
| Gemma 4 31B | Novita AI | Gemma 4 31B | $0.14 | $0.40 | — |
| Gemma 4 31B | SambaNova Cloud | gemma-4-31B-it | $0.38 | $1.15 | — |
| Gemma 4 31B | Parasail | Gemma 4 31B | $0.15 | $0.40 | $0.06 |
| Mistral Large 3 | Mistral AI API | Mistral Large 3 | $0.50 | $1.50 | $0.05 |
| Mistral Small 4 | Mistral AI API | Mistral Small 4 | $0.15 | $0.60 | $0.015 |
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How was the index built?
- Scope: open-weight models whose licences allow commercial hosting, served through a public pay-as-you-go API.
- Prices: the list price on each host's own pricing page, in US dollars per million tokens, read on 23 October 2026. Cached-input prices are shown when listed; batch and promotional prices are left out.
- Median: computed per model over the hosts that list it, input and output separately; a model needs at least two hosts.
- Licence: CC BY 4.0 — reuse it with a link to this page.
Sources (18)
- DeepSeek API pricing api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing — DeepSeek API (read 2026-10-23)
- Together AI pricing together.ai/pricing — Together AI (read 2026-10-23)
- DeepInfra pricing deepinfra.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 — DeepInfra (read 2026-10-23)
- Novita AI pricing novita.ai/pricing — Novita AI (read 2026-10-23)
- Nebius Token Factory pricing tokenfactory.nebius.com/endpoints — Nebius Token Factory (read 2026-10-23)
- Baseten pricing baseten.co/pricing — Baseten (read 2026-10-23)
- Parasail pricing parasail.io/pricing — Parasail (read 2026-10-23)
- Fireworks AI pricing docs.fireworks.ai/serverless/pricing — Fireworks AI (read 2026-10-23)
- Hyperbolic pricing — Hyperbolic (read 2026-10-23)
- DeepInfra pricing deepinfra.com/pricing — DeepInfra (read 2026-10-23)
- Alibaba Model Studio (International) pricing — Alibaba Model Studio (International) (read 2026-10-23)
- DeepInfra pricing deepinfra.com/openai/gpt-oss-120b — DeepInfra (read 2026-10-23)
- SambaNova Cloud pricing cloud.sambanova.ai/plans/pricing — SambaNova Cloud (read 2026-10-23)
- Cerebras pricing cerebras.ai/pricing — Cerebras (read 2026-10-23)
- DeepInfra pricing deepinfra.com/openai/gpt-oss-20b — DeepInfra (read 2026-10-23)
- Z.ai API pricing — Z.ai API (read 2026-10-23)
- DeepInfra pricing deepinfra.com/zai-org/GLM-4.7 — DeepInfra (read 2026-10-23)
- Mistral AI API pricing docs.mistral.ai/inference/pricing — Mistral AI API (read 2026-10-23)