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LLM API pricing comparison, October 2026

Input, cached and output prices for every listed chat model with a developer list price, grouped by developer, the developer's price next to ours. Rebuilt from the live catalog.

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LLM API pricing comparison, October 2026

The short answer

66 chat models from 11 developers have a developer list price on record. 66 of them are priced here under that list price on both input and output, up to 95% under on the widest gap. The lowest-priced model from each developer is below, then every model grouped by developer.

Developer Lowest-priced model Input Output List
Anthropic Claude Haiku 5.5 $0.06 $0.15 $0.10 / $0.50
DeepSeek DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 $0.0279 $0.0558 $0.30 / $1.20
Google Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview $0.15 $0.90 $0.25 / $1.50
MiniMax MiniMax M2.5 $0.162 $0.648 $0.27 / $1.08
Moonshot AI Kimi K2.5 $0.27 $1.35 $0.45 / $2.25
OpenAI GPT-6 Luna $0.0625 $0.15 $0.10 / $0.50
Qwen Qwen3.7 Plus $0.192 $0.768 $0.32 / $1.28
Tencent Hy3 $0.0417 $0.1668 $0.139 / $0.556
xAI Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent (0309) $0.75 $1.50 $1.25 / $2.50
Xiaomi MiMo V2.6 Flash $0.084 $0.09 $0.14 / $0.28
Z.ai GLM 5.3 Flash $0.084 $0.15 $0.15 / $0.50

Lowest by output price, then input. A model that did not answer the last real-model check (/proof) is skipped.

Flagship model output prices per million tokens, developer list price vs UplinkSwitch

Anthropic: 12 models

Model Input Cached Output List input List output Under list
Claude Fable 5 $3.00 $0.30 $15.00 $10.00 $50.00 70% in, 70% out
Claude Fable 5.1 $6.00 $0.15 $30.00 $10.00 $50.00 40% in, 40% out
Claude Haiku 4.5 $0.60 $0.06 $3.00 $1.00 $5.00 40% in, 40% out
Claude Haiku 5.5 $0.06 $0.0125 $0.15 $0.10 $0.50 40% in, 70% out
Claude Opus 4.6 $1.50 $0.15 $7.50 $5.00 $25.00 70% in, 70% out
Claude Opus 4.7 $1.50 $0.15 $7.50 $5.00 $25.00 70% in, 70% out
Claude Opus 4.8 $1.50 $0.15 $7.50 $5.00 $25.00 70% in, 70% out
Claude Opus 5 $1.50 $0.15 $7.50 $5.00 $25.00 70% in, 70% out
Claude Opus 5.5 $2.10 $0.12 $6.00 $4.00 $20.00 47% in, 70% out
Claude Sonnet 4.6 $1.80 input rate $9.00 $3.00 $15.00 40% in, 40% out
Claude Sonnet 5 $1.20 $0.12 $3.00 $2.00 $10.00 40% in, 70% out
Claude Sonnet 5.5 $1.20 $0.12 $3.00 $2.00 $10.00 40% in, 70% out

DeepSeek: 6 models

Model Input Cached Output List input List output Under list
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 $0.0279 $0.0056 $0.0558 $0.30 $1.20 90% in, 95% out
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 $0.084 $0.0033 $0.09 $0.14 $0.28 40% in, 67% out
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp $0.132 $0.0042 $0.396 $0.30 $1.20 56% in, 67% out
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 $0.792 $0.0338 $1.92 $1.32 $3.96 40% in, 51% out
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 $0.75 $0.0625 $1.188 $1.32 $3.96 43% in, 70% out
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash $0.06 $0.0063 $0.18 $0.30 $1.20 80% in, 85% out

Google: 11 models

Model Input Cached Output List input List output Under list
Gemini 2.5 Flash $0.18 $0.018 $1.50 $0.30 $2.50 40% in, 40% out
Gemini 2.5 Pro $0.75 $0.075 $6.00 $1.25 $10.00 40% in, 40% out
Gemini 3 Flash Preview $0.30 $0.03 $1.80 $0.50 $3.00 40% in, 40% out
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview $0.15 $0.015 $0.90 $0.25 $1.50 40% in, 40% out
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview $1.20 $0.12 $7.20 $2.00 $12.00 40% in, 40% out
Gemini 3.5 Flash $0.90 $0.09 $5.40 $1.50 $9.00 40% in, 40% out
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite $0.18 $0.018 $1.50 $0.30 $2.50 40% in, 40% out
Gemini 3.6 Flash $0.45 $0.045 $2.25 $0.75 $3.75 40% in, 40% out
Gemini 3.7 Flash $0.45 $0.045 $2.25 $0.75 $3.75 40% in, 40% out
Gemini 3.8 Flash $0.45 $0.045 $2.25 $0.75 $3.75 40% in, 40% out
Gemini 4 Argon $0.60 $0.06 $3.00 $2.00 $10.00 70% in, 70% out

MiniMax: 2 models

Model Input Cached Output List input List output Under list
MiniMax M2.5 $0.162 $0.0162 $0.648 $0.27 $1.08 40% in, 40% out
MiniMax M2.7 $0.18 $0.036 $0.72 $0.30 $1.20 40% in, 40% out

Moonshot AI: 4 models

Model Input Cached Output List input List output Under list
Kimi K2.5 $0.27 $0.042 $1.35 $0.45 $2.25 40% in, 40% out
Kimi K2.6 $0.57 $0.096 $2.40 $0.95 $4.00 40% in, 40% out
Kimi K2.7 Code $0.426 $0.09 $2.10 $0.71 $3.50 40% in, 40% out
Kimi K3 $0.90 $0.09 $4.50 $3.00 $15.00 70% in, 70% out

OpenAI: 13 models

Model Input Cached Output List input List output Under list
GPT-4o $1.50 input rate $6.00 $2.50 $10.00 40% in, 40% out
GPT-4o mini $0.09 input rate $0.36 $0.15 $0.60 40% in, 40% out
GPT-5.3-Codex $1.05 $0.105 $8.40 $1.75 $14.00 40% in, 40% out
GPT-5.4 $1.50 $0.15 $9.00 $2.50 $15.00 40% in, 40% out
GPT-5.4 Mini $0.45 $0.045 $2.70 $0.75 $4.50 40% in, 40% out
GPT-5.5 $1.50 $0.15 $9.00 $5.00 $30.00 70% in, 70% out
GPT-5.6 Luna $0.12 $0.012 $0.72 $0.20 $1.20 40% in, 40% out
GPT-5.6 Sol $1.20 $0.12 $3.00 $2.00 $10.00 40% in, 70% out
GPT-5.6 Terra $1.20 $0.12 $3.60 $2.00 $12.00 40% in, 70% out
GPT-6 Astra $3.00 $0.30 $15.00 $10.00 $50.00 70% in, 70% out
GPT-6 Luna $0.0625 $0.0125 $0.15 $0.10 $0.50 37% in, 70% out
GPT-6 Sol $0.60 $0.12 $3.00 $2.00 $10.00 70% in, 70% out
GPT-6.1 Sol $0.60 $0.06 $3.00 $2.00 $10.00 70% in, 70% out

Qwen: 3 models

Model Input Cached Output List input List output Under list
Qwen3.6 27B $0.18 $0.018 $1.20 $0.30 $2.00 40% in, 40% out
Qwen3.7 Max $0.885 $0.177 $2.655 $1.475 $4.425 40% in, 40% out
Qwen3.7 Plus $0.192 $0.0384 $0.768 $0.32 $1.28 40% in, 40% out

Tencent: 2 models

Model Input Cached Output List input List output Under list
Hy3 $0.0417 input rate $0.1668 $0.139 $0.556 70% in, 70% out
Hy4 preview $0.2502 input rate $0.75 $0.834 $2.50 70% in, 70% out

xAI: 5 models

Model Input Cached Output List input List output Under list
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent (0309) $0.75 $0.12 $1.50 $1.25 $2.50 40% in, 40% out
Grok 4.3 $0.75 $0.12 $1.50 $1.25 $2.50 40% in, 40% out
Grok 4.5 $0.60 $0.09 $1.80 $2.00 $6.00 70% in, 70% out
Grok 4.6 $0.60 $0.15 $1.80 $2.00 $6.00 70% in, 70% out
Grok 4.7 $0.60 $0.15 $1.80 $2.00 $6.00 70% in, 70% out

Xiaomi: 4 models

Model Input Cached Output List input List output Under list
MiMo V2.6 Flash $0.084 $0.0025 $0.09 $0.14 $0.28 40% in, 67% out
MiMo V2.6 Pro $0.261 $0.0038 $0.30 $0.435 $0.87 40% in, 65% out
MiMo-V2.5 $0.084 $0.0017 $0.168 $0.14 $0.28 40% in, 40% out
MiMo-V2.5-Pro $0.261 $0.0022 $0.522 $0.435 $0.87 40% in, 40% out

Z.ai: 4 models

Model Input Cached Output List input List output Under list
GLM 5.1 $0.5796 $0.1076 $1.8216 $0.966 $3.036 40% in, 40% out
GLM 5.2 $0.18 $0.051 $0.60 $0.60 $2.00 70% in, 70% out
GLM 5.3 $0.3276 $0.0608 $1.0296 $1.092 $3.432 70% in, 70% out
GLM 5.3 Flash $0.084 $0.009 $0.15 $0.15 $0.50 44% in, 70% out

Method

The rows are the price index, built on every request from GET https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/catalog. A list price is the developer's own published rate per million tokens, read from its pricing page; the date it was read is on each model page. The percent under list is rounded down to a whole number, and 0% means at or above list on that class.

Left out: models with no list price on record (the Models page lists them with our price alone), and third-party modified builds. Dated snapshots and effort variants fold into their base model.

This post keeps its URL and is refreshed monthly with the month in the title. The numbers above are whatever the catalog says now.

Get the data

The same rows as JSON and CSV, cached for five minutes, each with an x-uplink-generated header carrying the build time. Cite the index, not this post.

Pricing by family, each with the developer's list price next to ours: Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM, Qwen.

One key for 83 chat models and 87 image, video and speech models, through the OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini SDKs: uplinkswitch.ai. Prepaid from $10, no subscription, and each top-up locks your prices for 30 days.

Originally published at uplinkswitch.ai. Prices are from our live catalog on 2026-10-17; the original page re-reads them on every load.

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