Cheapest AI models
The cheapest pay-as-you-go AI models, ranked by output price per million tokens. Cohere: North Mini Code (free) is currently the lowest-cost of the 25 models below. No fixed fee, billed only for what you use, all on one API through Hormouz.
- 1Cohere: North Mini Code (free)Cohere · text$0.00/M in · $0.00/M out
- 2Dots Studio: Dots3-Note Preview (free)Dots Studio · text, image$0.00/M in · $0.00/M out
- 3Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)Google · text, image, video$0.00/M in · $0.00/M out
- 4Google: Gemma 4 31B (free)Google · text, image, video$0.00/M in · $0.00/M out
- 5Google: Lyria 3 Clip PreviewGoogle · text, image, audio$0.00/M in · $0.00/M out
- 6Google: Lyria 3 Pro PreviewGoogle · text, image, audio$0.00/M in · $0.00/M out
- 7LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free)Liquid AI · text$0.00/M in · $0.00/M out
- 8NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)NVIDIA · text, audio, image, video$0.00/M in · $0.00/M out
- 9NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free)NVIDIA · text$0.00/M in · $0.00/M out
- 10NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)NVIDIA · text$0.00/M in · $0.00/M out
- 11NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety (free)NVIDIA · text, image$0.00/M in · $0.00/M out
- 12NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)NVIDIA · text$0.00/M in · $0.00/M out
- 13Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free)Poolside · text$0.00/M in · $0.00/M out
- 14Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (free)Poolside · text$0.00/M in · $0.00/M out
- 15Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (free)Thinking Machines · text, image, audio$0.00/M in · $0.00/M out
- 16Thinking Machines: Inkling (free)Thinking Machines · text, image, audio$0.00/M in · $0.00/M out
- 17ScaleDown: ExtractScaledown · text, image$0.04/M in · $0.00/M out
- 18ScaleDown: SummarizeScaledown · text, image$0.04/M in · $0.00/M out
- 19Mistral: Mistral NemoMistral AI · text$0.03/M in · $0.03/M out
- 20Sao10K: Llama 3 8B LunarisSao10K · text$0.04/M in · $0.05/M out
- 21inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 FlashInclusionAI · text$0.02/M in · $0.06/M out
- 22Mistral: Ministral 3 8B 2512 (batch)Mistral AI · text, image$0.07/M in · $0.07/M out
- 23Meta: Llama 3.1 8B InstructMeta · text$0.05/M in · $0.08/M out
- 24Mistral: Mistral Small 3Mistral AI · text$0.05/M in · $0.08/M out
- 25OpenAI: gpt-oss-20bOpenAI · text$0.02/M in · $0.09/M out
FAQ
- What is the cheapest AI model?
- Cohere: North Mini Code (free) is currently the lowest-cost option among the 25 pay-as-you-go text models ranked here by output price. Pricing is per token, with no fixed monthly fee.
- How is pricing calculated?
- Pay-as-you-go per token. Each model shows its input and output price per million tokens; you are billed only for the tokens you actually use.
Updated 2026-10-13