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cheapest overall

all text LLMs

modelmakerUSD/1Msellers
🥇jev-1.13Independent$0.00044
🥈openai-gpt-oss-20bOpenAI$0.001126
🥉gemma-3-4b-itGoogle$0.001519
4.gemma-3-12b-itGoogle$0.002019
5.ministral-3-3b-instructIndependent$0.002020

best for coding

coding-class models

modelmakerUSD/1Msellers
🥇qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instructAlibaba$0.003525
🥈kimi-k2.7-codeMoonshot AI$0.006649
🥉qwen3-coder-nextAlibaba$0.009122
4.qwen3-coderAlibaba$0.012934
5.gpt-5.3-codexOpenAI$0.272037

best for reasoning

reasoning models

modelmakerUSD/1Msellers
🥇kimi-k2-thinkingMoonshot AI$0.030730
🥈qwen3-235b-a22b-thinking-2507Alibaba$0.100032
🥉trinity-large-thinkingArcee AI$0.82953
4.trinity-large-thinking:webArcee AI$1.07811
5.glm-4.7-thinkingZhipu AI / Z.AI$1.83752

best for chat

general chat LLMs

modelmakerUSD/1Msellers
🥇jev-1.13Independent$0.00044
🥈openai-gpt-oss-20bOpenAI$0.001126
🥉gemma-3-4b-itGoogle$0.001519
4.gemma-3-12b-itGoogle$0.002019
5.ministral-3-3b-instructIndependent$0.002020

fastest (small models)

fast-class models

modelmakerUSD/1Msellers
🥇gemma-3-4b-itGoogle$0.001519
🥈gemma-3-12b-itGoogle$0.002019
🥉ministral-3-3b-instructIndependent$0.002020
4.gemma-4-26b-a4b-itGoogle$0.002890
5.gemini-2.5-flash-imageGoogle$0.003368

best for vision

vision-capable models

modelmakerUSD/1Msellers
🥇palmyra-vision-7bIndependent$0.016819
🥈qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instructAlibaba$0.020926
🥉qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-thinkingAlibaba$0.460025
4.qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-thinkingAlibaba$0.526431
5.glm-5v-turboZhipu AI / Z.AI$1.451327

frontier tier (premium)

frontier-tier models

modelmakerUSD/1Msellers
🥇qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instructAlibaba$0.003525
🥈qwen3-coder-nextAlibaba$0.009122
🥉qwen3-coderAlibaba$0.012934
4.gpt-5.6-lunaOpenAI$0.014336
5.palmyra-vision-7bIndependent$0.016819

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