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cheapest overall

all text LLMs

modelmakerUSD/1Msellers
🥇gemma-3-4b-itGoogle$0.01083
🥈glm-5.2Zhipu AI / Z.AI$0.012879
🥉ministral-3-3b-instructIndependent$0.01803
4.glm-4.7Zhipu AI / Z.AI$0.021592
5.openai-gpt-oss-safeguard-20bOpenAI$0.02433

best for coding

coding-class models

modelmakerUSD/1Msellers
🥇qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instructAlibaba$0.06753
🥈qwen3-coderAlibaba$0.117025
🥉qwen3-coder-nextAlibaba$0.42502
4.qwen3-coder-turboAlibaba$0.555044
5.kimi-k2.7-codeMoonshot AI$1.051460

best for reasoning

reasoning models

modelmakerUSD/1Msellers
🥇qwen3-235b-a22b-thinking-2507Alibaba$0.080062
🥈kimi-k2-thinkingMoonshot AI$0.279011
🥉glm-4.7-thinking:webZhipu AI / Z.AI$0.61252
4.glm-5.1-non-thinking:webZhipu AI / Z.AI$0.650010
5.trinity-large-thinkingArcee AI$0.690015

best for chat

general chat LLMs

modelmakerUSD/1Msellers
🥇gemma-3-4b-itGoogle$0.01083
🥈glm-5.2Zhipu AI / Z.AI$0.012879
🥉ministral-3-3b-instructIndependent$0.01803
4.glm-4.7Zhipu AI / Z.AI$0.021592
5.openai-gpt-oss-safeguard-20bOpenAI$0.02433

fastest (small models)

fast-class models

modelmakerUSD/1Msellers
🥇gemma-3-4b-itGoogle$0.01083
🥈ministral-3-3b-instructIndependent$0.01803
🥉nvidia-nemotron-nano-9b-v2NVIDIA$0.02613
4.ministral-3-8b-instructIndependent$0.02703
5.gemma-3-12b-itGoogle$0.03423

best for vision

vision-capable models

modelmakerUSD/1Msellers
🥇palmyra-vision-7bIndependent$0.06753
🥈qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-thinkingAlibaba$0.275050
🥉qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instructAlibaba$0.28713
4.qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-thinkingAlibaba$0.501771
5.glm-5v-turboZhipu AI / Z.AI$1.558465

frontier tier (premium)

frontier-tier models

modelmakerUSD/1Msellers
🥇palmyra-vision-7bIndependent$0.06753
🥈qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instructAlibaba$0.06753
🥉gpt-5.6-lunaOpenAI$0.098062
4.qwen3-coderAlibaba$0.117025
5.gpt-5.6-luna-proOpenAI$0.210043

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