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cheapest overall

all text LLMs

modelmakerUSD/1Msellers
🥇jev-1.13Independent$0.000411
🥈openai-gpt-oss-20bOpenAI$0.001119
🥉gemma-3-4b-itGoogle$0.001514
4.gemma-4-26b-a4b-itGoogle$0.002074
5.gemma-3-12b-itGoogle$0.002013

best for coding

coding-class models

modelmakerUSD/1Msellers
🥇qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instructAlibaba$0.003519
🥈qwen3-coder-nextAlibaba$0.009216
🥉qwen3-coderAlibaba$0.012934
4.kimi-k2.7-codeMoonshot AI$0.170738
5.gpt-5.3-codexOpenAI$0.310439

best for reasoning

reasoning models

modelmakerUSD/1Msellers
🥇kimi-k2-thinkingMoonshot AI$0.031029
🥈qwen3-235b-a22b-thinking-2507Alibaba$0.100036
🥉trinity-large-thinkingArcee AI$0.82954
4.trinity-large-thinking:webArcee AI$1.07811
5.deepseek-r1DeepSeek$1.28008

best for chat

general chat LLMs

modelmakerUSD/1Msellers
🥇jev-1.13Independent$0.000411
🥈openai-gpt-oss-20bOpenAI$0.001119
🥉gemma-3-4b-itGoogle$0.001514
4.gemma-4-26b-a4b-itGoogle$0.002074
5.gemma-3-12b-itGoogle$0.002013

fastest (small models)

fast-class models

modelmakerUSD/1Msellers
🥇gemma-3-4b-itGoogle$0.001514
🥈gemma-4-26b-a4b-itGoogle$0.002074
🥉gemma-3-12b-itGoogle$0.002013
4.ministral-3-3b-instructIndependent$0.002214
5.gemini-2.5-flash-imageGoogle$0.003350

best for vision

vision-capable models

modelmakerUSD/1Msellers
🥇palmyra-vision-7bIndependent$0.017014
🥈qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instructAlibaba$0.021118
🥉qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-thinkingAlibaba$0.440030
4.qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-thinkingAlibaba$0.526436
5.glm-5v-turboZhipu AI / Z.AI$1.600825

frontier tier (premium)

frontier-tier models

modelmakerUSD/1Msellers
🥇qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instructAlibaba$0.003519
🥈qwen3-coder-nextAlibaba$0.009216
🥉qwen3-coderAlibaba$0.012934
4.palmyra-vision-7bIndependent$0.017014
5.gpt-5.6-lunaOpenAI$0.018833

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