Cheapest AI Models
The lowest-priced AI models by input token cost, updated daily from OpenRouter. Find the most affordable model that still fits your task.
15 models ranked
Other rankings
#ModelInputOutputContextEfficiency
1Ling-2.6-flash
CNInclusionAI · Text
90
2Granite 4.0 Micro
USIBM · Text
89
3LFM2-24B-A2B
USLiquid · Text
89
4Qwen3.5-9B
CNAlibaba · Multimodal
90
5Nemotron Nano 9B V2
USNVIDIA · Text
89
6Command R7B (12-2024)
USCohere · Text
89
7Nova Micro 1.0
USAmazon · Text
89
8Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
USNVIDIA · Text
90
9Granite 4.1 8B
USIBM · Text
89
10Trinity Mini
USArcee · Text
89
11Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
USMeta · Text
89
12Nova Lite 1.0
USAmazon · Multimodal
91
13GLM 4.7 Flash
CNZhipu · Text
90
14Gemma 4 26B A4B
USGoogle · Multimodal
90
15Gemma 3n 4B
USGoogle · Text
89
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How does HotON.ai rank these models?+
Rankings use live pricing from OpenRouter plus HotON.ai's composite efficiency score. Pricing is real and updated daily; efficiency, speed and availability are modeled estimates — see our methodology. This list reflects 15 tracked models for this use case.
Pricing is real (via OpenRouter, daily). Performance metrics are modeled estimates — not financial advice.