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#api-pricing

Cheapest LLM API in 2026: full pricing comparison, 19 models
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Cheapest LLM API in 2026: full pricing comparison, 19 models

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, GLM and Grok, ranked from cheapest to most expensive on a blended per-token cost. The price gap between the cheapest and priciest model is over 60x.

Why LLM API output tokens cost 4-8x more than input tokens
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Why LLM API output tokens cost 4-8x more than input tokens

OpenAI, Anthropic and Google all price output tokens several times higher than input tokens — the same pattern across every provider. Here's the actual reason, and what it means for how you should write prompts.