What is the cheapest AI model for chat?

The cheapest AI chat models are typically smaller models like GPT-3.5-turbo, Claude Instant, or open-source models on platforms like Together AI and Groq. Prices can be as low as $0.10-0.25 per million tokens. However, cheaper models may have reduced capabilities compared to flagship models like GPT-4 or Claude 3 Opus. Use CloudPrice to compare current prices across all providers.

How much does GPT-4 cost?

GPT-4 pricing varies by version. GPT-4 Turbo costs approximately $10 per million input tokens and $30 per million output tokens. GPT-4o is more affordable at around $5/$15 per million tokens. OpenAI also offers GPT-4o-mini at significantly lower prices. Pricing may change, so check CloudPrice for current rates.

What is the difference between input and output tokens?

Input tokens are the text you send to the AI model (your prompts, context, and conversation history). Output tokens are what the model generates in response. Most AI providers charge differently for input and output tokens, with output tokens typically being 2-4x more expensive because they require more computation to generate.

Which AI model has the largest context window?

Google's Gemini 1.5 Pro currently offers one of the largest context windows at 1 million tokens. Anthropic's Claude 3 models support 200K tokens, while OpenAI's GPT-4 Turbo supports 128K tokens. Larger context windows allow processing more text in a single request but may cost more.

What does 'supports vision' mean for AI models?

AI models with vision support can process and understand images in addition to text. You can send images as part of your prompt and the model can describe, analyze, or answer questions about them. Examples include GPT-4 Vision, Claude 3, and Gemini Pro Vision. Vision capabilities typically cost extra per image processed.

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Model	Creator	Input Price, $	Output Price, $	Context	Max Output	Intelligence	Coding
Qwen3.8 Max	Alibaba	1.65	4.95	1.0M	131K	#1	#1
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B	Alibaba	2.00	6.00	1.0M	909K	#2	#2
Qwen3.8 27B	Alibaba	0.24	1.49	1.0M	236K	#3	#3
Qwen3.7 Max	Alibaba	1.25	3.75	1.0M	131K	#4	#4
Qwen3.6 Max Preview	Alibaba	1.27	7.61	262K	66K	#5	N/A
Qwen3.6 Plus	Alibaba	0.325	1.95	1.0M	66K	#6	#6
Qwen3.7 Plus	Alibaba	0.282	1.13	1.0M	131K	#7	#5
Qwen3.5 27B	Alibaba	0.26	2.40	262K	82K	#8	N/A
Qwen3.6 27B	Alibaba	0.15	0.5	262K	262K	#10	#7
Qwen3.5 397B A17B	Alibaba	0.164	0.986	262K	236K	#9	#8
Qwen3 Max Thinking	Alibaba	1.20	6.00	262K	66K	#11	N/A
Qwen3.5 Omni Plus	Alibaba	1.40	11.00	N/A	N/A	#12	N/A
Qwen3.5 35B A3B	Alibaba	0.14	1.00	262K	236K	#13	#11
Qwen3.6 35B A3B	Alibaba	0.05	0.4	262K	236K	#14	#10
Qwen3.5 122B A10B	Alibaba	0.113	0.901	262K	236K	#15	#9
Qwen3 Max	Alibaba	1.20	6.00	262K	66K	#16	N/A
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B	Alibaba	0.53	2.66	256K	8K	#17	N/A
Qwen3.5 9B	Alibaba	0.1	0.15	262K	236K	#18	#13
Qwen3 235B A22B	Alibaba	0.09	0.54	262K	236K	#19	#14
Qwen3.5 Omni Flash	Alibaba	0.4	3.00	N/A	N/A	#20	N/A
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct	Alibaba	0.09	0.55	262K	16K	#21	N/A
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct	Alibaba	0.22	1.55	262K	66K	#22	N/A
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B	Alibaba	0.18	1.44	262K	8K	#23	#15
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct	Alibaba	0.2	0.88	262K	129K	#24	N/A
Qwen3 30B A3B	Alibaba	0.051	0.2	131K	20K	#25	#18
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct	Alibaba	0.09	0.9	262K	236K	#27	N/A
Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct	Alibaba	0.07	0.27	262K	236K	#26	N/A
QwQ 32B	Alibaba	0.15	0.2	131K	16K	#28	N/A
Qwen3 Coder Next	Alibaba	0.12	0.548	262K	236K	#29	#12
Qwen3 4B Instruct	Alibaba	0.01	0.03	262K	33K	#30	N/A
Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct	Alibaba	0.16	0.64	262K	33K	#31	N/A
Qwen3 VL 8B	Alibaba	0.15	0.55	33K	8K	#32	N/A
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct	Alibaba	0.15	0.6	262K	33K	#33	N/A
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct	Alibaba	0.12	0.3	131K	16K	#34	N/A
QwQ 32B Preview	Alibaba	0.9	0.9	33K	16K	#35	N/A
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct	Alibaba	0.08	0.2	262K	236K	#36	N/A
Qwen3 32B	Alibaba	0.05	0.1	131K	41K	#37	#16
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct	Alibaba	0.9	0.9	128K	8K	#38	N/A
Qwen3 14B Instruct	Alibaba	0.05	0.22	33K	N/A	#40	N/A
Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct	Alibaba	0.05	0.1	131K	29K	#39	N/A
Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct	Alibaba	0.1	0.3	262K	236K	#41	N/A
Qwen3 14B	Alibaba	0.07	0.2	131K	37K	#43	#17
Qwen Turbo	Alibaba	0.05	0.2	1.0M	16K	#42	N/A
Qwen2 72B Instruct	Alibaba	0.9	0.9	33K	N/A	#44	N/A
Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Instruct	Alibaba	0.25	0.97	66K	16K	#45	N/A
Qwen2.5 Coder 7B Instruct	Alibaba	0.01	0.03	33K	8K	#46	N/A
Qwen3 8B	Alibaba	0.035	0.138	131K	20K	#48	#19
Qwen3 1.7B	Alibaba	0.1	0.1	131K	8K	#47	N/A
Qwen3 0.6B	Alibaba	0.1	0.1	41K	8K	#49	N/A
ASR	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASR Flash	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASR Flash 8K Realtime	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASR MTL Realtime	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASR Realtime	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CodeQwen 1.5 7B	Alibaba	0.2	0.2	66K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Coder	Alibaba	0.3	1.50	1.0M	16K	N/A	N/A
CosyVoice 2	Alibaba	0.287	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CosyVoice 3 Flash	Alibaba	0.13	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CosyVoice 3 Plus	Alibaba	0.26	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CosyVoice 3.5 Flash	Alibaba	0.116	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CosyVoice 3.5 Plus	Alibaba	0.22	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Deep Research	Alibaba	7.74	23.37	1.0M	33K	N/A	N/A
Doc Turbo	Alibaba	0.087	0.144	262K	33K	N/A	N/A
Flash	Alibaba	0.05	0.4	998K	33K	N/A	N/A
GTE 2 Rerank	Alibaba	0.115	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GTE Base	Alibaba	0.008	N/A	512	N/A	N/A	N/A
GTE Large	Alibaba	0.016	N/A	512	N/A	N/A	N/A
GTE Large EN	Alibaba	0.13	N/A	8K	N/A	N/A	N/A
HappyHorse 1 I2V	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HappyHorse 1 R2V	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HappyHorse 1 T2V	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HappyHorse 1.1 I2V	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HappyHorse 1.1 R2V	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HappyHorse 1.1 T2V	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Math Plus	Alibaba	0.574	1.72	4K	3K	N/A	N/A
MT Flash	Alibaba	0.16	0.49	16K	8K	N/A	N/A
MT Lite	Alibaba	0.12	0.36	16K	8K	N/A	N/A
MT Plus	Alibaba	0.25	0.75	16K	8K	N/A	N/A
Paraformer 2	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Paraformer 2 8K	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Paraformer 2 Realtime	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Paraformer 2 Realtime 8K	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Plus Character	Alibaba	0.5	1.40	33K	4K	N/A	N/A
Plus Character JA	Alibaba	0.5	1.40	8K	512	N/A	N/A
Qwen Audio 3 Flash ASR	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen Audio 3 Flash ASR Filetrans	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen Audio 3 Flash ASR Streaming	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen Audio 3 Flash Realtime	Alibaba	0.23	0.93	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen Audio 3 Plus Realtime	Alibaba	0.8	6.40	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen Audio 3.1 Plus Realtime	Alibaba	0.8	6.40	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen Flash Character	Alibaba	0.05	0.4	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen Max	Alibaba	1.60	6.40	31K	8K	N/A	N/A
Qwen Plus	Alibaba	0.115	0.287	1.0M	33K	N/A	N/A
Qwen TTS Flash	Alibaba	0.23	1.43	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen VL OCR	Alibaba	0.07	0.16	38K	8K	N/A	N/A
Qwen1.5 72B Chat	Alibaba	0.9	0.9	33K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen2 1.5B Instruct	Alibaba	0.02	0.02	33K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen2 7B Instruct	Alibaba	0.2	0.2	33K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen2 VL 2B Instruct	Alibaba	0.1	0.1	33K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen2 VL 72B Instruct	Alibaba	0.9	0.9	131K	2K	N/A	N/A
Qwen2 VL 7B Instruct	Alibaba	0.2	0.2	131K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 0.5B Instruct	Alibaba	0.1	0.1	33K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 1.5B Instruct	Alibaba	0.1	0.1	33K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 14B	Alibaba	0.2	0.2	131K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct	Alibaba	0.2	0.2	33K	8K	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 32B	Alibaba	0.9	0.9	131K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 72B	Alibaba	0.9	0.9	131K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 7B	Alibaba	0.2	0.2	131K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct	Alibaba	0.04	0.07	33K	33K	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 Coder 0.5B	Alibaba	0.1	0.1	33K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 Coder 0.5B Instruct	Alibaba	0.1	0.1	33K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 Coder 1.5B	Alibaba	0.1	0.1	33K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 Coder 1.5B Instruct	Alibaba	0.1	0.1	33K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 Coder 14B	Alibaba	0.2	0.2	33K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 Coder 14B Instruct	Alibaba	0.2	0.2	33K	8K	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 Coder 32B	Alibaba	0.9	0.9	33K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 Coder 3B	Alibaba	0.1	0.1	33K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct	Alibaba	0.01	0.03	33K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 Coder 7B	Alibaba	0.06	0.12	33K	8K	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 Math 72B Instruct	Alibaba	0.9	0.9	4K	4K	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 Turbo 72B Instruct	Alibaba	1.20	1.20	131K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 Turbo 7B Instruct	Alibaba	0.3	0.3	33K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct	Alibaba	0.2	0.6	128K	8K	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 VL 3B Instruct	Alibaba	0.2	0.2	128K	8K	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct	Alibaba	0.8	0.8	131K	128K	N/A	N/A
Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct	Alibaba	0.2	0.2	128K	8K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 0.6B Embedding	Alibaba	0.02	N/A	33K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 1.7B FP8 Draft	Alibaba	0.1	0.1	262K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 1.7B FP8 Draft 131072	Alibaba	0.1	0.1	131K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 1.7B FP8 Draft 40960	Alibaba	0.1	0.1	41K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507	Alibaba	0.22	0.88	262K	16K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct MaaS	Alibaba	0.22	0.88	262K	16K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking	Alibaba	0.22	0.88	262K	118K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 30B	Alibaba	0.12	0.5	41K	16K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 30B A3B Coder Instruct	Alibaba	0.228	0.912	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking	Alibaba	0.9	0.9	262K	33K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 4B	Alibaba	0.03	0.03	128K	20K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 4B Thinking	Alibaba	0.01	0.03	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 7 Max Preview	Alibaba	2.50	7.50	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 ASR Flash	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 ASR Flash Filetrans	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 ASR Flash Realtime	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 Coder	Alibaba	0.22	1.00	262K	67K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B	Alibaba	0.15	0.6	262K	131K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct	Alibaba	0.45	1.80	262K	66K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct FP8	Alibaba	0.45	1.80	262K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct MaaS	Alibaba	0.22	1.80	262K	33K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo	Alibaba	0.3	1.00	262K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 Coder 480B Instruct BF16	Alibaba	0.9	0.9	262K	4K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 Coder Flash	Alibaba	0.195	0.975	1.0M	66K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 Embedding 0.6B	Alibaba	0.01	N/A	33K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 Embedding 4B	Alibaba	0.02	N/A	41K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 Embedding 8B	Alibaba	0.01	N/A	41K	4K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 Livetranslate Flash	Alibaba	1.58	0.631	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct MaaS	Alibaba	0.15	1.20	262K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking	Alibaba	0.14	0.9	262K	236K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking MaaS	Alibaba	0.15	1.20	262K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 Omni 30B A3B Thinking	Alibaba	0.25	0.97	66K	16K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 Omni Flash	Alibaba	0.43	3.81	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 Omni Flash Realtime	Alibaba	0.52	4.57	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 Rerank	Alibaba	0.1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 Reranker 8B	Alibaba	0.05	0.05	41K	4K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 TTS Flash	Alibaba	0.1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 TTS Flash Realtime	Alibaba	0.13	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 VL	Alibaba	0.1	1.15	262K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 VL 235B	Alibaba	0.26	1.15	262K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct	Alibaba	0.2	0.88	262K	129K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking	Alibaba	0.22	0.88	262K	33K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking	Alibaba	0.15	0.6	262K	236K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 VL 32B Thinking	Alibaba	0.16	2.87	131K	33K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3 VL Plus	Alibaba	0.2	1.60	260K	33K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3.5 122B A10B Thinking	Alibaba	0.25	1.75	262K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3.5 397B A17B FP8	Alibaba	0.6	3.60	262K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3.5 Flash	Alibaba	0.065	0.26	1.0M	66K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3.5 Livetranslate Flash Realtime	Alibaba	7.50	0.55	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3.5 OCR	Alibaba	0.069	0.275	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3.5 Omni Flash Realtime	Alibaba	0.55	4.50	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3.5 Omni Plus Realtime	Alibaba	2.10	16.50	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3.5 Plus	Alibaba	0.26	1.56	1.0M	66K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3.6 27B FP8	Alibaba	0.32	3.20	262K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3.6 27B Thinking	Alibaba	0.15	0.5	262K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3.6 35B A3B Thinking	Alibaba	0.15	0.5	262K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3.6 Flash	Alibaba	0.188	1.13	1.0M	66K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3.7 Flash	Alibaba	0.03	0.13	1.0M	66K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3.8 Flash	Alibaba	0.113	0.38	1.0M	131K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3.8 Flash LiveTranslate Realtime	Alibaba	7.50	0.55	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Qwen3.8 Max Prime	Alibaba	3.30	9.90	1.0M	131K	N/A	N/A
Qwen3.8 Omni Flash	Alibaba	0.15	0.47	1.0M	131K	N/A	N/A
QwQ Plus	Alibaba	0.8	2.40	98K	8K	N/A	N/A
Text 3 Embedding	Alibaba	0.07	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Text 4 Embedding	Alibaba	0.07	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tongyi Flash Embedding Vision	Alibaba	0.03	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tongyi Intent Detect 3	Alibaba	0.058	0.144	8K	1K	N/A	N/A
Tongyi Plus Embedding Vision	Alibaba	0.09	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wan 2.5 T2V Preview	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wan 2.6 I2V	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wan 2.6 I2V Flash	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wan 2.6 R2V	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wan 2.6 R2V Flash	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wan 2.6 T2V	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wan 2.7 I2V	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wan 2.7 R2V	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wan 2.7 T2V	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wan 3 Video	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wan 3 Video Prime	Alibaba	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A