IBMopen weightsGranite 4.0 Micro pricing
$0.017 per 1M input tokens and $0.11 per 1M output tokens. In real work that is 0.02¢ per chat answer and 0.05¢ to summarize a 20-page PDF.
What Granite 4.0 Micro costs per task
Token counts estimated from a measured model of the same lab (Qwen3.8 Flash), rescaled by tokenizer. Reasoning tokens are billed as output.
| Task | Cost | Tokens used | Price rank | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answer a chat question | 0.02¢$0.18 / 1,000 | 87 in · 683 out · 909 reasoning | 12 of 336 | estimated |
| Reply to a customer email | <0.01¢$0.08 / 1,000 | 323 in · 97 out · 587 reasoning | 17 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a 1,500-word blog post | ≥0.18¢$1.79 / 1,000 | 103 in · 0 out · 16,000 reasoning | 48 of 336 | estimated |
| Write 10 product descriptions | ≥0.18¢$1.80 / 1,000 | 342 in · 0 out · 16,000 reasoning | 61 of 336 | estimated |
| Translate 1,000 words | 0.02¢$0.17 / 1,000 | 1,375 in · 1,156 out · 136 reasoning | 6 of 336 | estimated |
| Proofread one page (500 words) | 0.02¢$0.22 / 1,000 | 770 in · 665 out · 1,159 reasoning | 11 of 336 | estimated |
| Summarize a 20-page PDF | 0.05¢$0.52 / 1,000 | 13,015 in · 497 out · 2,141 reasoning | 4 of 336 | estimated |
| Extract data from an invoice | 0.03¢$0.25 / 1,000 | 497 in · 556 out · 1,617 reasoning | 17 of 336 | estimated |
| Analyze a 200-row spreadsheet | ≥0.19¢$1.90 / 1,000 | 6,306 in · 0 out · 16,000 reasoning | 16 of 336 | estimated |
| Answer from 5 retrieved documents (RAG) | 0.04¢$0.39 / 1,000 | 3,721 in · 966 out · 1,912 reasoning | 8 of 336 | estimated |
| Classify 100 support tickets | 0.10¢$0.97 / 1,000 | 1,451 in · 529 out · 7,879 reasoning | 27 of 336 | estimated |
| Review 500 lines of code | ≥0.19¢$1.87 / 1,000 | 4,835 in · 0 out · 16,000 reasoning | 19 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a SQL query | 0.03¢$0.30 / 1,000 | 175 in · 401 out · 2,225 reasoning | 16 of 336 | estimated |
| Run a 50-step coding agent | 4.9¢$48.85 / 1,000 | 2,241,975 in · 15,030 out · 80,850 reasoning | 19 of 336 | modeled |
Price at every provider
List prices per 1M tokens (input / output) at each host serving Granite 4.0 Micro through OpenRouter today. Hosts can differ in quantization, context and speed.
| Provider | Input / output | Cached input | Context | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C Cloudflareunknown | $0.017 / $0.11 | - | 131K | 100% |
Price history
First seen in our price history on Oct 31, 2025 at $0.017 input / $0.11 output. Since then the output price moved from $0.11 to $0.11 per 1M tokens (1 change).
FAQ
How much does Granite 4.0 Micro cost?
Granite 4.0 Micro costs $0.017 per 1 million input tokens and $0.11 per 1 million output tokens (list price on Oct 18, 2026). In practice one chat answer costs about 0.02¢ and summarizing a 20-page PDF about 0.05¢.
Where is Granite 4.0 Micro cheapest?
Among 1 providers we track, the lowest list price today is at Cloudflare: $0.017 input and $0.11 output per 1M tokens.
Is the Granite 4.0 Micro cost per task measured or estimated?
Estimated: Granite 4.0 Micro was not run directly. Tokens come from Qwen3.8 Flash and are rescaled by the tokenizer of IBM. Real usage can differ.