Pareto 26.9 pricing
$2.50 per 1M input tokens and $7.50 per 1M output tokens. In real work that is 0.75¢ per chat answer and 3.8¢ to summarize a 20-page PDF.
What Pareto 26.9 costs per task
Token counts estimated from a measured model of the same lab (MiniMax M3), rescaled by tokenizer. Reasoning tokens are billed as output.
| Task | Cost | Tokens used | Price rank | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answer a chat question | 0.75¢$7.49 / 1,000 | 205 in · 448 out · 482 reasoning | 260 of 336 | estimated |
| Reply to a customer email | 0.44¢$4.41 / 1,000 | 418 in · 261 out · 187 reasoning | 269 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a 1,500-word blog post | 1.7¢$17.22 / 1,000 | 219 in · 1,781 out · 442 reasoning | 228 of 336 | estimated |
| Write 10 product descriptions | 1.3¢$13.15 / 1,000 | 442 in · 1,075 out · 531 reasoning | 243 of 336 | estimated |
| Translate 1,000 words | 4.7¢$46.79 / 1,000 | 1,478 in · 1,211 out · 4,535 reasoning | 290 of 336 | estimated |
| Proofread one page (500 words) | 1.0¢$10.21 / 1,000 | 877 in · 653 out · 416 reasoning | 265 of 336 | estimated |
| Summarize a 20-page PDF | 3.8¢$37.70 / 1,000 | 12,952 in · 463 out · 246 reasoning | 281 of 336 | estimated |
| Extract data from an invoice | 0.78¢$7.75 / 1,000 | 538 in · 565 out · 289 reasoning | 265 of 336 | estimated |
| Analyze a 200-row spreadsheet | ≥13¢$132 / 1,000 | 4,959 in · 153 out · 15,847 reasoning | 292 of 336 | estimated |
| Answer from 5 retrieved documents (RAG) | 1.9¢$18.93 / 1,000 | 3,788 in · 825 out · 437 reasoning | 278 of 336 | estimated |
| Classify 100 support tickets | 1.8¢$18.02 / 1,000 | 1,429 in · 442 out · 1,485 reasoning | 251 of 336 | estimated |
| Review 500 lines of code | 3.1¢$31.44 / 1,000 | 4,781 in · 2,598 out | 226 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a SQL query | 0.60¢$5.96 / 1,000 | 273 in · 704 out | 240 of 336 | estimated |
| Run a 50-step coding agent | 92¢$923 / 1,000 | 2,230,787 in · 14,955 out · 9,350 reasoning | 231 of 336 | modeled |
Price at every provider
List prices per 1M tokens (input / output) at each host serving Pareto 26.9 through OpenRouter today. Hosts can differ in quantization, context and speed.
| Provider | Input / output | Cached input | Context | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U Unbiasedunknown | $2.50 / $7.50 | $0.25 | 262K |
Price history
First seen in our price history on Oct 16, 2026 at $2.50 input / $7.50 output. The list price has not changed since.
FAQ
How much does Pareto 26.9 cost?
Pareto 26.9 costs $2.50 per 1 million input tokens and $7.50 per 1 million output tokens, with cached input at $0.25 (list price on Oct 18, 2026). In practice one chat answer costs about 0.75¢ and summarizing a 20-page PDF about 3.8¢.
Where is Pareto 26.9 cheapest?
Among 1 providers we track, the lowest list price today is at Unbiased: $2.50 input and $7.50 output per 1M tokens.
Is the Pareto 26.9 cost per task measured or estimated?
Estimated: Pareto 26.9 was not run directly. Tokens come from MiniMax M3 and are rescaled by the tokenizer of Unbiased. Real usage can differ.