Summarize pricing
$0.04 per 1M input tokens and $0 per 1M output tokens. In real work that is <0.01¢ per chat answer and 0.05¢ to summarize a 20-page PDF.
What Summarize 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 | <0.01¢$0.0035 / 1,000 | 88 in · 689 out · 909 reasoning | 1 of 336 | estimated |
| Reply to a customer email | <0.01¢$0.01 / 1,000 | 326 in · 98 out · 587 reasoning | 1 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a 1,500-word blog post | ≥<0.01¢$0.0042 / 1,000 | 104 in · 0 out · 16,000 reasoning | 1 of 336 | estimated |
| Write 10 product descriptions | ≥<0.01¢$0.01 / 1,000 | 345 in · 0 out · 16,000 reasoning | 1 of 336 | estimated |
| Translate 1,000 words | <0.01¢$0.06 / 1,000 | 1,386 in · 1,166 out · 136 reasoning | 1 of 336 | estimated |
| Proofread one page (500 words) | <0.01¢$0.03 / 1,000 | 777 in · 671 out · 1,159 reasoning | 1 of 336 | estimated |
| Summarize a 20-page PDF | 0.05¢$0.52 / 1,000 | 13,119 in · 501 out · 2,141 reasoning | 6 of 336 | estimated |
| Extract data from an invoice | <0.01¢$0.02 / 1,000 | 501 in · 561 out · 1,617 reasoning | 1 of 336 | estimated |
| Analyze a 200-row spreadsheet | ≥0.03¢$0.25 / 1,000 | 6,357 in · 0 out · 16,000 reasoning | 1 of 336 | estimated |
| Answer from 5 retrieved documents (RAG) | 0.01¢$0.15 / 1,000 | 3,751 in · 974 out · 1,912 reasoning | 2 of 336 | estimated |
| Classify 100 support tickets | <0.01¢$0.06 / 1,000 | 1,463 in · 534 out · 7,879 reasoning | 1 of 336 | estimated |
| Review 500 lines of code | ≥0.02¢$0.20 / 1,000 | 4,874 in · 0 out · 16,000 reasoning | 1 of 336 | estimated |
| Write a SQL query | <0.01¢$0.0071 / 1,000 | 177 in · 405 out · 2,225 reasoning | 1 of 336 | estimated |
| Run a 50-step coding agent | 9.0¢$90.40 / 1,000 | 2,259,875 in · 15,150 out · 80,850 reasoning | 45 of 336 | modeled |
Price at every provider
List prices per 1M tokens (input / output) at each host serving Summarize through OpenRouter today. Hosts can differ in quantization, context and speed.
| Provider | Input / output | Cached input | Context | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S ScaleDownunknown | $0.04 / $0 | - | 1M | 100% |
Price history
First seen in our price history on Oct 16, 2026 at $0.04 input / $0 output. The list price has not changed since.
FAQ
How much does Summarize cost?
Summarize costs $0.04 per 1 million input tokens and $0 per 1 million output tokens (list price on Oct 18, 2026). In practice one chat answer costs about <0.01¢ and summarizing a 20-page PDF about 0.05¢.
Where is Summarize cheapest?
Among 1 providers we track, the lowest list price today is at ScaleDown: $0.04 input and $0 output per 1M tokens.
Is the Summarize cost per task measured or estimated?
Estimated: Summarize was not run directly. Tokens come from Qwen3.8 Flash and are rescaled by the tokenizer of Scaledown. Real usage can differ.