IBM API pricing and price changes
2 IBM models we price today. Since Mar 26, 2024 we recorded 1 list-price changes on OpenRouter: 0 cuts and 1 increases.
IBM models
| Model | Chat answer | In / out per 1M | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
 Granite 4.2 8B | 0.16¢$1.58 / 1,000 | $0.06 / $0.25 | Aug 31, 2026 |
Granite 4.0 Micro | 0.02¢$0.18 / 1,000 | $0.017 / $0.11 | Oct 20, 2025 |
Price change log
Changes of at least 5% in the OpenRouter list price, detected between weekly snapshots (Internet Archive copies of the public model list before October 2026, our daily pulls after). For open-weight models a change can mean a different cheapest host.
| Model | Change | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite 4.2 8BSep 2, 2026 → Sep 14, 2026 | +67% | $0.10 → $0.06 | $0.15 → $0.25 |