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How much does it cost to write a 1,500-word blog post with AI?

Q: How much does it cost to write a 1,500-word blog post with AI?

On Oct 18, 2026 it costs from 0.04¢ with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash to 19¢ with Qwen3.8 Max Prime among popular models. The median of 336 models is 0.84¢ per task.

Q: What is the cheapest AI to write a 1,500-word blog post?

The cheapest model overall is Summarize at <0.01¢; the cheapest popular model is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash at 0.04¢. The best value among popular models (cheap and highly rated) is Gemini 3.8 Flash at 1.5¢.

Q: Why do reasoning models cost more for the same task?

Reasoning (thinking) tokens are billed as output tokens even though you never see them. On some tasks a model thinks for thousands of tokens before a short answer, which can multiply the cost.

Q: How is the cost calculated?

A complete 1,500-word article with headings, written from a short brief. We send the same prompt (34 words of input) to every measured model through OpenRouter with default settings and record the input, output and reasoning tokens it uses.

Between 0.04¢ (DeepSeek V4.1 Flash) and 19¢ (Qwen3.8 Max Prime) among popular models. The median across all 336 models is 0.84¢.

Cheapest popular0.04¢

Median0.84¢

Priciest popular19¢

1,000 tasks, cheapest$0.44

1,000 tasks, median$8.35

Models priced336

Full ranking: 336 models

Sorted by cost. Click a column to sort by quality or tokens.

#	Model	Cost per task	Text score	Tokens in / out	Basis
1	S SummarizeScaledown	≥<0.01¢$0.0042 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
2	S ExtractScaledown	≥<0.01¢$0.0042 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
3	gpt-oss-20bOpenAI	0.02¢$0.21 / 1,000	1317	59 / 2,288	estimated best value
4	Mistral NemoMistral	0.02¢$0.23 / 1,000	-	55 / 7,769	estimated
5	N Nex-N2.5-MiniNex Agi	0.03¢$0.31 / 1,000	-	81 / 3,039	estimated
6	Gemma 3 4BGoogle	0.04¢$0.36 / 1,000	1303	52 / 3,585	estimated
7	DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek	0.04¢$0.44 / 1,000	1475	81 / 3,039	measured best value
8	I Mercury 2.5Inception	0.04¢$0.45 / 1,000	-	78 / 2,976	estimated
9	Gemma 3 12BGoogle	0.05¢$0.54 / 1,000	1342	52 / 3,585	estimated
10	DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423DeepSeek	0.06¢$0.56 / 1,000	1439	81 / 3,039	estimated
11	U Solar Mini 4Upstage	0.06¢$0.61 / 1,000	-	80 / 3,030	estimated
12	Mistral Small 3Mistral	0.06¢$0.62 / 1,000	1274	55 / 7,769	estimated
13	gpt-oss-safeguard-20bOpenAI	0.07¢$0.69 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,288	estimated
14	N Nex-N2.5-ProNex Agi	0.08¢$0.77 / 1,000	-	81 / 3,039	estimated
15	Granite 4.2 8BIBM	0.08¢$0.77 / 1,000	1290	81 / 3,045	estimated
16	Ministral 3 3B 2512Mistral	0.08¢$0.78 / 1,000	-	55 / 7,769	estimated
17	S Llama 3 8B LunarisSao10K	≥0.08¢$0.80 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
18	Gemma 4 26B A4B Google	0.08¢$0.81 / 1,000	1438	52 / 3,585	estimated
19	GPT-5 NanoOpenAI	0.09¢$0.92 / 1,000	1338	59 / 2,288	estimated
20	DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek	0.09¢$0.92 / 1,000	-	81 / 3,039	estimated
21	GPT-4.1 NanoOpenAI	0.09¢$0.95 / 1,000	1322	59 / 2,360	estimated
22	U Solar Pro 4Upstage	0.10¢$1.00 / 1,000	1386	64 / 2,755	estimated
23	I Ling 3.0 FlashInclusionai	≥0.10¢$1.01 / 1,000	-	103 / 16,000	estimated capped
24	Seed-2.0-MiniByteDance Seed	0.11¢$1.12 / 1,000	-	65 / 2,794	estimated
25	Ministral 3 8B 2512Mistral	0.12¢$1.17 / 1,000	-	55 / 7,769	estimated
26	GPT-6 Luna ProOpenAI	0.12¢$1.19 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,360	estimated
27	GPT-6 LunaOpenAI	0.12¢$1.19 / 1,000	1443	59 / 2,360	measured
28	Gemma 3 27BGoogle	0.13¢$1.26 / 1,000	1366	52 / 3,585	estimated
29	DeepSeek V3.2 ExpDeepSeek	0.13¢$1.27 / 1,000	1425	81 / 3,039	estimated
30	Nemotron 3 SuperNVIDIA	0.13¢$1.27 / 1,000	1360	66 / 2,814	estimated
31	Llama 3.1 8B InstructMeta	≥0.13¢$1.29 / 1,000	1211	103 / 16,000	estimated capped
32	DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423DeepSeek	0.13¢$1.29 / 1,000	1458	81 / 3,039	estimated
33	DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek	0.13¢$1.30 / 1,000	1425	81 / 3,039	estimated
34	gpt-oss-120bOpenAI	0.14¢$1.38 / 1,000	1352	59 / 2,288	estimated
35	GLM 5.3 FlashZ.ai	0.14¢$1.39 / 1,000	1474	62 / 6,923	measured
36	Muse Spark 1.3 ContributorMeta	0.14¢$1.39 / 1,000	-	62 / 6,923	estimated
37	Muse Spark 1.2 ContributorMeta	0.14¢$1.39 / 1,000	-	62 / 6,923	estimated
38	R Reka Flash 3Rekaai	0.14¢$1.39 / 1,000	-	62 / 6,925	estimated
39	P Ternary Bonsai 2 27BPrism Ml	0.14¢$1.40 / 1,000	-	65 / 2,789	estimated
40	GPT-4o-miniOpenAI	0.14¢$1.42 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,360	estimated
41	GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)OpenAI	0.14¢$1.42 / 1,000	1318	59 / 2,360	estimated
42	Gemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogle	0.14¢$1.44 / 1,000	1375	52 / 3,585	estimated
43	Gemma 4 31BGoogle	0.14¢$1.44 / 1,000	1452	52 / 3,585	estimated
44	Ministral 3 14B 2512Mistral	0.16¢$1.56 / 1,000	-	55 / 7,769	estimated
45	R Reka EdgeRekaai	≥0.16¢$1.61 / 1,000	-	103 / 16,000	estimated capped
46	U Solar Pro 3Upstage	0.17¢$1.66 / 1,000	-	64 / 2,755	estimated
47	G MythoMax 13BGryphe	≥0.18¢$1.77 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
48	Granite 4.0 MicroIBM	≥0.18¢$1.79 / 1,000	-	103 / 16,000	estimated capped
49	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017DeepSeek	0.18¢$1.84 / 1,000	-	81 / 3,039	estimated
50	Claude Haiku 5.5Anthropic	0.19¢$1.89 / 1,000	-	90 / 3,760	measured
51	P Laguna XS 2.1Poolside	≥0.19¢$1.93 / 1,000	-	105 / 16,000	estimated capped
52	T Skyfall 36B V2Thedrummer	0.19¢$1.93 / 1,000	-	224 / 2,260	estimated
53	Mistral Small 3.2 24BMistral	0.19¢$1.95 / 1,000	1356	55 / 7,769	estimated
54	DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek	0.20¢$1.98 / 1,000	-	81 / 3,039	estimated
55	Hy3Tencent	0.20¢$2.00 / 1,000	1453	90 / 3,760	estimated
56	I Mercury 2Inception	0.20¢$2.04 / 1,000	1343	63 / 2,694	estimated
57	MiMo-V2.6-ProXiaomi	0.20¢$2.04 / 1,000	1479	220 / 2,232	estimated best value
58	MiMo-V2.5-ProXiaomi	0.20¢$2.04 / 1,000	1467	220 / 2,232	estimated
59	S Llama 3.1 Euryale 70B v2.2Sao10K	0.21¢$2.07 / 1,000	-	219 / 2,216	estimated
60	C UncensoredCognitivecomputations	0.21¢$2.08 / 1,000	-	224 / 2,260	estimated
61	Step 3.5 FlashStepFun	0.21¢$2.08 / 1,000	1393	61 / 6,916	estimated
62	Qwen3.7 FlashAlibaba Qwen	≥0.21¢$2.08 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
63	MiniMax M2.5MiniMax	0.22¢$2.16 / 1,000	1391	219 / 2,216	estimated
64	Nova Micro 1.0Amazon	≥0.22¢$2.24 / 1,000	-	101 / 16,000	estimated capped
65	Phi 4Microsoft	≥0.22¢$2.25 / 1,000	1256	103 / 16,000	estimated capped
66	Hy3 previewTencent	0.23¢$2.27 / 1,000	1409	90 / 3,760	estimated
67	MiniMax M2MiniMax	0.23¢$2.32 / 1,000	1343	219 / 2,216	estimated
68	Voxtral Small 24B 2507Mistral	0.23¢$2.34 / 1,000	-	55 / 7,769	estimated
69	Gemma 2 27BGoogle	0.24¢$2.36 / 1,000	1290	52 / 3,585	estimated
70	I Schematron V2 TurboInference Net	≥0.24¢$2.40 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
71	Command R7B (12-2024)Cohere	≥0.24¢$2.40 / 1,000	-	102 / 16,000	estimated capped
72	Qwen3.5-9BAlibaba Qwen	≥0.24¢$2.41 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
73	SonarPerplexity	0.24¢$2.44 / 1,000	-	219 / 2,216	estimated
74	N Hermes 3 405B InstructNous Research	0.25¢$2.45 / 1,000	-	220 / 2,232	estimated
75	MiniMax-01MiniMax	0.25¢$2.48 / 1,000	-	219 / 2,216	estimated
76	MiniMax M3MiniMax	0.27¢$2.72 / 1,000	1441	219 / 2,216	measured
77	MiniMax M2.7MiniMax	0.27¢$2.72 / 1,000	1415	219 / 2,216	estimated
78	MiniMax M2-herMiniMax	0.27¢$2.72 / 1,000	-	219 / 2,216	estimated
79	MiniMax M2.1MiniMax	0.27¢$2.72 / 1,000	1384	219 / 2,216	estimated
80	DeepSeek V3DeepSeek	0.27¢$2.73 / 1,000	1358	81 / 3,039	estimated
81	M LongCat 2.0Meituan	0.27¢$2.74 / 1,000	-	220 / 2,230	estimated
82	GLM 4.7 FlashZ.ai	0.28¢$2.77 / 1,000	1364	62 / 6,923	estimated
83	Hy-MT2-1.8BTencent	≥0.28¢$2.84 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
84	GPT-5.6 Luna ProOpenAI	0.28¢$2.84 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,360	estimated
85	GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI	0.28¢$2.84 / 1,000	1453	59 / 2,360	estimated
86	M Morph V3 FastMorph	0.29¢$2.87 / 1,000	-	222 / 2,242	estimated
87	I Ling 3.0 Flash VLInclusionai	≥0.29¢$2.89 / 1,000	-	103 / 16,000	estimated capped
88	P Laguna S 2.1Poolside	≥0.29¢$2.89 / 1,000	-	105 / 16,000	estimated capped
89	Llama Guard 4 12BMeta	≥0.29¢$2.90 / 1,000	-	103 / 16,000	estimated capped
90	DeepSeek V3.1DeepSeek	0.29¢$2.91 / 1,000	1417	81 / 3,039	estimated
91	R Relace Apply 3Relace	0.30¢$2.96 / 1,000	-	219 / 2,216	estimated
92	GPT-5.4 NanoOpenAI	0.30¢$2.96 / 1,000	1401	59 / 2,360	estimated
93	DeepSeek V3.1 TerminusDeepSeek	0.31¢$3.06 / 1,000	1416	81 / 3,039	estimated
94	Nemotron 3.5 LightningNVIDIA	≥0.32¢$3.21 / 1,000	1351	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
95	UI-TARS 7B ByteDance	≥0.32¢$3.21 / 1,000	-	103 / 16,000	estimated capped
96	Qwen2.5 7B InstructAlibaba Qwen	≥0.32¢$3.21 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
97	Llama 3.2 1B InstructMeta	≥0.32¢$3.22 / 1,000	1111	103 / 16,000	estimated capped
98	Nemotron 3.5 Content SafetyNVIDIA	≥0.32¢$3.22 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
99	P Perceptron Mk1Perceptron	0.34¢$3.40 / 1,000	-	222 / 2,242	estimated
100	Command A+Cohere	0.34¢$3.40 / 1,000	-	219 / 2,221	estimated
101	DeepSeek V3 0324DeepSeek	0.35¢$3.49 / 1,000	1395	81 / 3,039	estimated
102	GPT-3.5 TurboOpenAI	0.36¢$3.57 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,360	estimated
103	I Ling 3.1 FlashInclusionai	≥0.36¢$3.61 / 1,000	-	103 / 16,000	estimated capped
104	I Schematron V2 SmallInference Net	≥0.37¢$3.69 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
105	A Aion-RP 1.0 (8B)Aion Labs	0.37¢$3.74 / 1,000	-	220 / 2,230	estimated
106	GPT-4.1 MiniOpenAI	0.38¢$3.80 / 1,000	1383	59 / 2,360	estimated
107	Nova Lite 1.0Amazon	≥0.38¢$3.85 / 1,000	1260	101 / 16,000	estimated capped
108	Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIA	≥0.38¢$3.85 / 1,000	1314	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
109	Qwen3 14BAlibaba Qwen	≥0.39¢$3.85 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
110	Qwen3.5-FlashAlibaba Qwen	≥0.42¢$4.17 / 1,000	1396	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
111	Step 3.7 FlashStepFun	0.42¢$4.18 / 1,000	-	52 / 3,630	estimated
112	Muse Glimmer 30BMeta	0.43¢$4.32 / 1,000	-	52 / 3,585	estimated
113	Mistral Small 3.1 24BMistral	0.43¢$4.33 / 1,000	1303	55 / 7,769	estimated
114	M Morph V3 LargeMorph	0.45¢$4.46 / 1,000	-	222 / 2,242	estimated
115	Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B InstructAlibaba Qwen	≥0.45¢$4.49 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
116	Qwen3 32BAlibaba Qwen	≥0.45¢$4.49 / 1,000	1347	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
117	MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomi	≥0.45¢$4.49 / 1,000	1451	103 / 16,000	estimated capped
118	MiMo-V2.5Xiaomi	≥0.45¢$4.49 / 1,000	1434	103 / 16,000	estimated capped
119	Seed 1.6ByteDance Seed	0.45¢$4.55 / 1,000	-	222 / 2,246	estimated
120	GPT-5.1-Codex-MiniOpenAI	0.46¢$4.59 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,288	estimated
121	GPT-5 MiniOpenAI	0.46¢$4.59 / 1,000	1390	59 / 2,288	estimated
122	Mistral Small 4Mistral	0.47¢$4.67 / 1,000	-	55 / 7,769	estimated
123	SabaMistral	0.47¢$4.67 / 1,000	-	55 / 7,769	estimated
124	Hy-MT2-30B-A3BTencent	≥0.47¢$4.73 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
125	Hy-MT2-7BTencent	≥0.47¢$4.73 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
126	GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)OpenAI	0.48¢$4.78 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,360	estimated
127	Seed 1.6 FlashByteDance Seed	≥0.48¢$4.81 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
128	GPT-3.5 Turbo InstructOpenAI	0.48¢$4.81 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,360	estimated
129	Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507Alibaba Qwen	≥0.48¢$4.81 / 1,000	1382	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
130	Llama 4 ScoutMeta	≥0.48¢$4.81 / 1,000	1322	103 / 16,000	estimated capped
131	LFM2.5-24B-A2BLiquid AI	0.48¢$4.85 / 1,000	-	62 / 6,923	estimated
132	MiniMax M1MiniMax	0.50¢$5.00 / 1,000	1364	219 / 2,216	estimated
133	A Aion 3.5 MiniAion Labs	0.51¢$5.13 / 1,000	-	53 / 3,638	estimated
134	A Aion-3.0-MiniAion Labs	0.51¢$5.13 / 1,000	-	53 / 3,638	estimated
135	Llama 3.3 70B InstructMeta	≥0.51¢$5.13 / 1,000	1318	103 / 16,000	estimated capped
136	Llama 3.2 3B InstructMeta	≥0.53¢$5.29 / 1,000	1167	103 / 16,000	estimated capped
137	Kimi K2 0711Moonshot AI	0.53¢$5.29 / 1,000	1418	222 / 2,246	estimated
138	Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteGoogle	0.54¢$5.39 / 1,000	-	52 / 3,585	estimated
139	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite PreviewGoogle	0.54¢$5.39 / 1,000	1433	52 / 3,585	estimated
140	A Trinity Large ThinkingArcee AI	0.55¢$5.48 / 1,000	1367	59 / 6,831	estimated
141	Nova 2 LiteAmazon	0.55¢$5.55 / 1,000	1335	216 / 2,194	estimated
142	M Moondream 3 PreviewMoondream	0.56¢$5.61 / 1,000	-	219 / 2,216	estimated
143	M Moondream 3.1Moondream	0.56¢$5.61 / 1,000	-	219 / 2,216	estimated
144	Seed 2.1 TurboByteDance Seed	0.57¢$5.73 / 1,000	-	222 / 2,246	estimated
145	Kimi K2.5Moonshot AI	0.57¢$5.73 / 1,000	1450	222 / 2,246	estimated
146	Kimi K2 0905Moonshot AI	0.57¢$5.75 / 1,000	1419	222 / 2,246	estimated
147	A Aion-2.0Aion Labs	0.59¢$5.86 / 1,000	-	53 / 3,638	estimated
148	GLM 4.5 AirZ.ai	0.59¢$5.89 / 1,000	1373	62 / 6,923	estimated
149	DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek	0.61¢$6.07 / 1,000	-	81 / 3,039	estimated
150	GLM 4.6VZ.ai	0.62¢$6.25 / 1,000	1378	62 / 6,923	estimated
151	Nemotron 3.5 Super VLNVIDIA	≥0.64¢$6.41 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
152	Qwen2.5 72B InstructAlibaba Qwen	≥0.64¢$6.44 / 1,000	1303	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
153	Llama 3.1 70B InstructMeta	≥0.64¢$6.44 / 1,000	1293	103 / 16,000	estimated capped
154	T UnslopNemo 12BThedrummer	≥0.64¢$6.44 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
155	R1 0528DeepSeek	0.66¢$6.57 / 1,000	1421	81 / 3,039	estimated
156	E GlimpseElorian	0.68¢$6.78 / 1,000	-	219 / 2,216	estimated
157	R Relace SearchRelace	0.69¢$6.87 / 1,000	-	219 / 2,216	estimated
158	N Hermes 4 405BNous Research	0.69¢$6.92 / 1,000	-	220 / 2,232	estimated
159	Codestral 2508Mistral	0.70¢$7.01 / 1,000	-	55 / 7,769	estimated
160	Nova Pro 1.0Amazon	0.72¢$7.19 / 1,000	1290	216 / 2,194	estimated
161	U Pareto 26.10Unbiased	0.73¢$7.29 / 1,000	-	219 / 2,223	estimated
162	Qwen3.8 Omni FlashAlibaba Qwen	≥0.75¢$7.54 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
163	Qwen3.8 FlashAlibaba Qwen	≥0.75¢$7.54 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	measured capped
164	R1DeepSeek	0.77¢$7.65 / 1,000	1398	81 / 3,039	estimated
165	Kimi K2.6Moonshot AI	0.78¢$7.80 / 1,000	1461	222 / 2,246	estimated
166	Grok Build 0.1xAI	0.80¢$7.98 / 1,000	-	1,296 / 3,344	estimated
167	Qwen3 30B A3BAlibaba Qwen	≥0.80¢$8.01 / 1,000	1327	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
168	T Cydonia 24B V4.1Thedrummer	≥0.80¢$8.03 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
169	GLM 5.3 FlashXZ.ai	0.87¢$8.68 / 1,000	-	62 / 6,923	estimated
170	Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Alibaba Qwen	≥0.88¢$8.81 / 1,000	1422	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
171	Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogle	0.90¢$8.98 / 1,000	1455	52 / 3,585	estimated
172	Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle	0.90¢$8.98 / 1,000	1409	52 / 3,585	estimated
173	Hunyuan A13B InstructTencent	≥0.91¢$9.13 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
174	Kimi K2 ThinkingMoonshot AI	0.92¢$9.19 / 1,000	-	53 / 3,662	estimated
175	T Inkling SmallThinkingmachines	0.93¢$9.28 / 1,000	1404	53 / 7,710	estimated
176	GPT-3.5 Turbo 16kOpenAI	0.93¢$9.33 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,288	estimated
177	Command R (08-2024)Cohere	≥0.96¢$9.62 / 1,000	1250	102 / 16,000	estimated capped
178	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructAlibaba Qwen	≥0.96¢$9.62 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
179	Step 5 PreviewStepFun	0.99¢$9.85 / 1,000	1447	52 / 3,630	estimated
180	Grok 4.3xAI	1.00¢$9.98 / 1,000	1442	1,296 / 3,344	estimated
181	Grok 4.20 Multi-AgentxAI	1.00¢$9.98 / 1,000	-	1,296 / 3,344	estimated
182	Grok 4.20xAI	1.00¢$9.98 / 1,000	-	1,296 / 3,344	estimated
183	WizardLM-2 8x22BMicrosoft	≥1.00¢$9.98 / 1,000	-	103 / 16,000	estimated capped
184	o4 Mini HighOpenAI	1.0¢$10.13 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,288	estimated
185	o4 MiniOpenAI	1.0¢$10.13 / 1,000	1391	59 / 2,288	estimated
186	o3 Mini HighOpenAI	1.0¢$10.13 / 1,000	1364	59 / 2,288	estimated
187	o3 MiniOpenAI	1.0¢$10.13 / 1,000	1348	59 / 2,288	estimated
188	U ReMM SLERP 13BUndi95	≥1.0¢$10.44 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
189	Llama 4 MaverickMeta	≥1.0¢$10.46 / 1,000	1327	103 / 16,000	estimated capped
190	GPT-5.4 MiniOpenAI	1.1¢$10.66 / 1,000	1447	59 / 2,360	estimated
191	Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle	1.1¢$10.78 / 1,000	1473	52 / 3,585	estimated
192	R Beam 1.0 501B A23BReflection	1.1¢$10.81 / 1,000	-	52 / 3,585	estimated
193	N Hermes 3 70B InstructNous Research	≥1.1¢$11.27 / 1,000	-	103 / 16,000	estimated capped
194	P Perceptron Mk1.5Perceptron	1.2¢$11.59 / 1,000	-	53 / 7,724	estimated
195	Mistral Large 3 2512Mistral	1.2¢$11.68 / 1,000	1414	55 / 7,769	estimated
196	A Magnum v4 72BAnthracite Org	1.2¢$11.71 / 1,000	-	220 / 2,232	estimated
197	Qwen3 VL 8B InstructAlibaba Qwen	≥1.2¢$12.03 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
198	M Weaver (alpha)Mancer	≥1.2¢$12.04 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
199	S Llama 3.3 Euryale 70BSao10K	≥1.2¢$12.07 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
200	Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AI	1.2¢$12.30 / 1,000	-	53 / 3,662	estimated
201	GLM 4.5VZ.ai	1.2¢$12.50 / 1,000	1352	62 / 6,923	estimated
202	Qwen-PlusAlibaba Qwen	≥1.3¢$12.51 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
203	Qwen3 Coder NextAlibaba Qwen	≥1.3¢$12.81 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
204	Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle	1.3¢$13.48 / 1,000	1488	52 / 3,585	estimated best value
205	Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle	1.3¢$13.48 / 1,000	1483	52 / 3,585	estimated
206	W Palmyra X5Writer	1.4¢$13.52 / 1,000	-	220 / 2,232	estimated
207	GLM 4.7Z.ai	1.4¢$13.74 / 1,000	1441	62 / 6,923	estimated
208	GLM 4.6Z.ai	1.4¢$13.88 / 1,000	1424	62 / 6,923	estimated
209	Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle	1.5¢$14.83 / 1,000	1496	52 / 3,585	measured best value
210	GLM 4.5Z.ai	1.5¢$15.27 / 1,000	1411	62 / 6,923	estimated
211	Muse Spark OpenMeta	1.5¢$15.30 / 1,000	-	52 / 3,585	estimated
212	Muse Spark 1.3Meta	1.5¢$15.30 / 1,000	1494	52 / 3,585	estimated
213	Muse Spark 1.2Meta	1.5¢$15.30 / 1,000	1493	52 / 3,585	estimated
214	Muse Spark 1.1Meta	1.5¢$15.30 / 1,000	1490	52 / 3,585	estimated
215	Seed-2.0-LiteByteDance Seed	1.5¢$15.47 / 1,000	-	53 / 7,728	estimated
216	Devstral 2 2512Mistral	1.6¢$15.56 / 1,000	-	55 / 7,769	estimated
217	Mistral Medium 3.1Mistral	1.6¢$15.56 / 1,000	1408	55 / 7,769	estimated
218	Mistral Medium 3Mistral	1.6¢$15.56 / 1,000	1387	55 / 7,769	estimated
219	Qwen3 Coder FlashAlibaba Qwen	≥1.6¢$15.62 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
220	Qwen3.6 35B A3BAlibaba Qwen	≥1.6¢$16.02 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
221	Qwen3.5-35B-A3BAlibaba Qwen	≥1.6¢$16.02 / 1,000	1394	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
222	Qwen3 VL 30B A3B ThinkingAlibaba Qwen	≥1.6¢$16.03 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
223	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BAlibaba Qwen	≥1.6¢$16.03 / 1,000	1388	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
224	Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructAlibaba Qwen	≥1.6¢$16.07 / 1,000	1271	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
225	Qwen2.5 VL 72B InstructAlibaba Qwen	≥1.6¢$16.08 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
226	Mistral Large 4Mistral	1.6¢$16.27 / 1,000	1432	55 / 7,769	measured
227	GLM 5.2Z.ai	1.7¢$16.79 / 1,000	1476	62 / 6,923	estimated
228	U Pareto 26.9Unbiased	1.7¢$17.22 / 1,000	-	219 / 2,223	estimated
229	Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructAlibaba Qwen	≥1.8¢$17.61 / 1,000	1398	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
230	Qwen3.6 FlashAlibaba Qwen	≥1.8¢$18.02 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
231	Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic	1.8¢$18.29 / 1,000	1414	90 / 3,640	estimated
232	o3OpenAI	1.8¢$18.42 / 1,000	1432	59 / 2,288	estimated
233	GPT-4.1OpenAI	1.8¢$18.42 / 1,000	1415	59 / 2,288	estimated
234	Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA	1.9¢$18.62 / 1,000	1426	54 / 7,744	estimated
235	Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingAlibaba Qwen	≥1.9¢$19.22 / 1,000	1369	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
236	Hy4 previewTencent	1.9¢$19.48 / 1,000	-	55 / 7,769	estimated
237	MiMo-V2.6-Pro-UltraSpeedXiaomi	2.0¢$20.38 / 1,000	-	220 / 2,232	estimated
238	Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba Qwen	≥2.1¢$20.51 / 1,000	1456	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
239	GLM 5.1Z.ai	2.1¢$21.08 / 1,000	1465	62 / 6,923	estimated
240	GLM 5Z.ai	2.2¢$22.22 / 1,000	1457	62 / 6,923	estimated
241	A Aion 3.5Aion Labs	2.2¢$22.41 / 1,000	-	1,207 / 3,132	estimated
242	A Aion-3.0Aion Labs	2.2¢$22.41 / 1,000	-	1,207 / 3,132	estimated
243	Grok 4.7xAI	2.3¢$22.66 / 1,000	1444	1,296 / 3,344	measured
244	S Fugu MaxSakana	2.3¢$22.66 / 1,000	-	1,296 / 3,344	estimated
245	Grok 4.6xAI	2.3¢$22.66 / 1,000	1454	1,296 / 3,344	estimated
246	Grok 4.5xAI	2.3¢$22.66 / 1,000	1466	1,296 / 3,344	estimated
247	Command ACohere	2.3¢$22.76 / 1,000	1354	219 / 2,221	estimated
248	Command R+ (08-2024)Cohere	2.3¢$22.76 / 1,000	1276	219 / 2,221	estimated
249	GPT-5.1-Codex-MaxOpenAI	2.3¢$22.95 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,288	estimated
250	GPT-5.1-CodexOpenAI	2.3¢$22.95 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,288	estimated
251	GPT-5OpenAI	2.3¢$22.95 / 1,000	1435	59 / 2,288	estimated
252	GPT-6.1 Sol ProOpenAI	2.3¢$23.00 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,288	estimated
253	GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI	2.3¢$23.00 / 1,000	1484	59 / 2,288	measured
254	GPT-4o (2024-11-20)OpenAI	2.3¢$23.03 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,288	estimated
255	GPT-4o (2024-08-06)OpenAI	2.3¢$23.03 / 1,000	1336	59 / 2,288	estimated
256	GPT-4oOpenAI	2.3¢$23.03 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,288	estimated
257	Seed-2.0-CodeByteDance Seed	2.3¢$23.21 / 1,000	-	53 / 7,728	estimated
258	GPT-5.1OpenAI	2.4¢$23.67 / 1,000	1456	59 / 2,360	estimated
259	GPT-6 Sol ProOpenAI	2.4¢$23.72 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,360	estimated
260	GPT-6 SolOpenAI	2.4¢$23.72 / 1,000	1459	59 / 2,360	estimated
261	Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-02-15Alibaba Qwen	≥2.5¢$24.99 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
262	GLM 5V TurboZ.ai	2.8¢$27.77 / 1,000	1434	62 / 6,923	estimated
263	GLM 5 TurboZ.ai	2.8¢$27.77 / 1,000	-	62 / 6,923	estimated
264	Nova Premier 1.0Amazon	2.8¢$27.96 / 1,000	-	216 / 2,194	estimated
265	GPT-5.6 Terra ProOpenAI	2.8¢$28.44 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,360	estimated
266	GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI	2.8¢$28.44 / 1,000	1466	59 / 2,360	estimated
267	Qwen3.5 Plus 2026-04-20Alibaba Qwen	≥2.9¢$28.83 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
268	Sonar Reasoning ProPerplexity	2.9¢$29.30 / 1,000	-	90 / 3,640	estimated
269	Sonar Deep ResearchPerplexity	2.9¢$29.30 / 1,000	-	90 / 3,640	estimated
270	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructAlibaba Qwen	≥3.0¢$30.42 / 1,000	1413	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
271	S Sakana NamazuSakana	3.1¢$31.13 / 1,000	-	55 / 7,769	estimated
272	Qwen3.6 PlusAlibaba Qwen	≥3.1¢$31.23 / 1,000	1443	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
273	T InklingThinkingmachines	3.1¢$31.28 / 1,000	1441	53 / 7,710	estimated
274	Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba Qwen	≥3.2¢$32.03 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
275	GPT-5.2-CodexOpenAI	3.2¢$32.14 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,288	estimated
276	GPT-5.2 ChatOpenAI	3.2¢$32.14 / 1,000	1476	59 / 2,288	estimated
277	GPT-5.3-CodexOpenAI	3.3¢$33.14 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,360	estimated
278	GPT-5.2OpenAI	3.3¢$33.14 / 1,000	1437	59 / 2,360	estimated
279	GLM 5.3Z.ai	3.3¢$33.24 / 1,000	1478	62 / 6,923	estimated
280	Qwen3.5-122B-A10BAlibaba Qwen	≥3.3¢$33.31 / 1,000	1416	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
281	Sonar ProPerplexity	3.4¢$33.90 / 1,000	-	219 / 2,216	estimated
282	GPT-4o (2024-05-13)OpenAI	3.5¢$34.62 / 1,000	1346	59 / 2,288	estimated
283	Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba Qwen	≥3.5¢$35.23 / 1,000	1438	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
284	GPT-5.4OpenAI	3.6¢$35.55 / 1,000	1475	59 / 2,360	estimated
285	Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic	3.7¢$36.58 / 1,000	1475	90 / 3,640	measured
286	Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle	3.7¢$37.23 / 1,000	1478	52 / 4,128	estimated
287	Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic	3.8¢$37.78 / 1,000	1461	90 / 3,760	estimated
288	Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle	4.1¢$41.34 / 1,000	1445	52 / 4,128	estimated
289	Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05Google	4.1¢$41.34 / 1,000	-	52 / 4,128	estimated
290	Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle	4.1¢$41.38 / 1,000	1524	52 / 4,128	estimated best value
291	Qwen3.5-27BAlibaba Qwen	≥4.2¢$41.63 / 1,000	1409	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
292	Mistral Large 2407Mistral	4.7¢$46.72 / 1,000	1314	55 / 7,769	estimated
293	Mixtral 8x22B InstructMistral	4.7¢$46.72 / 1,000	-	55 / 7,769	estimated
294	Mistral LargeMistral	4.7¢$46.72 / 1,000	-	55 / 7,769	estimated
295	GPT-5.6 Sol ProOpenAI	4.7¢$47.44 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,360	estimated
296	GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI	4.7¢$47.44 / 1,000	1485	59 / 2,360	estimated
297	Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Custom ToolsGoogle	5.0¢$49.64 / 1,000	-	52 / 4,128	estimated
298	Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle	5.0¢$49.64 / 1,000	1487	52 / 4,128	measured
299	Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic	5.5¢$54.87 / 1,000	1455	90 / 3,640	estimated
300	Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507Alibaba Qwen	≥5.6¢$56.05 / 1,000	1400	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
301	Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic	5.7¢$56.67 / 1,000	1472	90 / 3,760	estimated
302	Qwen3.5 397B A17BAlibaba Qwen	≥5.8¢$57.65 / 1,000	1442	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
303	Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral	5.8¢$58.35 / 1,000	1426	55 / 7,769	estimated
304	GLM 5.3 PrimeZ.ai	6.1¢$61.10 / 1,000	-	62 / 6,923	estimated
305	Sonar Pro SearchPerplexity	6.2¢$62.08 / 1,000	-	52 / 4,128	estimated
306	GPT Chat LatestOpenAI	6.9¢$68.94 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,288	estimated
307	GPT-4 TurboOpenAI	6.9¢$69.23 / 1,000	1324	59 / 2,288	estimated
308	Qwen3.7 MaxAlibaba Qwen	≥7.1¢$70.95 / 1,000	1474	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
309	GPT-5.5OpenAI	7.1¢$71.09 / 1,000	1481	59 / 2,360	estimated
310	Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic	7.3¢$73.16 / 1,000	1508	90 / 3,640	estimated
311	Muse WonderMeta	8.3¢$82.77 / 1,000	1509	52 / 4,128	estimated
312	Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic	9.1¢$91.45 / 1,000	1470	90 / 3,640	estimated
313	Kimi K3Moonshot AI	9.2¢$92.26 / 1,000	1487	53 / 7,728	estimated
314	Claude Opus 5Anthropic	9.4¢$94.45 / 1,000	1490	90 / 3,760	estimated
315	Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic	9.4¢$94.45 / 1,000	1482	90 / 3,760	estimated
316	Claude Opus 4.7Anthropic	9.4¢$94.45 / 1,000	1501	90 / 3,760	estimated
317	Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic	9.4¢$94.45 / 1,000	1503	90 / 3,760	estimated
318	Qwen3.8 Max (0902)Alibaba Qwen	≥9.6¢$96.21 / 1,000	1482	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
319	Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BAlibaba Qwen	≥9.6¢$96.21 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
320	GPT-6 AstraOpenAI	11¢$115 / 1,000	1477	59 / 2,288	estimated
321	GPT-6 Astra ProOpenAI	11¢$115 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,288	estimated
322	F Ember-1Fireworks	12¢$116 / 1,000	-	53 / 7,728	estimated
323	S Fugu Ultra v2Sakana	12¢$124 / 1,000	-	52 / 4,128	estimated
324	S Fugu UltraSakana	12¢$124 / 1,000	-	52 / 4,128	estimated
325	o1OpenAI	14¢$138 / 1,000	1402	59 / 2,288	estimated
326	GPT-4OpenAI	14¢$139 / 1,000	1288	59 / 2,288	estimated
327	Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic	18¢$183 / 1,000	1502	90 / 3,640	estimated
328	Claude Fable 5Anthropic	18¢$183 / 1,000	1504	90 / 3,640	estimated
329	o3 ProOpenAI	18¢$184 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,288	estimated
330	Qwen3.8 Max PrimeAlibaba Qwen	≥19¢$192 / 1,000	-	104 / 16,000	estimated capped
331	Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic	27¢$274 / 1,000	1448	90 / 3,640	estimated
332	GPT-5 ProOpenAI	28¢$275 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,288	estimated
333	GPT-5.2 ProOpenAI	39¢$386 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,288	estimated
334	GPT-5.5 ProOpenAI	41¢$414 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,288	estimated
335	GPT-5.4 ProOpenAI	41¢$414 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,288	estimated
336	o1-proOpenAI	$1.38$1,382 / 1,000	-	59 / 2,288	estimated

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How the price is spread

Number of models per price band (log scale). Most models cluster in a narrow band; a few frontier and reasoning-heavy models cost 100x more.

FAQ

How much does it cost to write a 1,500-word blog post with AI?

On Oct 18, 2026 it costs from 0.04¢ with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash to 19¢ with Qwen3.8 Max Prime among popular models. The median of 336 models is 0.84¢ per task.

What is the cheapest AI to write a 1,500-word blog post?

The cheapest model overall is Summarize at <0.01¢; the cheapest popular model is DeepSeek V4.1 Flash at 0.04¢. The best value among popular models (cheap and highly rated) is Gemini 3.8 Flash at 1.5¢.

Why do reasoning models cost more for the same task?

Reasoning (thinking) tokens are billed as output tokens even though you never see them. On some tasks a model thinks for thousands of tokens before a short answer, which can multiply the cost.

How is the cost calculated?

A complete 1,500-word article with headings, written from a short brief. We send the same prompt (34 words of input) to every measured model through OpenRouter with default settings and record the input, output and reasoning tokens it uses.