The cheapest provider for every model.

41 searchable text LLMs, 2 DeepSeek models compared separately, and 74 image & video models. Text per 1M tokens (in / out); media normalized to one reference output (16:9 1080p image · 5-second 1080p clip). Below, bluehighlights DeepSeek direct's off-peak Pro cache advantage and greenhighlights Tokenify's lower generation prices.

DeepSeek · time-of-day pricing

Where does each route win?

Rates checked Sep 30, 2026
Official wins on V4 Pro cacheOff-peak only

Fresh input and output tie Tokenify; cached input costs half as much direct.

Tokenify wins on generationFlash all day · Pro at peak

Flash fresh input and output are 40% cheaper off-peak and 50% cheaper at peak; Pro saves 50% at peak.

USD per million tokens for the same DeepSeek model
ModelTokensDeepSeek off-peakTokenify off-peakTokenify peakDeepSeek peak
V4.1 FlashFresh input$0.150$0.090 cheaper off-peak$0.150 cheaper at peak$0.300
V4.1 FlashCache read$0.003$0.003$0.006$0.006
V4.1 FlashOutput$0.600$0.360 cheaper off-peak$0.600 cheaper at peak$1.200
V4 ProFresh input$0.660$0.660$0.660 cheaper at peak$1.320
V4 ProCache read$0.022 cheaper off-peak$0.044$0.044$0.044
V4 ProOutput$1.980$1.980$1.980 cheaper at peak$3.960

DeepSeek peak pricing covers 35 hours per week. In Pacific Daylight Time: Sunday–Thursday 18:00–21:00 and 23:00–03:00 the next day; Pacific Standard Time is one hour earlier (official UTC rule: Monday–Friday 01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00). All other hours are off-peak. Tokenify now publishes separate off-peak prices for V4.1 Flash in its /v1/modelsAPI; its V4 Pro price remains fixed. Tokenify's Flash cache-read rate matches DeepSeek in both windows. The retired V4 Flash is excluded because DeepSeek now routes that legacy ID to V4.1 Flash. Sources: DeepSeek · Tokenify models API. Set up time-based routing.

Text LLMs · $/1M tokens, input / output

ModelOfficialBest ValueOpenRouterDeepInfra
Qwen3.5 Flashopen weights
QwenAlibaba · alibaba/qwen3.5-flash
$0.1 / $0.4OpenRouter−35%$0.07 / $0.26—
GPT-5 nanoproprietary
OpenAIOpenAI · openai/gpt-5-nano
$0.05 / $0.4OpenRouter$0.05 / $0.4—
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Liteproprietary
GoogleGoogle · google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite
$0.1 / $0.4OpenRouter$0.1 / $0.4—
GLM-4.5-Airopen weights
Z.ai · zai/glm-4.5-air
$0.2 / $1.1OpenRouter−25%$0.13 / $0.85—
MiniMax M2.5open weights
MinimaxMiniMax · minimax/minimax-m2.5
$0.3 / $1.2OpenRouter−13%$0.15 / $1.15$0.15 / $1.15
GPT-5.4 nanoproprietary
OpenAIOpenAI · openai/gpt-5.4-nano
$0.2 / $1.25OpenRouter$0.2 / $1.25—
MiniMax M2.7open weights
MinimaxMiniMax · minimax/minimax-m2.7
$0.3 / $1.2OpenRouter−1%$0.28 / $1.2—
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Liteproprietary
GoogleGoogle · google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite
$0.25 / $1.5OpenRouter$0.25 / $1.5—
Qwen3.5 Plusopen weights
QwenAlibaba · alibaba/qwen3.5-plus
$0.4 / $2.4OpenRouter−35%$0.26 / $1.56—
GPT-4.1 miniproprietary
OpenAIOpenAI · openai/gpt-4.1-mini
$0.4 / $1.6OpenRouter$0.4 / $1.6—
GLM-4.7open weights
Z.ai · zai/glm-4.7
$0.6 / $2.2OpenRouter−23%$0.4 / $1.75$0.4 / $1.75
GLM-4.6open weights
Z.ai · zai/glm-4.6
$0.6 / $2.2OpenRouter−23%$0.43 / $1.74$0.43 / $1.74
GPT-5 miniproprietary
OpenAIOpenAI · openai/gpt-5-mini
$0.25 / $2OpenRouter$0.25 / $2—
Kimi K2.5open weights
Moonshot · moonshot/kimi-k2.5
$0.6 / $3OpenRouter−36%$0.4 / $1.9$0.45 / $2.25
GLM-5open weights
Z.ai · zai/glm-5
$1 / $3.2OpenRouter−36%$0.6 / $2.08$0.6 / $2.08
Gemini 2.5 Flashproprietary
GoogleGoogle · google/gemini-2.5-flash
$0.3 / $2.5OpenRouter$0.3 / $2.5—
GLM-4.5open weights
Z.ai · zai/glm-4.5
$0.6 / $2.2OpenRouter$0.6 / $2.2—
Gemini 3 Flashproprietary
GoogleGoogle · google/gemini-3-flash-preview
$0.5 / $3OpenRouter$0.5 / $3—
Grok 4.3proprietary
GrokxAI · xai/grok-4.3
$1.25 / $2.5OpenRouter$1.25 / $2.5—
GLM-5.1open weights
Z.ai · zai/glm-5.1
$1.4 / $4.4OpenRouter−30%$0.98 / $3.08$1.05 / $3.5
Kimi K2.6open weights
Moonshot · moonshot/kimi-k2.6
$0.95 / $4OpenRouter−17%$0.68 / $3.42$0.75 / $3.5
Qwen3.7 Maxopen weights
QwenAlibaba · alibaba/qwen3.7-max
No first-party Alibaba list price found; OpenRouter shown as reference.
—OpenRouter−50%$1.25 / $3.75$2.5 / $7.5
GLM-5-Turboopen weights
Z.ai · zai/glm-5-turbo
$1.2 / $4OpenRouter$1.2 / $4—
GPT-5.4 miniproprietary
OpenAIOpenAI · openai/gpt-5.4-mini
$0.75 / $4.5OpenRouter$0.75 / $4.5—
Claude Haiku 4.5proprietary
AnthropicAnthropic · anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
$1 / $5OpenRouter$1 / $5—
GPT-4.1proprietary
OpenAIOpenAI · openai/gpt-4.1
$2 / $8OpenRouter$2 / $8—
Gemini 3.5 Flashproprietary
GoogleGoogle · google/gemini-3.5-flash
$1.5 / $9OpenRouter$1.5 / $9—
GPT-5proprietary
OpenAIOpenAI · openai/gpt-5
$1.25 / $10OpenRouter$1.25 / $10—
GPT-5.1proprietary
OpenAIOpenAI · openai/gpt-5.1
$1.25 / $10OpenRouter$1.25 / $10—
Gemini 2.5 Proproprietary
GoogleGoogle · google/gemini-2.5-pro
$1.25 / $10OpenRouter$1.25 / $10—
Claude Sonnet 5.5proprietary
AnthropicAnthropic · anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5
$0.10/M prompt-cache reads (October 7, 2026 rate). Official and OpenRouter list pricing verified October 8, 2026.
$2 / $10OpenRouter$2 / $10—
Gemini 3.1 Proproprietary
GoogleGoogle · google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview
$2 / $12OpenRouter$2 / $12—
GPT-5.2proprietary
OpenAIOpenAI · openai/gpt-5.2
$1.75 / $14OpenRouter$1.75 / $14—
GPT-5.2 Codexproprietary
OpenAIOpenAI · openai/gpt-5.2-codex
$1.75 / $14OpenRouter$1.75 / $14—
GPT-5.3 Codexproprietary
OpenAIOpenAI · openai/gpt-5.3-codex
$1.75 / $14OpenRouter$1.75 / $14—
GPT-5.4proprietary
OpenAIOpenAI · openai/gpt-5.4
$2.5 / $15OpenRouter$2.5 / $15—
Claude Sonnet 4.6proprietary
AnthropicAnthropic · anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6
$3 / $15OpenRouter$3 / $15—
Claude Opus 4.6proprietary
AnthropicAnthropic · anthropic/claude-opus-4-6
$5 / $25OpenRouter$5 / $25—
Claude Opus 4.7proprietary
AnthropicAnthropic · anthropic/claude-opus-4-7
$5 / $25OpenRouter$5 / $25—
Claude Opus 4.8proprietary
AnthropicAnthropic · anthropic/claude-opus-4-8
$5 / $25OpenRouter$5 / $25—
GPT-5.5proprietary
OpenAIOpenAI · openai/gpt-5.5
$5 / $30OpenRouter$5 / $30—

Image & Video · normalized ¢ per reference output

ModelOfficialBest ValueKunavofalRunwareTokenifyWaveSpeedReplicate
FLUX.2 Klein 4Bopen weights
FluxBlack Forest Labs · bfl/flux-2-klein-4b
1.4¢Runware−96%——0.06¢—0.8¢0.1¢
Flux Schnellopen weights
FluxBlack Forest Labs · bfl/flux-schnell
—Runware−57%—0.3¢0.13¢—0.3¢0.3¢
Z-Image Turboopen weights
QwenAlibaba · alibaba/z-image-turbo
1.5¢Runware−91%——0.13¢—0.5¢0.5¢
Stable Diffusion 3open weights
StabilityStability AI · stability/stable-diffusion-3
6.5¢Runware−97%——0.19¢—3¢3.5¢
RealVisXL V5.0open weights
CivitaiCivitai · civitai/realvisxl-v5
—Runware——0.19¢———
DreamShaper XLopen weights
CivitaiCivitai · civitai/dreamshaper-xl
—Runware——0.19¢———
HiDream-I1 Fastopen weights
HiDream · hidream/hidream-i1-fast
—Runware−48%——0.26¢——0.5¢
Fast SDXLopen weights
StabilityStability AI · stability/fast-sdxl
0.9¢fal−67%—0.3¢————
Qwen-Imageopen weights
QwenAlibaba · alibaba/qwen-image
3.5¢Runware−89%——0.38¢—2¢2.5¢
Qwen-Image-Edit Plusopen weightsedit
QwenAlibaba · alibaba/qwen-image-edit
4.5¢Runware−91%——0.4¢—2¢3¢
Z-Imageopen weights
QwenAlibaba · alibaba/z-image
—Runware——0.45¢———
HiDream-I1 Devopen weights
HiDream · hidream/hidream-i1-dev
—Runware−63%——0.45¢—1.2¢—
BiRefNet Background Removalopen weightsbg-removal
Falfal · fal/birefnet
—fal—0.5¢————
FLUX.2 [dev]open weights
FluxBlack Forest Labs · bfl/flux-2-dev
—Runware−36%——0.9¢—1.2¢1.4¢
FLUX.1 Krea [dev]open weights
FluxBlack Forest Labs · bfl/flux-1-krea-dev
—Runware−63%——0.92¢—2¢2.5¢
FLUX.2 Klein 9Bopen weights
FluxBlack Forest Labs · bfl/flux-2-klein-9b
1.5¢WaveSpeed−33%——2¢—1¢1.5¢
Flux Devopen weights
FluxBlack Forest Labs · bfl/flux-dev
—WaveSpeed−52%—2.5¢2.5¢—1.2¢2.5¢
Seedream 5.0 Flashproprietary
ByteDanceByteDance · bytedance/seedream-5-flash
1K–2K output; Tokenify matches BytePlus direct at 1.8¢ and undercuts Runware/fal.
1.8¢Tokenify—2.7¢1.93¢1.8¢——
Bria RMBG 2.0proprietarybg-removal
BRIA AIBria · bria/rmbg-2
1.8¢fal—1.8¢——1.8¢—
Grok Imagine (Quality)proprietary
GrokxAI · xai/grok-image-quality
Cross-tier — this row is the Quality tier (Official $0.07/img). WaveSpeed/Replicate quote the standard Grok image tier (~$0.02), not Quality, so their lower price isn't like-for-like.
7¢Replicate−71%——5¢—2.2¢2¢
Nano Bananaproprietary
GoogleGoogle · google/nano-banana
Gemini Flash Image v1 — Kunavo only (fal/runware carry v2/pro)
3.9¢Kunavo−30%2.73¢———3.8¢3.9¢
Seedream 5.0 Liteproprietary
ByteDanceByteDance · bytedance/seedream-5-lite
2K or larger (minimum 3.69 MP); same flat per-image price across supported sizes. Tokenify has been tested with a billed image request.
3.5¢Tokenify−20%——3.5¢2.8¢3.5¢3.5¢
Kling IMAGE 3.0proprietary
KlingKuaishou · kuaishou/kling-image-3
2.8¢Runware——2.8¢—2.8¢—
Kling IMAGE O3proprietary
KlingKuaishou · kuaishou/kling-image-o3
2.8¢Runware——2.8¢—2.8¢—
FLUX.2 [pro]proprietary
FluxBlack Forest Labs · bfl/flux-2-pro
3¢Runware——3¢—3¢3¢
Wan2.7 Image Proproprietary
QwenAlibaba · alibaba/wan-2-7-image-pro
Replicate lists $0.03/img vs $0.075 at Official/Runware/WaveSpeed — a 2.5× gap worth verifying (likely a smaller default resolution).
7.5¢Replicate−60%——7.5¢—7.5¢3¢
Seedream 4proprietary
ByteDanceByteDance · bytedance/seedream-4-5
3¢fal—3¢——4¢4¢
GPT Image 1.5proprietary
OpenAIOpenAI · openai/gpt-image-1-5
3.4¢Runware——3.39¢—4¢13.6¢
Flux 1.1 Proproprietary
FluxBlack Forest Labs · bfl/flux-1.1-pro
4¢Runware—4¢4¢—4¢4¢
Flux Kontext Proproprietaryedit
FluxBlack Forest Labs · bfl/flux-kontext-pro
4¢fal—4¢——4¢4¢
Recraft V3proprietary
RecraftRecraft · recraft/v3
4¢fal—4¢——4¢4¢
Recraft V4.1proprietary
RecraftRecraft · recraft/v4-1
25¢Runware−84%——4¢—4¢—
Nano Banana 2proprietary
GoogleGoogle · google/nano-banana-2
Runware 1K tier (2K 10.3¢, 4K 15.3¢)
6.7¢Kunavo−30%4.69¢8¢6.9¢—7¢6.7¢
Runway Gen-4 Imageproprietary
RunwayRunway · runway/gen-4-image
Replicate's $0.05 is 720p; Official/fal/Runware/WaveSpeed are 1080p ($0.08). At equal 1080p, Replicate is ~$0.08 too.
8¢Replicate−38%——8¢—8¢5¢
Clarity Upscaleropen weightsupscale
Falfal · fal/clarity-upscaler
—fal—5¢————
Imagen 4 Ultraproprietary
GoogleGoogle · google/imagen-4-ultra
6¢WaveSpeed−3%—6¢6¢—5.8¢6¢
FLUX.2 [flex]proprietary
FluxBlack Forest Labs · bfl/flux-2-flex
6¢Runware——6¢—6¢6¢
GPT Image 2proprietary
OpenAIOpenAI · openai/gpt-image-2
Quality tiers differ: Official/WaveSpeed are medium-1K; Replicate bills per token at auto/high. Match quality before comparing.
5.3¢WaveSpeed6.33¢—9.38¢—6¢12.8¢
Ideogram V3 Balancedproprietary
IdeogramIdeogram · ideogram/v3-balanced
6¢Runware—6¢6¢—6¢6¢
Nano Banana Proproprietary
GoogleGoogle · google/nano-banana-pro
13.4¢Kunavo−50%6.7¢8¢——14¢15¢
Seedream 5.0 Pro (2K)proprietary
ByteDanceByteDance · bytedance/seedream-5-pro
2K tier (above 2.61 MP): Tokenify 7.2¢, Runware 9.63¢, fal 13.5¢. At 1K–1.5K Tokenify charges 3.6¢ instead; ai-art records the actual charge returned by Tokenify.
9¢Tokenify−20%—13.5¢9.63¢7.2¢——
Flux Kontext Maxproprietaryedit
FluxBlack Forest Labs · bfl/flux-kontext-max
8¢fal—8¢——8¢8¢
WAN 2.2 (T2V)open weights
QwenAlibaba · alibaba/wan-2-2-t2v
Replicate's $0.10 is the distilled wan-2.2-t2v-fast variant — not the full model WaveSpeed/Runware price at 720p.
50¢Replicate−80%——28.85¢—30¢10¢
HunyuanVideo 1.5open weights
HunyuanTencent · tencent/hunyuan-video-1-5
—Runware−42%——11.65¢—20¢—
GPT Image 2 (High)proprietary
OpenAIOpenAI · openai/gpt-image-2-high
Replicate bills gpt-image-2 by token at auto quality (~$0.128); fal/WaveSpeed/Official quote the fixed High-1K tier (~$0.21) — Replicate's effective detail can be lower.
21.1¢Replicate−39%—21¢——22¢12.8¢
Veo 3.1 Liteproprietary
GoogleGoogle · google/veo-3-1-lite
Kunavo flat per clip (SKU unverified); fal per second
40¢Kunavo−60%16¢40¢——40¢40¢
Seedance Liteproprietary
ByteDanceByteDance · bytedance/seedance-v1-lite
—fal−60%—18¢——45¢36¢
Luma Ray 2 (I2V)proprietary
LumaLuma · luma/ray-2-i2v
WaveSpeed bills Ray 2 flat per-clip (~$0.20, 720p); Replicate/fal bill per-second — the flat rate wins at 5s but isn't a per-second comparison.
—WaveSpeed−90%—200¢——20¢90¢
Hailuo 02 Standardproprietary
MinimaxMiniMax · minimax/hailuo-02-standard
Official = nearest tier: 768p, 6s (no 5s/1080p SKU).
27¢fal−17%—22.5¢——23¢27¢
LTX-2open weights
LightricksLightricks · lightricks/ltx-2
30¢fal—30¢——30¢30¢
LTX-2 (I2V)open weights
LightricksLightricks · lightricks/ltx-2-i2v
30¢fal—30¢——30¢30¢
WAN 2.2 (I2V)open weights
QwenAlibaba · alibaba/wan-2-2-i2v
WAN 2.2 is 720p-only at every provider (no 1080p tier); per-clip prices still vary a lot by host.
50¢WaveSpeed−40%—40¢——30¢100¢
Veo 3.1proprietary
GoogleGoogle · google/veo-3-1
Kunavo bills flat per clip (~8s, SKU unverified); fal is veo3.1 per second, 1080p audio-on (20¢/s audio-off)
200¢Kunavo−84%32¢200¢——200¢200¢
Kling 2.6 Pro (I2V)proprietary
KlingKuaishou · kuaishou/kling-v26-pro-i2v
56¢fal−38%—35¢——35¢35¢
Kling Motion Controlproprietary
KlingKuaishou · kuaishou/kling-motion-control
Prices span different Kling versions/tiers (v2.6 vs v3, std vs pro) — not a like-for-like motion-control SKU.
56¢Replicate−38%—49¢——56¢35¢
Hailuo 02 Proproprietary
MinimaxMiniMax · minimax/hailuo-02-pro
Official = nearest tier: 1080p, 6s (no 5s SKU).
53¢fal−25%—40¢——48¢48¢
PixVerse v5.5 (I2V)proprietary
PixVersePixVerse · pixverse/v5-5-i2v
60¢fal−33%—40¢——160¢—
PixVerse V6proprietary
PixVersePixVerse · pixverse/v6
45¢Runware−11%——40¢—45¢90¢
Hailuo 2.3 Proproprietary
MinimaxMiniMax · minimax/hailuo-2-3-pro
Official = nearest tier: 1080p, 6s (no 5s SKU).
53¢fal−8%—49¢——49¢49¢
WAN 2.7proprietary
QwenAlibaba · alibaba/wan-2-7-t2v
Replicate bills a flat $0.10/sec (resolution-agnostic); the others are $0.15/sec at 1080p.
75¢Replicate−33%——75¢—75¢50¢
Sora 2proprietary
OpenAIOpenAI · openai/sora-2
Official is Sora 2 at 720p (base has no 1080p tier).
50¢fal—50¢——50¢50¢
Sora 2 (I2V)proprietary
OpenAIOpenAI · openai/sora-2-i2v
Official is Sora 2 at 720p (base has no 1080p tier).
50¢fal—50¢——50¢50¢
Kling V3 Proproprietary
KlingKuaishou · kuaishou/kling-v3-pro
56¢fal—56¢——56¢112¢
Kling V3 Pro (I2V)proprietary
KlingKuaishou · kuaishou/kling-v3-pro-i2v
56¢fal—56¢——56¢112¢
Seedance 1.0 Proproprietary
ByteDanceByteDance · bytedance/seedance-v1-pro
61¢WaveSpeed−2%—62¢——60¢75¢
Seedance 1.0 Pro (I2V)proprietary
ByteDanceByteDance · bytedance/seedance-v1-pro-i2v
61¢WaveSpeed−2%—62¢——60¢75¢
WAN 2.5 (I2V)proprietary
QwenAlibaba · alibaba/wan-2-5-i2v
75¢fal—75¢——75¢75¢
WAN 2.5 (T2V)proprietary
QwenAlibaba · alibaba/wan-2-5-t2v
75¢fal—75¢——75¢75¢
Seedance 2.0 Fastproprietary
ByteDanceByteDance · bytedance/seedance-2-0-fast
Fast has no 1080p tier: Official & Replicate are 720p; WaveSpeed's $2.50 is a 1080p quote, so it's not comparable.
60¢Replicate—120.95¢——250¢75¢
Seedance 2.0 Fast (I2V)proprietary
ByteDanceByteDance · bytedance/seedance-2-0-fast-i2v
Fast has no 1080p tier: Official & Replicate are 720p; WaveSpeed's $2.50 is a 1080p quote, so it's not comparable.
60¢Replicate—120.95¢——250¢75¢
Seedance 2.0proprietary
ByteDanceByteDance · bytedance/seedance-2-0
187¢Runware−35%——120.95¢—300¢225¢
Kling 2.1 Masterproprietary
KlingKuaishou · kuaishou/kling-v21-master
56¢WaveSpeed—140¢——130¢140¢
Kling 2.1 Master (I2V)proprietary
KlingKuaishou · kuaishou/kling-v21-master-i2v
56¢WaveSpeed—140¢——130¢140¢
Veo 3 Qualityproprietary
GoogleGoogle · google/veo-3-quality
Kunavo only — flat per clip (SKU unverified)
200¢Kunavo−4%192¢———320¢200¢

Notes. Text rates are per 1M tokens (input / output). Officialis the model maker's own first-party list price (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Z.ai, DeepSeek, Moonshot, etc.). OpenRouter and DeepInfra prices come from their /v1/modelsAPIs. Tokenify's rates above were checked against its authenticated models API on Sep 30, 2026 PT. This page is a dated snapshot, not a live quote. DeepSeek is compared separately above because its official rate changes by time of day. The green cell + Best Valuecolumn mark the cheapest buyable route and its discount versus Official. A listed price ≠ a working route — some discount upstreams aren't provisioned and 502 in practice, so re-probe before routing; the live status page tracks which are actually up. Image & video models are normalized to 16:9 1080p image · 5-second 1080p clip instead (Kunavo bills a flat per-call fee while fal/Runware bill per-second); their Officialcolumn is the maker's first-party API rate at the closest standard tier (open-weight models with no first-party API show “—”), so it's a directional reference, not a SKU-exact match. Same model, different SKU:aggregators (fal, Runware, WaveSpeed, Replicate) sometimes quote a different resolution, duration, quality tier, or a distilled “fast” variant — so a cheaper cell isn't always the same output. Rows where the basis doesn't line up carry an italic note spelling out the difference; trust those over the raw number. License tags are best-effort (open = downloadable weights, proprietary = API-only).