Where our earlier coverage reported conflicting figures, we left them out until verified. Qwen, Zhipu and MiniMax are listed at the CNY prices on their official China price pages; international USD prices differ.

API cost calculator

Enter monthly usage to see what each model costs per month at official prices (Chinese models checked 2026-10-14, international 2026-10-14), in CNY, cheapest first. Models priced in USD are converted at 1 USD = 6.733 CNY (PBoC central parity, 2026-10-09).

OpenAIgpt-6-luna *

135 CNY / monthinput ¥67.33 · output ¥67.33
AnthropicClaude Haiku 5.5 *

135 CNY / monthinput ¥67.33 · output ¥67.33
ZhipuGLM-5.3-Flash *

136 CNY / monthinput ¥80 · output ¥56
BaiduERNIE-4.5-Turbo *

144 CNY / monthinput ¥80 · output ¥64
DeepSeekdeepseek-flash *

270 CNY / monthinput ¥150 · output ¥120
Qwenqwen3.7-plus *

360 CNY / monthinput ¥200 · output ¥160
MiniMaxMiniMax-M3 *

378 CNY / monthinput ¥210 · output ¥168
MiniMaxMiniMax-M2.7

378 CNY / monthinput ¥210 · output ¥168
GoogleGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

539 CNY / monthinput ¥202 · output ¥337
Mistral AIMistral Large *

539 CNY / monthinput ¥337 · output ¥202
BaiduERNIE-5.1 *

760 CNY / monthinput ¥400 · output ¥360
GoogleGemini 3.8 Flash *

1,010 CNY / monthinput ¥505 · output ¥505
DeepSeekdeepseek-v4-pro *

1,080 CNY / monthinput ¥675 · output ¥405
xAIgrok-4.3 *

1,178 CNY / monthinput ¥842 · output ¥337
Kimikimi-k2.7-code

1,190 CNY / monthinput ¥650 · output ¥540
Kimikimi-k2.6

1,190 CNY / monthinput ¥650 · output ¥540
ZhipuGLM-5.3

1,360 CNY / monthinput ¥800 · output ¥560
Qwenqwen3.8-max *

1,920 CNY / monthinput ¥1,200 · output ¥720
xAIgrok-4.7 *

2,155 CNY / monthinput ¥1,347 · output ¥808
OpenAIgpt-6.1-sol *

2,693 CNY / monthinput ¥1,347 · output ¥1,347
AnthropicClaude Sonnet 5.5

2,693 CNY / monthinput ¥1,347 · output ¥1,347
GoogleGemini 3.1 Pro Preview *

2,963 CNY / monthinput ¥1,347 · output ¥1,616
Kimikimi-k3

4,000 CNY / monthinput ¥2,000 · output ¥2,000
AnthropicClaude Opus 5.5

5,386 CNY / monthinput ¥2,693 · output ¥2,693
OpenAIgpt-6-astra *

13,466 CNY / monthinput ¥6,733 · output ¥6,733
AnthropicClaude Fable 5.1

13,466 CNY / monthinput ¥6,733 · output ¥6,733

* Conditions apply, see table notes. The peak share only affects models with time-of-day pricing, such as DeepSeek. Tiered prices and limited-time discounts are in the notes of the table below; this uses the prices as listed there.

Current prices (official pages, checked 2026-10-14)

CNY per million tokens. Where time-of-day pricing applies: peak / off-peak.

Verified 2026-10-14; — means no separate cache price listed.
Model	Input · cache miss	Input · cache hit	Output	Source
DeepSeekdeepseek-flash（V4.1-Flash）International USD: input $0.15 / $0.30, output $0.60 / $1.20 (off-peak / peak); peak = 01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00 UTC on weekdays	2 / 1	0.04 / 0.02	8 / 4	Official ↗
DeepSeekdeepseek-v4-pro（V4-Pro-0813）International USD: input $0.66 / $1.32, output $1.98 / $3.96 (off-peak / peak)	9 / 4.5	0.3 / 0.15	27 / 13.5	Official ↗
Moonshot Kimikimi-k3	20	2	100	Official ↗
Moonshot Kimikimi-k2.7-code	6.5	1.3	27	Official ↗
Moonshot Kimikimi-k2.6	6.5	1.1	27	Official ↗
Alibaba Qwenqwen3.8-maxinput ≤1M tokens, Beijing region	12	—	36	Official ↗
Alibaba Qwenqwen3.7-pluslist price for input ≤256K; currently 20% off for a limited time	2	—	8	Official ↗
ZhipuGLM-5.3	8	2	28	Official ↗
ZhipuGLM-5.3-Flashstandard price; currently 50% off for a limited time	0.8	0.23	2.8	Official ↗
MiniMaxMiniMax-M3input ≤512K, after the official permanent 50% discount	2.1	0.42	8.4	Official ↗
MiniMaxMiniMax-M2.7	2.1	0.42	8.4	Official ↗
百度文心ERNIE-5.1input ≤32K; 32K–128K is ¥6 input / ¥22 output	4	—	18	Official ↗
百度文心ERNIE-4.5-Turbosame price for 32K and 128K; batch: ¥0.32 input / ¥1.28 output	0.8	0.2	3.2	Official ↗

International models (official pages, checked 2026-10-14)

USD per million tokens. Standard prices for each vendor’s current main models; long-context and other conditions are in the notes.

Model	Input	Input · cache hit	Output	Source
OpenAIgpt-6-astraStandard tier, prompts up to 272K tokens	10	1	50	Official ↗
OpenAIgpt-6.1-solStandard tier, prompts up to 272K tokens	2	0.1	10	Official ↗
OpenAIgpt-6-lunaStandard tier, prompts up to 272K tokens	0.1	0.01	0.5	Official ↗
AnthropicClaude Fable 5.1	10	0.25	50	Official ↗
AnthropicClaude Opus 5.5	4	0.2	20	Official ↗
AnthropicClaude Sonnet 5.5	2	0.1	10	Official ↗
AnthropicClaude Haiku 5.5Prompts up to 100K tokens; above that $0.50 input, $0.05 cache hit, $2.50 output	0.1	0.01	0.5	Official ↗
GoogleGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPrompts up to 200K tokens; above that $4 input, $0.40 cached, $18 output	2	0.2	12	Official ↗
GoogleGemini 3.8 FlashThrough 2026-12-31; from 2027-01-01 $1.50 input, $0.15 cached, $7.50 output	0.75	0.075	3.75	Official ↗
GoogleGemini 3.5 Flash-Lite	0.3	0.03	2.5	Official ↗
xAIgrok-4.7Prompts under 200K tokens; at 200K+ the whole request bills at $4 input, $1 cached, $12 output	2	0.5	6	Official ↗
xAIgrok-4.3Prompts under 200K tokens; prices double at 200K+	1.25	0.2	2.5	Official ↗
MistralMistral LargeBatch is 50% off; no separate cached price listed	0.5	—	1.5	Official ↗

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Price change log

2026-04-24

DeepSeek V4-Pro launched at a list price of ¥12 input (cache miss) / ¥24 output, with a 75% launch discount (¥3 / ¥6). Source
2026-04-26

DeepSeek cut cache-hit input prices across the lineup to a tenth of launch levels: ¥0.02 for V4-Flash, ¥0.025 for V4-Pro. Source
2026-05-31

DeepSeek said V4-Pro would stay permanently at a quarter of its list price after the promotion — ¥3 input / ¥6 output (about $0.435 / $0.87). Source
2026-07-16

Kimi K3 launched (≈2.8T parameters, 1M-token context). International list price: $3 input / $15 output per million tokens (our Aug 27 issue). The China site now lists ¥20 input / ¥100 output. Source · Our issue
2026-08-17

DeepSeek introduced peak/off-peak API pricing: weekday 9:00–12:00 and 14:00–18:00 Beijing time are peak; off-peak is half price. V4 Pro output ¥27 peak / ¥13.5 off-peak; V4 Flash output ¥9 / ¥4.5. Source · Our issue
2026-08-16

International (USD) peak/off-peak pricing took effect: V4 Flash input $0.22 / $0.44, output $0.66 / $1.32; V4 Pro input $0.66 / $1.32, output $1.98 / $3.96 (off-peak / peak). Source
2026-09-10

DeepSeek launched V4.1 Flash and said it planned to route V4 Pro requests to the new model at Flash prices. Source · Our issue
2026-09-30

Official price page check: deepseek-flash (V4.1-Flash) output is ¥8 peak / ¥4 off-peak ($1.20 / $0.60 internationally), below V4 Flash’s ¥9 / ¥4.5 ($1.32 / $0.66) in August; no announcement of the change date was found. v4-pro is unchanged since Aug 17. Source
2026-09-30

Kimi K3.1 appeared on the API platform; the official price page does not list it yet. Source · Our issue

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