Last updated: Oct 14, 2026 59 sources 20 endpoints monitored

LLM & Generative AI

Text, video & audio model pricing & performance.

14 providers measured 5 data categories ranked

Top 3 in LLM & Generative AI

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  1. 1 step-5-preview — $1.00
  2. 2 mimo-v2.6-flash — $0.140
  3. 3 hy4-preview — $0.834

rank = heat (OpenRouter 50% + HuggingFace 30% + Replicate 20%, percentile 0–100) · Elo from arena.ai snapshot · min $/1M across the model's listings

GPT-4o

OpenAI's most popular chat model. Every listing here is a gpt-4o variant sold through the OpenRouter hub.

100% available p50 latency 128 ms

cheapestfreefastestreliableoverall
Claude Sonnet

Anthropic's balanced everyday model — fast and capable, with a batch (50% off) option on the hub.

100% available p50 latency 128 ms

cheapestfreefastestreliableoverall
Gemini

Google's family of multimodal models, from the small Flash-Lite up to the big Pro tiers.

100% available p50 latency 128 ms

cheapestfreefastestreliableoverall
DeepSeek

Known for the lowest prices around. The V3 / V4 / R1 lines on the hub, plus DeepSeek's own endpoint.

50% available p50 latency 279 ms

cheapestfreefastestreliableoverall
Qwen

Alibaba's open-weight family — cheap Flash sizes for everyday use up to the big 3.x generation.

100% available p50 latency 128 ms

cheapestfreefastestreliableoverall

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