Cheapest vision LLM API
The cheapest vision LLM API on OceanToken is Gemma 3 4B, at $0.04 / $0.05 per 1M tokens. Below, 20 models ranked by the price every account pays.
Ranked by price 20
| # | Model | Family | Context | Price | Discount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemma 3 4Bgoogle/gemma-3-4b-it | Gemma | 131K | $0.04 / $0.05 per 1M tokens | — |
| 2 | Qwen3.7 Flashqwen/qwen3.7-flash | Qwen | 984K | $0.03 / $0.13 per 1M tokens | — |
| 3 | Gemma 3 12Bgoogle/gemma-3-12b-it | Gemma | 131K | $0.05 / $0.15 per 1M tokens | — |
| 4 | Ministral 3 3B 2512mistralai/ministral-3b-2512 | Mistral | 131K | $0.10 / $0.10 per 1M tokens | — |
| 5 | Qwen3.5-9Bqwen/qwen3.5-9b | Qwen | 262K | $0.10 / $0.15 per 1M tokens | — |
| 6 | Nova Lite 1.0amazon/nova-lite-v1 | Nova | 300K | $0.06 / $0.24 per 1M tokens | — |
| 7 | Ministral 3 8B 2512mistralai/ministral-8b-2512 | Mistral | 262K | $0.15 / $0.15 per 1M tokens | — |
| 8 | Qwen3.5-Flashqwen/qwen3.5-flash-02-23 | Qwen | 984K | $0.065 / $0.26 per 1M tokens | — |
| 9 | Llama Guard 4 12Bmeta-llama/llama-guard-4-12b | Llama | 164K | $0.18 / $0.18 per 1M tokens | — |
| 10 | Seed 1.6 Flashbytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash | Seed | 262K | $0.075 / $0.30 per 1M tokens | — |
| 11 | Llama 4 Scoutmeta-llama/llama-4-scout | Llama | 1.31M | $0.10 / $0.30 per 1M tokens | — |
| 12 | Ministral 3 14B 2512mistralai/ministral-14b-2512 | Mistral | 262K | $0.20 / $0.20 per 1M tokens | — |
| 13 | Mistral Small 3.2 24Bmistralai/mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct | Mistral | 256K | $0.10 / $0.30 per 1M tokens | — |
| 14 | Nemotron 3.5 Content Safetynvidia/nemotron-3.5-content-safety | Nemotron | 131K | $0.20 / $0.20 per 1M tokens | — |
| 15 | GPT-5 Nanoopenai/gpt-5-nano | GPT | 400K | $0.045 / $0.36 per 1M tokens | −10% |
| 16 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Litegoogle/gemini-2.5-flash-lite | Gemini | 1.05M | $0.09 / $0.36 per 1M tokens | −10% |
| 17 | GPT-4.1 Nanoopenai/gpt-4.1-nano | GPT | 1.05M | $0.09 / $0.36 per 1M tokens | −10% |
| 18 | Seed-2.0-Minibytedance-seed/seed-2.0-mini | Seed | 262K | $0.10 / $0.40 per 1M tokens | — |
| 19 | Gemma 3 27Bgoogle/gemma-3-27b-it | Gemma | 131K | $0.08 / $0.45 per 1M tokens | — |
| 20 | GPT-6 Lunaopenai/gpt-6-luna | GPT | 1.05M | $0.09 / $0.45 per 1M tokens | −10% |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest vision LLM API?
On OceanToken it is Gemma 3 4B, at $0.04 / $0.05 per 1M tokens. Next is Qwen3.7 Flash, at $0.03 / $0.13 per 1M tokens. Both answer on the same API with the same key.
How are the models ranked?
Ranked by blended price (half input, half output tokens, per 1M), as every account pays it; only models of named families are ranked.
Is the cheapest model good enough?
The price and the listed capabilities are facts this page can show; how well a model does your task is not. Run the same prompts on two models: with one key, switching is a one-line change.
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