Cheapest LLM APIs, Ranked by Price
Every LLM API on A2Agent, cheapest first by blended price (input and output weighted 3:1).
Struck-through is the vendor’s official price. Bold is what your API key pays.
| Platform | Context | Type | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek | 1M | chatreasoning | $0.140 | $0.280 | — | |
| Qwen | 1M | chatvision | $0.150 | $0.470 | — | |
| Z.ai | 1M | chatvision | $0.150 | $0.500 | — | |
| Qwen | 1M | chatvision | $0.200 | $0.800 | — | |
| Qwen | 1M | chatvision | $0.200 | $1.20 | — | |
| MiniMax | 1M | chatcoding | $0.300 | $1.20 | — | |
| MiniMax | 200K | chatcoding | $0.300 | $1.20 | — | |
| MiniMax | 1M | chatagent | $0.300 | $1.20 | — | |
| DeepSeek | 1M | chatreasoning | $0.435 | $0.870 | — | |
| Qwen | 1M | chatvision | $0.500 | $3.00 | — | |
| Moonshot | 256K | chatvision | $0.600 | $3.00 | — | |
| Z.ai | 200K | chatagent | $1.00 | $3.20 | — | |
| Moonshot | 256K | chatvision | $0.950 | $4.00 | — | |
| Moonshot | 256K | chatcoding | $0.950 | $4.00 | — | |
| Z.ai | 200K | chatcoding | $1.15 | $4.00 | — | |
| Qwen | 1M | chatvision | $1.20 | $4.80 | — | |
| Z.ai | 1M | chatcoding | $1.40 | $4.40 | — | |
| Z.ai | 1M | chatcoding | $1.40 | $4.40 | — | |
| Qwen | 1M | chatreasoning | $1.70 | $5.10 | — | |
| Qwen | 1M | chatreasoning | $2.00 | $6.00 | — | |
| Moonshot | 1M | chatvision | $3.00 | $15.00 | — | |
| DeepSeek | 1M | chatreasoningvision | — | — | — | |
| MiniMax | 1M | chatcodingvision | — | — | — |
USD per 1M tokens. Final billing depends on your API key group and metered usage.
Where to start in each family
DeepSeek API
Start on Flash, the cheap line. Pro costs more, and a spec sheet won’t tell you whether it’s worth it. Run your own prompts and move up when Flash keeps getting them wrong.