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US + China LLM API prices in one table: where it is cheapest, and whether it works from China

Blended = 0.75×input + 0.25×output (per 1M tokens)

As of 2026-10-17, we track 76 LLMs and 113 channel prices (official + OpenRouter). Cheapest by blended price: DeepSeek V4 Flash ($0.028/1M tokens via OpenRouter). Most-used family on OpenRouter's weekly ranking: DeepSeek (~44.6T tokens, as of 2026-10-16).

76models tracked
113channel prices (official + OpenRouter)
12:20Last verified (Beijing time) · 2026-10-17
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Hot models OpenRouter weekly tokens

  1. 1DeepSeek44.6T
  2. 2GLM (Zhipu)17.9T
  3. 3Step (StepFun)17.1T
  4. 4Hunyuan / HY (Tencent)11.1T
  5. 5MiMo (Xiaomi)10.9T
  6. 6Claude10.8T
  7. 7GPT (OpenAI)10.3T
  8. 8Kimi (Moonshot)2.4T
  9. 9Gemini1.9T
  10. 10Qwen—*

Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of 2026-10-16; family totals of weekly top-20; OpenRouter routing volume only. *Qwen included for search interest in China.

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LLM API price table

76 models
ModelBlended ▲InputOutputCachedCheapest channelChina usabilityContextVerified
DeepSeek V4 FlashHOT DeepSeek $0.028 $0.023$0.045$0.0045 OpenRouter ✓CN direct✓Alipay✗ID✗Intl card 1M 10-17 OR
Qwen3.7 Flash Alibaba Qwen (Model Studio) $0.055 $0.03$0.13$0.006 OpenRouter ✓CN direct✓Alipay✗ID✗Intl card 1M 10-17 OR
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 DeepSeek $0.09 $0.06$0.18$0.0019 OpenRouter ✓CN direct✓Alipay✗ID✗Intl card 1M 10-17 OR
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Hunyuan-A13B Tencent Hunyuan $0.131 $0.075$0.299 Official (China) ✓CN direct✗Alipay✓ID✗Intl card — 10-17 official
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Google Gemini $0.175 $0.1$0.4$0.01 Official (Intl) ✗CN direct?Alipay·unverified?ID·unverified?Intl card·unverified — 10-17 official
MiMo V2.6 FlashHOT Xiaomi MiMo $0.175 $0.14$0.28$0.0028 OpenRouter ✓CN direct✓Alipay✗ID✗Intl card 1.1M 10-17 OR
Qwen3.8 Flash Alibaba Qwen (Model Studio) $0.19 $0.119$0.403 Official (China) ✓CN direct✓Alipay✓ID✗Intl card 1M 10-17 official
GLM-5.3 FlashHOTFREE Zhipu GLM (Z.ai) $0.194 $0.119$0.418$0.034 Official (China) ✓CN direct✓Alipay✓ID✗Intl card 1M 10-17 official
GPT-6 LunaHOT OpenAI $0.2 $0.1$0.5$0.01 Official (Intl) ✗CN direct?Alipay·unverified?ID·unverified?Intl card·unverified 1.1M 10-17 official
Claude Haiku 5.5HOTNEW Anthropic $0.2 $0.1$0.5$0.01 Official (Intl) ✗CN direct?Alipay·unverified?ID·unverified?Intl card·unverified 1M 10-17 official
Gemma 4 31B Google Gemini $0.205 $0.14$0.4$0.14 OpenRouter ✓CN direct✓Alipay✗ID✗Intl card 262K 10-17 OR
ERNIE 4.5 Turbo 128K Baidu ERNIE (Qianfan) $0.209 $0.119$0.478$0.03 Official (China) ✓CN direct✓Alipay✓ID✗Intl card — 10-17 official
Qwen3.8 Omni Flash Alibaba Qwen (Model Studio) $0.23 $0.15$0.47$0.016 OpenRouter ✓CN direct✓Alipay✗ID✗Intl card 1M 10-17 OR
Hunyuan HY3HOT Tencent Hunyuan $0.231 $0.132$0.528$0.033 OpenRouter ✓CN direct✓Alipay✗ID✗Intl card 262K 10-17 OR
DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek $0.26 $0.208$0.416$0.017 OpenRouter ✓CN direct✓Alipay✗ID✗Intl card 1M 10-17 OR
ERNIE X1.1 Preview Baidu ERNIE (Qianfan) $0.261 $0.149$0.597 Official (China) ✓CN direct✓Alipay✓ID✗Intl card — 10-17 official
Hunyuan HY3 Preview Tencent Hunyuan $0.285 $0.18$0.6$0.06 OpenRouter ✓CN direct✓Alipay✗ID✗Intl card 262K 10-17 OR
GPT-5.6 LunaHOT OpenAI $0.45 $0.2$1.2$0.02 OpenRouter ✗CN direct✓Alipay✗ID✗Intl card 1.1M 10-17 OR
GPT-5.4 nano OpenAI $0.463 $0.2$1.25$0.02 OpenRouter ✗CN direct✓Alipay✗ID✗Intl card 400K 10-17 OR
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashHOTFREE DeepSeek $0.523 $0.299$1.19$0.006 Official (China) ✓CN direct✓Alipay✓ID✗Intl card 1M 10-17 official
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Blended price = cheapest channel that meets the active filters; conditions are verified per channel (official CN / intl / OpenRouter); “unverified” never counts as met. Top 5 highlighted. Rows not re-verified in 14 days are greyed. Methodology · Cheapest LLM API · LLM APIs usable in China

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FAQ

What is the cheapest LLM API right now?

By blended price (0.75×input+0.25×output), the cheapest is DeepSeek V4 Flash via OpenRouter.

Which LLM APIs work directly from mainland China?

Use the “Direct in CN” and “Alipay” filters: conditions are verified per channel (official CN, official intl, OpenRouter); “?·unverified” never counts as met.