AI MODEL ATLAS · DECISION PAGE
Lowest-cost models among OpenRouter's top 100 coding order
Paid models in the first 100 positions of OpenRouter's coding-high-to-low response.
OBJECT ID
asca:openrouter-model-page-budget-coding-models@2026-08-31.v1FETCHED
STATUSREPRODUCIBLE SNAPSHOT
QUESTION · METHOD
Lowest-cost models among OpenRouter's top 100 coding order
Keep coding rank <= 100 and positive prompt/completion prices; sort by prompt + completion USD per 1M text tokens.
OBSERVED MODELS · 10 SHOWN
Comparable fields from one dated catalog snapshot
| Rank / order | Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Request | Context | Tools | Structured | Derived cost / basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | Ling-3.0-flash | $0.021 | $0.063 | $0.00 | 262.14K | Yes | No | $0.084 · $ per 1M input + 1M output text tokens |
| 25 | Upstage: Solar Pro 4 | $0.03 | $0.12 | $0.00 | 524.29K | Yes | Yes | $0.15 · $ per 1M input + 1M output text tokens |
| 1 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | $0.065 | $0.18 | $0.00 | 1.31M | Yes | Yes | $0.245 · $ per 1M input + 1M output text tokens |
| 7 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 | $0.0886 | $0.1772 | $0.00 | 1.05M | Yes | Yes | $0.2658 · $ per 1M input + 1M output text tokens |
| 5 | Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash | $0.075 | $0.25 | $0.00 | 1.31M | Yes | Yes | $0.325 · $ per 1M input + 1M output text tokens |
| 309 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 (batch) | $0.14 | $0.28 | $0.00 | 1.05M | Yes | Yes | $0.42 · $ per 1M input + 1M output text tokens |
| 2 | Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5 | $0.14 | $0.28 | $0.00 | 1.05M | Yes | Yes | $0.42 · $ per 1M input + 1M output text tokens |
| 39 | Google: Gemma 4 31B | $0.09 | $0.34 | $0.00 | 262.14K | Yes | Yes | $0.43 · $ per 1M input + 1M output text tokens |
| 302 | Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash (batch) | $0.15 | $0.50 | $0.00 | 1.05M | Yes | Yes | $0.65 · $ per 1M input + 1M output text tokens |
| 33 | DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 | $0.269 | $0.40 | $0.00 | 163.84K | Yes | Yes | $0.669 · $ per 1M input + 1M output text tokens |
Prices are listed USD per token converted to USD per 1M tokens. Request fee is a separate listed field; it is not included in derived text-token cost. A free listing means zero listed token price in this snapshot, not unlimited access.
RANGE · BIAS · LIMIT · CONFIDENCE
- Observed range: 93 matching catalog records; 10 shown.
- Bias: OpenRouter catalog, ordering, and listed-price bias.
- Limitation: Coding order is not a benchmark score; low listed token cost does not prove coding quality or availability.
- Confidence: medium for the recorded response and stated transformation.
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“Keep coding rank <= 100 and positive prompt/completion prices; sort by prompt + completion USD per 1M text tokens.”— asca:openrouter-model-page-budget-coding-models@2026-08-31.v1
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