The Token Ledger Digest – 2026-08-03
Most cost‑impacting change: Z.ai’s GLM 5.2 saw a sharp price rise, raising both prompt and completion costs by roughly $0.90‑$2.85 per 1M tokens.
Price changes
| Model | What changed | Old price (/1M) | New price (/1M) | Who should care |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z.ai: GLM 5.2 | Prompt ↑ from $0.28 to $1.19; Completion ↑ from $0.89 to $3.74 | $0.28 / $0.89 | $1.19 / $3.74 | Teams using GLM 5.2 for high‑volume generation; budget reassessment needed. |
| Qwen: Qwen3.5‑122B‑A10B | Prompt ↑ $0.26 → $0.40; Completion ↑ $2.08 → $3.20 | $0.26 / $2.08 | $0.40 / $3.20 | Developers balancing quality vs cost for mid‑size LLMs. |
| Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking | Prompt ↑ $0.40 → $0.98; Completion ↓ $4.00 → $3.95 | $0.40 / $4.00 | $0.98 / $3.95 | Vision‑language users; prompt cost up slightly, completion marginally cheaper. |
| Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 | Prompt ↑ $0.09 → $0.15; Completion ↑ $0.55 → $0.60 | $0.09 / $0.55 | $0.15 / $0.60 | Cost‑sensitive applications using this instruct variant. |
| OpenAI: GPT‑5.6 Luna Pro | No meaningful change (prompt $0.10, completion $0.60 both unchanged) | $0.10 / $0.60 | $0.10 / $0.60 | No action required. |
| OpenAI: GPT‑5.6 Luna | Same as above | $0.10 / $0.60 | $0.10 / $0.60 | No action required. |
| OpenAI: GPT‑5.6 Terra Pro | No meaningful change (prompt $1.00, completion $6.00) | $1.00 / $6.00 | $1.00 / $6.00 | No action required. |
| OpenAI: GPT‑5.6 Terra | Same as above | $1.00 / $6.00 | $1.00 / $6.00 | No action required. |
Per‑token prices were multiplied by 1,000,000 and rounded to two decimal places for readability.
Cheapest models today (per‑million tokens)
- inclusionAI: Ling‑2.6‑flash – Prompt $0.01, Completion $0.03
- Mistral: Mistral Nemo – Prompt $0.02, Completion $0.03
- IBM: Granite 4.0 Micro – Prompt $0.02, Completion $0.11
No models were added or removed today. Total models tracked: 337.
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