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Token Ledger Digest – 2026-06-06

4663437Mehdi — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:30:57 +0000

Token Ledger Digest – 2026-06-06

Removed Models

Sao10k: Llama 3 Euryale 70B v2.1 – model no longer available. Prior pricing: $1.48 / 1M prompt, $1.48 / 1M completion (8192‑token context). Teams using this 70B variant for high‑throughput workloads must seek alternatives.
NousResearch: Hermes 2 Pro – Llama‑3 8B – model no longer available. Prior pricing: $0.14 / 1M prompt, $0.14 / 1M completion (8192‑token context). Developers who relied on the low‑cost 8B Hermes version need to adjust their model selection.

Price Change

Google: Gemma 4 31B – completion price lowered from $0.37 / 1M to $0.36 / 1M; prompt price unchanged at $0.12 / 1M. Users of Gemma 4 31B with completion‑heavy prompts see a modest ~2.7% cost reduction.

Total models in catalog: 344. No other additions or modifications recorded for today.

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The Token Ledger Digest – 2026-06-05

4663437Mehdi — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:54:45 +0000

The Token Ledger Digest – 2026-06-05

Most cost‑impacting change: Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct completion price fell from $0.05 to $0.03 per 1M tokens (prompt unchanged at $0.02/1M). Generation‑heavy users see ~40% lower cost.

Added models:

NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety (free) – prompt $0.00/1M, completion $0.00/1M, context 128k. Ideal for zero‑cost safety filtering.
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) – prompt $0.00/1M, completion $0.00/1M, context 1M. Suitable for applications needing massive context at no cost.
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra – prompt $0.50/1M, completion $2.50/1M, context 1M. Targets enterprises requiring paid ultra‑large‑context capability.

Cheapest models today (per‑million):

inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flash – prompt $0.01/1M, completion $0.03/1M.
IBM: Granite 4.0 Micro – prompt $0.017/1M, completion $0.112/1M.
Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct – prompt $0.02/1M, completion $0.03/1M.

Total models tracked: 346.

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The Token Ledger Digest – 2026-06-04

4663437Mehdi — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:45:11 +0000

The Token Ledger Digest – 2026-06-04

Removed

OpenAI: GPT-4 (older v0314) – model removed. Previously $30.00 / 1M prompt tokens, $60.00 / 1M completion tokens. Users relying on this high‑cost legacy model must switch to alternatives.

Added

Qwen: Qwen3.7 Plus – new model with 1M context. Prompt $0.40 / 1M tokens, completion $1.60 / 1M tokens. Attractive for long‑context workloads needing low cost.

Price Change

Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 – prompt price rose from $0.0428 to $0.04815 / 1M (+$0.00535 / 1M); completion price rose from $0.1716 to $0.19305 / 1M (+$0.02145 / 1M). ~12.5% increase. Users of this model should budget for higher per‑token cost.

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AI API Pricing Digest – 2026-06-03

4663437Mehdi — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:09:25 +0000

AI API Pricing Digest – 2026-06-03

Most cost‑impacting change

inclusionAI: Ring-2.6-1T – Prompt price fell from $0.30 / 1M to $0.075 / 1M (‑75 %); completion price fell from $2.50 / 1M to $0.625 / 1M (‑75 %). Who should care: Teams running high‑volume inference on this model can cut token costs by three‑quarters.

Other price changes

Z.ai: GLM 5 – Prompt unchanged at $0.60 / 1M; completion price dropped from $2.08 / 1M to $1.92 / 1M (‑7.7 %). Who should care: Users sensitive to completion cost see modest savings.

Added model

OpenRouter: Fusion – Prompt and completion prices listed as ‑$1.00 / token (placeholder indicating free access). Who should care: Developers seeking a zero‑cost experimental model; verify actual billing before production use.

Cheapest models today (per‑million‑token rates)

inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flash – Prompt $0.01 / 1M, Completion $0.03 / 1M
IBM: Granite 4.0 Micro – Prompt $0.017 / 1M, Completion $0.112 / 1M
Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct – Prompt $0.02 / 1M, Completion $0.05 / 1M

Total models tracked: 343.

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The Token Ledger Digest – 2026-06-02

4663437Mehdi — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:44:20 +0000

The Token Ledger Digest – 2026-06-02

Most Impactful Change

Qwen: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 – Prompt price fell from $0.0900 to $0.0428 /1M tokens; completion price fell from $0.3000 to $0.1716 /1M tokens. Who should care: Teams running cost‑sensitive inference on this model see ~42% lower prompt and ~43% lower completion costs.

Price Changes

Tencent: Hy3 preview – Prompt $0.0660 → $0.0630 /1M; Completion $0.2600 → $0.2100 /1M. Who should care: Users of Hy3 preview benefit from modest savings on both prompt and completion.
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7 – Prompt $0.2600 → $0.2790 /M (↑$0.0190); Completion unchanged at $1.2000 /1M. Who should care: Slight increase in prompt cost; completion cost stable.
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 – Prompt $0.2520 → $0.2288 /1M; Completion $0.3780 → $0.3432 /1M. Who should care: Moderate reductions across both prompt and completion.
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 – Prompt $0.2288 → $0.2002 /1M; Completion $0.9144 → $0.8001 /1M. Who should care: Notable completion‑cost drop (~12%) for chat workloads.

Removed Models

Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B – No longer available; previously $0.2800 prompt /1M, $1.1000 completion /1M. Who should care: Users needing this large Baidu model must migrate to alternatives.
Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite – Removed; previously $0.0750 prompt /1M, $0.3000 completion /1M. Who should care: Applications relying on this low‑latency model need replacement.
Google: Gemini 2.0 Flash – Removed; previously $0.1000 prompt /1M, $0.4000 completion /1M. Who should care: Users of the standard Flash model must adjust their provider list.

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The Token Ledger Digest – 2026-06-01

4663437Mehdi — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:50:07 +0000

The Token Ledger Digest – 2026-06-01

Most cost‑impacting change

inclusionAI: Ring-2.6-1T – Prompt price rose from $0.075/1M to $0.30/1M (4×); completion price rose from $0.625/1M to $2.50/1M (4×). Who should care: Teams running high‑volume inference on this model will see a four‑fold increase in per‑token cost; consider re‑evaluating usage or switching to alternatives.

Added models

MiniMax: MiniMax M3 – Prompt $0.30/1M, completion $1.20/1M, 1M‑token context. Who should care: Applications needing very long context (up to 1M tokens) with moderate pricing.
Upstage: Solar Pro 3 – Prompt $0.15/1M, completion $0.60/1M, 128k‑token context. Who should care: Users seeking a cheaper mid‑range model with decent context length.

Removed models (no longer available)

DeepSeek V4 Flash (free) – $0/$0
Xiaomi MiMo‑V2‑Omni – $0.40/1M prompt, $2.00/1M completion
Xiaomi MiMo‑V2‑Pro – $1.00/1M prompt, $3.00/1M completion
Mistral Devstral Medium – $0.40/1M prompt, $2.00/1M completion
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 – $0.10/1M prompt, $0.30/1M completion
Mistral Large 2411 – $2.00/1M prompt, $6.00/1M completion
Mistral Pixtral Large 2411 – $2.00/1M prompt, $6.00/1M completion Who should care: Migrate any workloads off these IDs to avoid broken calls.

Other price adjustments

Tencent: Hy3 preview – Prompt $0.063→$0.066/1M (+5%); completion $0.21→$0.26/1M (+24%).
Z.ai: GLM 5 – Prompt unchanged $0.60/1M; completion $1.92→$2.08/1M (+8%). Who should care: Minor cost uplift; monitor if usage scales significantly.

Total models tracked: 345.

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Token Ledger Digest – 2026-05-31

4663437Mehdi — Sun, 31 May 2026 09:51:35 +0000

Token Ledger Digest – 2026-05-31

Cost‑impacting change

Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507

Prompt: fell from $0.1495/1M to $0.10/1M (‑33%).
Completion: fell from $1.495/1M to $0.10/1M (‑93%).
Who should care: Teams running large‑scale generation workloads where output token cost dominates; this cut reduces per‑million completion expense by ~$1.40.

Other price changes

MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7

Prompt: $0.279/1M → $0.26/1M (‑7%). Completion unchanged at $1.20/1M.
Relevant for users prioritizing prompt‑heavy tasks.

OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b

Prompt: $0.03/1M → $0.029/1M (‑3%). Completion unchanged at $0.14/1M.
Minor saving for latency‑sensitive apps using this model.

Model removals (6)

Model	Context	Prompt ($/1M)	Completion ($/1M)
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 (free)	204,800	0.00	0.00
Upstage: Solar Pro 3	128,000	0.15	0.60
Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B Thinking	131,072	0.07	0.28
Baidu: ERNIE 4.5 21B A3B	131,072	0.07	0.28
AlfredPros: CodeLLaMa 7B Instruct Solidity	4,096	0.80	1.20
Mistral: Mistral 7B Instruct v0.1	4,096	0.11	0.19

Developers relying on any of these models must migrate to alternatives; none of the removed entries offered a free tier except the MiniMax M2.5 variant.

Cheapest models today (per‑million)

inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flash – Prompt $0.01, Completion $0.03
IBM: Granite 4.0 Micro – Prompt $0.017, Completion $0.112
Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct – Prompt $0.02, Completion $0.05

Total models tracked: 350. No other meaningful changes recorded.

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Token Ledger Digest – 2026-05-30

4663437Mehdi — Sat, 30 May 2026 09:26:00 +0000

Token Ledger Digest – 2026-05-30

Removed Model

OpenAI: GPT-4o Audio – model no longer available.
- Previous pricing: $2.50 / 1M prompt tokens, $10.00 / 1M completion tokens.
- Who should care: Teams relying on audio‑enabled GPT‑4o must migrate to alternatives.

Price Decreases

MoonshotAI Kimi Latest (~moonshotai/kimi-latest)
- Prompt: $0.73 → $0.68 / 1M (−6.3%).
- Completion: $3.49 → $3.42 / 1M (−2.0%).
- Who should care: Cost‑sensitive applications using Kimi for long‑form generation.
MoonshotAI Kimi K2.6 (moonshotai/kimi-k2.6) – identical changes to Kimi Latest.
- Prompt: $0.73 → $0.68 / 1M.
- Completion: $3.49 → $3.42 / 1M.
- Who should care: Users of the K2.6 variant see the same savings.
DeepSeek V4 Flash (deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash)
- Prompt: $0.10 → $0.098 / 1M (−1.7%).
- Completion: $0.20 → $0.197 / 1M (−1.7%).
- Who should care: Developers running high‑volume flash workloads benefit marginally.

Price Increase

Qwen Qwen3.5‑35B‑A3B (qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b)
- Prompt: $0.139 → $0.140 / 1M (+0.7%).
- Completion: unchanged at $1.00 / 1M.
- Who should care: Slight uptick for prompt‑heavy Qwen usage; monitor budget impact.

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2026-05-29 Digest

4663437Mehdi — Fri, 29 May 2026 10:55:08 +0000

2026-05-29 Digest

Most Impactful Change

Model: DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
What changed: Removed from the model catalog
Numbers: Prompt price was $0.287 / 1M tokens, completion price $0.431 / 1M tokens
Who should care: Teams running high‑volume, cost‑sensitive workloads; loss of this low‑cost option may raise effective inference spend and prompt a search for cheaper substitutes.

Added Models

Model: StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash
- What changed: Newly available
- Numbers: Prompt $0.20 / 1M, completion $1.15 / 1M (context 256k)
- Who should care: Users needing large‑context generation at moderate cost; suitable for document‑level tasks.
Model: Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8 (Fast)
- What changed: Newly available
- Numbers: Prompt $10.00 / 1M, completion $50.00 / 1M (context 1M)
- Who should care: Enterprises prioritizing top‑tier reasoning speed and willing to pay a premium.
Model: Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8
- What changed: Newly available
- Numbers: Prompt $5.00 / 1M, completion $25.00 / 1M (context 1M)
- Who should care: Organizations needing high‑quality outputs with slightly lower latency than the Fast variant.

Removed Model (aside from the lead)

Model: Baidu: Qianfan-OCR-Fast
- What changed: Removed
- Numbers: Prompt $0.68 / 1M, completion $2.81 / 1M (context 65k)
- Who should care: OCR‑focused pipelines that relied on this model’s pricing; may need to adjust OCR service costs.

Price Change

Model: Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air
- What changed: Completion price increased
- Numbers: Old completion $0.84 / 1M, new completion $0.85 / 1M (prompt unchanged at $0.125 / 1M)
- Who should care: Developers using this model for completion‑heavy workloads; budget impact is minimal (~1% rise).

Cheapest Models Today (for reference)

inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flash – $0.01 / 1M prompt, $0.03 / 1M completion
IBM: Granite 4.0 Micro – $0.017 / 1M prompt, $0.112 / 1M completion
Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct – $0.02 / 1M prompt, $0.05 / 1M completion

Total models tracked: 357.

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2026-05-28 Token Ledger Digest

4663437Mehdi — Thu, 28 May 2026 11:03:02 +0000

2026-05-28 Token Ledger Digest

Price Change

Model: Tencent: Hy3 preview
What changed: Prompt price fell from $0.066/1M to $0.063/1M tokens; completion price fell from $0.26/1M to $0.21/1M tokens.
Who should care: Developers running Hy3 preview in cost‑sensitive pipelines.

Added

Model: MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 (free)
What changed: New free model released with a 262,144‑token context window.
Who should care: Teams needing zero‑cost long‑context generation.

Removed

Model: Baidu Qianfan: CoBuddy (free)
What changed: Free model with a 131,072‑token context window removed from the catalog.
Who should care: Users who depended on this free offering; must migrate to an alternative.

Total models tracked: 356.

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Token Ledger Digest – 2026-05-27

4663437Mehdi — Wed, 27 May 2026 11:03:45 +0000

Token Ledger Digest – 2026-05-27

The most cost‑impacting change is a 50% price cut for Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max, reducing both prompt and completion costs by half.

Price Changes

Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max – Prompt price fell from $2.50 to $1.25 per 1M tokens; completion price fell from $7.50 to $3.75 per 1M tokens. Who should care: Large‑scale Qwen users save $5.00 per 1M tokens overall.
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B – Prompt price down 6.7% from $0.15 to $0.14 per 1M; completion unchanged at $1.00 per 1M. Who should care: Minor savings for prompt‑heavy workloads.
Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B – Prompt price down 3.3% from $0.30 to $0.29 per 1M; completion unchanged at $3.20 per 1M. Who should care: Small reduction for prompt‑intensive tasks.
Xiaomi: MiMo‑V2.5‑Pro – Prompt price cut 56.5% from $1.00 to $0.435 per 1M; completion price cut 71% from $3.00 to $0.87 per 1M. Who should care: Significant savings for both input and output‑heavy applications.
Xiaomi: MiMo‑V2.5 – Prompt price down 65% from $0.40 to $0.14 per 1M; completion price down 86% from $2.00 to $0.28 per 1M. Who should care: Large cost reduction, especially for completion‑heavy workloads.
Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air – Prompt price down 3.8% from $0.13 to $0.125 per 1M; completion price down 1.2% from $0.85 to $0.84 per 1M. Who should care: Negligible impact; relevant only for very high‑volume users.
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 – Prompt price down 28.5% from $0.32 to $0.2288 per 1M; completion price up 2.7% from $0.89 to $0.9144 per 1M. Who should care: Net saving of $0.0668 per 1M tokens; completion‑heavy users see a slight increase.

Removed Model

Arcee AI: Trinity Large Thinking (free) – Model removed from catalog; previously offered zero‑cost access with a 262k‑token context. Who should care: Users who relied on a free large‑context model must now switch to a paid alternative.

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The Token Ledger Digest – 2026-05-25

4663437Mehdi — Mon, 25 May 2026 11:17:49 +0000

The Token Ledger Digest – 2026-05-25

Removed Model

Model: Tongyi DeepResearch 30B A3B (alibaba/tongyi-deepresearch-30b-a3b)
Change: Removed from the model catalog
Details: Context length 131,072 tokens; Prompt price $0.09 / 1M tokens; Completion price $0.45 / 1M tokens
Who should care: Developers and teams using this model for deep‑research or long‑context tasks should plan migration to alternative models to avoid service disruption.

No models were added and no price changes were recorded today. Total models in the catalog remain at 357.

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