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The Token Ledger Digest – 2026-08-27

4663437Mehdi — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:17:11 +0000

The Token Ledger Digest – 2026-08-27

Top cost impact: DeepSeek’s V4 Flash Vision Exp model saw its prompt price drop 50% and completion price halve, saving $0.88 per 1M tokens total.

Price changes

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp – Prompt ↓$0.44→$0.22 /1M; Completion ↓$1.32→$0.66 /1M. Who: Vision‑heavy apps (OCR, image QA).
DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest – Completion ↑$0.075→$0.10 /1M (prompt unchanged). Who: Low‑latency chat bots seeing a slight cost rise.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 – Prompt ↓$0.06→$0.05 /1M; Completion ↓$0.12→$0.10 /1M. Who: General‑purpose workloads on this snapshot.
Tencent Hy3 – Prompt ↓$0.132→$0.0825 /1M; Completion ↓$0.528→$0.33 /1M. Who: Multimodal services using Hy3.
MoonshotAI Kimi K2.7 Code – Prompt ↓$0.67→$0.66 /1M (completion flat). Who: Code‑generation pipelines.
Qwen Qwen3.6 35B A3B – Prompt ↓$0.14→$0.10 /1M; Completion ↓$1.00→$0.90 /1M. Who: Mid‑size LLM users needing cheaper inference.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 – Prompt ↓$0.089→$0.078 /1M; Completion ↓$0.177→$0.156 /1M. Who: Users locked to the 0423 checkpoint.
Z.ai GLM 4.6 – Prompt ↓$0.50→$0.43 /1M; Completion ↓$2.00→$1.75 /1M. Who: Enterprises running GLM‑4.6 at scale.
Qwen Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 – Prompt ↓$0.09→$0.0875 /1M; Completion ↓$0.55→$0.35 /1M. Who: Large‑scale instruction‑following tasks.

Added models

inclusionai/ling-3.0-flash-fin:free – $0 prompt, $0 completion (free). Who: Cost‑sensitive prototyping.
qwen/qwen3.8-flash – Prompt $0.15 /1M, Completion $0.47 /1M, 1M‑token context. Who: Long‑context applications needing flash speed.
z-ai/glm-5.3-flash – Prompt $0.075 /1M, Completion $0.25 /1M, 1.31M‑token context. Who: Users needing large context with low price.

Removed models

stealth/ox-alpha – Free model removed. Who: Anyone relying on the zero‑cost Ox Alpha.
z-ai/glm-5.2:batch – Prompt $1.40 /1M, Completion $4.40 /1M. Who: Batch‑job users must migrate.
mistralai/ministral-8b – Prompt $0.11 /1M, Completion $0.11 /1M. Who: Low‑cost edge‑device developers.

No other meaningful shifts; total models now 417.

Three cheapest today: IBM Granite 4.0 Micro ($0.017 prompt / $0.112 completion per 1M), Mistral Nemo ($0.019 prompt / $0.030 completion per 1M), Ling‑3.0‑flash ($0.021 prompt / $0.063 completion per 1M).

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Token Ledger Digest – 2026-08-26

4663437Mehdi — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:57:55 +0000

Token Ledger Digest – 2026-08-26

Most cost‑impacting change

Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B – Prompt price fell from $0.50 to $0.39 per 1M tokens (‑$0.11/1M); completion price fell from $3.60 to $2.34 per 1M tokens (‑$1.26/1M). Who should care: Teams running large mixture‑of‑experts workloads see per‑token cost drop ~35%.

Other price changes

Model	Prompt ($/1M) Old → New	Completion ($/1M) Old → New
DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest	0.035 → 0.030	0.10 → 0.075
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731	0.14 → 0.06	0.28 → 0.12
MoonshotAI Kimi Latest	2.80 → 2.55	14.0 → 12.75
Qwen3.6 27B	0.32 → 0.60	3.20 → 3.60
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423	0.790 → 0.870	1.581 → 1.740
Gemma 4 31B	0.10 → 0.09	0.34 → 0.34 (unchanged)
Llama 4 Scout	0.10 → 0.11	0.30 → 0.34
Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct	0.80 → 0.25	1.00 → 0.75
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct	0.10 → 0.71	0.32 → 0.71

Removed models

Qwen: Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) – Prompt $0.26/1M, Completion $0.78/1M, 1M‑token context.
Google: Gemma 3n 4B – Prompt $0.06/1M, Completion $0.12/1M, 32 K‑token context. Who should care: Users of these models must switch to alternatives; no further pricing data will be available.

Total models tracked: 417. No additions today.

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Token Ledger Digest – 2026-08-25

4663437Mehdi — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:57:07 +0000

Token Ledger Digest – 2026-08-25

Top cost impact

Z.ai: GLM 5.1 – Prompt price ↑ $0.966 → $1.26 /1M (+$0.294); completion ↑ $3.036 → $3.96 /1M (+$0.924).

Who should care: Anyone running GLM 5.1 at scale; per‑million token cost rises ~30 % for prompts and ~30 % for completions.

Added models

MiniMax M3 (free) – $0.00 prompt, $0.00 completion /1M.
MiniMax M2.7 (free) – $0.00 prompt, $0.00 completion /1M.
Mistral Devstral 2 2512 – $0.44 prompt, $2.20 completion /1M.

Removed models

inclusionAI Ring‑2.6‑1T – $0.075 prompt, $0.625 completion /1M.
inclusionAI Ling‑2.6‑1T – $0.075 prompt, $0.625 completion /1M.
inclusionAI Ling‑2.6‑flash – $0.01 prompt, $0.03 completion /1M.
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free) – $0.00 / both.
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (free) – $0.00 / both.
NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (free) – $0.00 / both.

Price changes

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp – Prompt $0.22 → $0.44 /1M (+$0.22); Completion $0.66 → $1.32 /1M (+$0.66).
Qwen Qwen3.8 27B – Prompt $0.40 → $0.425 /1M (+$0.025); Completion $3.00 → $2.55 /1M (‑$0.45).
DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest – Prompt $0.04 → $0.035 /1M (‑$0.005); Completion $0.08 → $0.10 /1M (+$0.02).
Thinking Machines Inkling – Prompt $1.00 → $0.95 /1M (‑$0.05); Completion unchanged $4.05 /1M.
Z.ai GLM 5.2 – Prompt $0.966 → $1.19 /1M (+$0.224); Completion $3.036 → $3.74 /1M (+$0.704).
MoonshotAI Kimi Latest – Prompt $2.60 → $2.80 /1M (+$0.20); Completion $13.0 → $14.0 /1M (+$1.00).
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 – Prompt $0.526 → $0.790 /1M (+$0.264); Completion $1.052 → $1.581 /1M (+$0.528).
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 – Prompt $0.057 → $0.089 /1M (+$0.031); Completion $0.115 → $0.177 /1M (+$0.062).
MiniMax M2.7 – Prompt $0.24 → $0.30 /1M (+$0.06); Completion $0.96 → $1.20 /1M (+$0.24).
MoonshotAI Kimi K2.5 – Prompt $0.45 → $0.60 /1M (+$0.15); Completion $2.25 → $3.00 /1M (+$0.75).

Who should care: Developers budgeting for inference; note the largest upward moves (GLM 5.1, Kimi Latest) and notable drops (Qwen 3.8, Inkling).

Total models tracked: 419.

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The Token Ledger Digest – 2026-08-24

4663437Mehdi — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:03:22 +0000

The Token Ledger Digest – 2026-08-24

The most cost‑impacting change today is the completion price jump for Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B, rising +$1.26 / 1M tokens.

Price changes (per‑million‑token view)

Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
- Prompt: $0.39 → $0.50 (+$0.11)
- Completion: $2.34 → $3.60 (+$1.26)
- Who should care: Teams running large‑scale generation workloads with this model; completion costs now exceed $3.50/M.
Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B
- Prompt: $0.60 → $0.32 (−$0.28)
- Completion: $3.60 → $3.20 (−$0.40)
- Who should care: Users of this 27B variant see a 19% prompt and 11% completion cost cut.
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
- Prompt: $0.40 → $0.53 (+$0.13)
- Completion: $0.79 → $1.05 (+$0.26)
- Who should care: Applications relying on the Pro tier will see ~33% higher completion spend.
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7
- Prompt: $0.30 → $0.24 (−$0.06)
- Completion: $1.20 → $0.96 (−$0.24)
- Who should care: Cost‑sensitive inference pipelines benefit from a 20% completion reduction.
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
- Prompt: $0.08 → $0.14 (+$0.06)
- Completion: $0.18 → $0.28 (+$0.10)
- Who should care: Flash users face a 75% prompt and 56% completion increase.
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest
- Prompt: unchanged at $0.04
- Completion: $0.13 → $0.08 (−$0.05)
- Who should care: Minor completion savings for latency‑critical flash workloads.
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423
- Prompt: $0.05 → $0.06 (+$0.006)
- Completion: $0.10 → $0.11 (+$0.011)
- Who should care: Negligible impact; monitor only if operating at very high volume.

Cheapest models today (per‑million‑token)

inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flash – Prompt $0.01, Completion $0.03
IBM: Granite 4.0 Micro – Prompt $0.017, Completion $0.112
Mistral: Mistral Nemo – Prompt $0.019, Completion $0.030

Total models tracked: 422.

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The Token Ledger Digest – 2026-08-23

4663437Mehdi — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 07:46:11 +0000

The Token Ledger Digest – 2026-08-23

Biggest cost impact: MoonshotAI’s Kimi K2.6 saw its completion price jump from $2.28 / 1M to $4.00 / 1M (+$1.72 / 1M) and its prompt price rise from $0.54 / 1M to $0.95 / 1M (+$0.41 / 1M). Developers using this model for long‑form generation should reassess budget forecasts.

Price changes

Model	Change	Old → New (per 1M)	Who should care
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp	Prompt ↓, Completion ↓	Prompt: $0.44 → $0.22; Completion: $1.32 → $0.66	Vision‑heavy workloads see ~50% cost cut.
Qwen3.8 27B	Prompt ↓, Completion ↓	Prompt: $0.45 → $0.40; Completion: $3.20 → $3.00	Moderate savings for mid‑size models.
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813	Prompt ↓, Completion ↓	Prompt: $1.188 → $1.122; Completion: $3.564 → $3.366	Slight trim for Pro tier users.
Meta Muse Glimmer 30B	Prompt ↑, Completion ↑	Prompt: $0.30 → $0.35; Completion: $1.10 → $1.50	Cost rise; consider alternatives for high‑volume tasks.
DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest	Prompt ↓, Completion ↓	Prompt: $0.065 → $0.040; Completion: $0.18 → $0.13	Ultra‑cheap flash model gets even cheaper.
Thinking Machines Inkling	Prompt ↑, Completion ↔	Prompt: $0.95 → $1.00; Completion: $4.05 unchanged	Prompt‑heavy apps face modest increase.
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423	Prompt ↓, Completion ↓	Prompt: $0.4475 → $0.3969; Completion: $0.8951 → $0.7938	Continued cost reduction for Pro line.
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423	Prompt ↓, Completion ↓	Prompt: $0.0713 → $0.0517; Completion: $0.1425 → $0.1033	Flash tier gets cheaper across the board.
OpenAI gpt‑oss‑120b	Prompt ↑, Completion ↔	Prompt: $0.030 → $0.037; Completion: $0.17 unchanged	Small prompt‑cost uptick; negligible for most.
Qwen3 30B A3B	Prompt ↓, Completion ↓	Prompt: $0.13 → $0.12; Completion: $0.52 → $0.50	Minor savings for this variant.

Added model

Tencent: Hy‑MT2‑7B – Prompt $0.074 / 1M, Completion $0.295 / 1M, context 8192. Suitable for low‑latency, budget‑conscious tasks.

Cheapest models today (per 1M tokens)

inclusionAI: Ling‑2.6‑flash – Prompt $0.01, Completion $0.03
IBM: Granite 4.0 Micro – Prompt $0.017, Completion $0.112
Mistral: Mistral Nemo – Prompt $0.019, Completion $0.03

Total models tracked: 422. No other meaningful changes reported.

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Token Ledger Digest – 2026-08-22

4663437Mehdi — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:44:30 +0000

Token Ledger Digest – 2026-08-22

Most cost‑impacting change: OpenAI’s GPT‑5.6 Sol Pro (and its non‑batch variant) dropped prompt pricing from $2.50 to $2.00 per 1M tokens and completion from $15.00 to $10.00 per 1M tokens – a $5.50/M token saving. Anyone running high‑volume completion workloads should see immediate cost cuts.

Added (9)

Meta: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor – prompt $0.10/M, completion $0.20/M.
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp – prompt $0.44/M, completion $1.32/M.
Ox Alpha – free (0/0).
Tencent: Hy‑MT2‑1.8B – prompt $0.044/M, completion $0.177/M.
Tencent: Hy‑MT2‑30B‑A3B – prompt $0.074/M, completion $0.295/M.
Thinking Machines: Inkling Small (free) – free.
Thinking Machines: Inkling (free) – free.
Mistral: Ministral 8B – prompt $0.11/M, completion $0.11/M.
Mancer: Weaver (alpha) – prompt $0.50/M, completion $0.75/M.

Removed (2)

Deep Cogito: Cogito v2.1 671B – prompt $1.25/M, completion $1.25/M (no longer available).
OpenAI: gpt‑oss‑20b (free) – free tier withdrawn.

Price Changes (18)

OpenAI: GPT‑5.6 Sol Pro – prompt ↓$2.50→$2.00/M, completion ↓$15.00→$10.00/M (‑$5.50/M).
OpenAI: GPT‑5.6 Sol – same ‑$5.50/M.
OpenAI GPT Latest – same ‑$5.50/M.
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 – prompt ↓$1.60→$0.4475/M, completion ↓$3.20→$0.8951/M (‑$3.46/M).
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 – prompt ↓$0.95→$0.5415/M, completion ↓$4.00→$2.28/M (‑$2.13/M).
OpenAI: GPT‑5.6 Sol Pro (batch) – prompt ↓$1.25→$1.00/M, completion ↓$7.50→$5.00/M (‑$2.75/M).
OpenAI: GPT‑5.6 Sol (batch) – same ‑$2.75/M.
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 – prompt ↑$0.225→$0.27/M, completion ↑$0.90→$1.08/M (+$0.225/M).
Google: Gemma 4 31B – prompt ↑$0.09→$0.10/M (+$0.01/M).
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 – prompt ↓$0.14→$0.08/M, completion ↓$0.28→$0.18/M (‑$0.16/M).
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.7 Code – prompt ↓$0.71→$0.67/M, completion ↓$3.50→$3.40/M (‑$0.14/M).
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash – prompt ↓$0.0886→$0.0713/M, completion ↓$0.1772→$0.1425/M (‑$0.052/M).
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 – prompt ↓$0.269→$0.26/M, completion ↓$0.40→$0.38/M (‑$0.029/M).
DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest – completion ↑$0.14→$0.18/M (+$0.04/M).
All other changes are under $0.05/M and mainly affect niche tiers.

Who should care

Cost‑focused teams – prioritize the OpenAI Sol Pro/Sol drops and DeepSeek V4 Pro cuts.
Vision‑heavy users – new DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp adds multimodal capability at moderate cost.
Free‑tier seekers – Ox Alpha, both Inkling models remain zero‑cost.
Batch workloads – OpenAI Sol Pro/Sol batch cuts halve expenses.
Budget‑conscious projects – the cheapest models today are inclusionAI Ling‑2.6‑flash ($0.01/$0.03/M), IBM Granite 4.0 Micro ($0.017/$0.112/M), and Mistral Nemo ($0.019/$0.03/M).

Total models tracked: 421.

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AI API Digest – 2026-08-20

4663437Mehdi — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:54:51 +0000

AI API Digest – 2026-08-20

Most cost‑impacting change

Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B – Prompt price rose from $0.30 to $0.60 /1M tokens (+$0.30); completion price rose from $2.00 to $3.60 /1M tokens (+$1.60). Who should care: Teams using this model for long‑form generation will see per‑million costs jump by ~$1.90; consider alternatives or adjust usage budgets.

Added models

Z.ai: GLM Latest – Prompt $1.40 /1M, completion $4.40 /1M, 1M‑token context. Who should care: Users needing very long context (1M tokens) at moderate pricing.

Removed models

AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 – Prompt $2.00 /1M, completion $8.00 /1M, 256k context. Who should care: Migrate workloads; this model is no longer available.
Mancer: Weaver (alpha) – Prompt $0.50 /1M, completion $0.75 /1M, 8k context. Who should care: Alpha users must switch to another provider.

Price changes (per‑million tokens)

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 – Prompt ↓$0.13 (1.32→1.19), completion ↓$0.40 (3.96→3.56).
DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest – Prompt ↓$0.01 (0.076→0.065), completion ↓$0.01 (0.153→0.14).
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 – Prompt ↑$0.28 (1.32→1.60), completion ↓$0.76 (3.96→3.20).
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 – Prompt ↑$0.01 (0.083→0.089), completion ↑$0.01 (0.165→0.177).
Qwen3.5‑35B‑A3B – Prompt ↑$0.03 (0.225→0.250), completion ↓$0.55 (1.80→1.25).
MiniMax M2.5 – Prompt ↑$0.01 (0.220→0.225), completion unchanged (0.90).
DeepSeek V3 0324 – Prompt ↓$0.02 (0.270→0.250), completion ↓$0.12 (1.12→1.00).

Cheapest models today (prompt / completion per 1M tokens)

inclusionAI: Ling‑2.6‑flash – $0.01 / $0.03
IBM: Granite 4.0 Micro – $0.02 / $0.11
Mistral: Mistral Nemo – $0.02 / $0.03

Total models tracked: 414.

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The Token Ledger Digest – 2026-08-19

4663437Mehdi — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:53:14 +0000

The Token Ledger Digest – 2026-08-19

Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (batch) – Prompt: $0.70 → $1.40/M; Completion: $2.20 → $4.40/M (both doubled). Who should care: batch users seeing a 2× cost increase.
Thinking Machines: Inkling (batch) – Prompt: $0.50 → $1.00/M; Completion: $2.03 → $4.05/M (both doubled). Who should care: batch workloads now cost twice as much.
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.7 Code (batch) – Prompt: $0.48 → $0.95/M; Completion: $2.00 → $4.00/M (both doubled). Who should care: batch API consumers facing a 2× price jump.
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (batch) – Prompt: $0.30 → $0.60/M; Completion: $1.80 → $3.60/M (both doubled). Who should care: batch users experiencing doubled expenses.
MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (batch) – Prompt: $0.15 → $0.30/M; Completion: $0.60 → $1.20/M (both doubled). Who should care: batch customers seeing a 2× rise.
Z.ai: GLM 5.2 – Prompt: $0.50 → $0.97/M (+94%); Completion: $3.15 → $3.04/M (−3.6%). Who should care: prompt‑heavy applications will notice higher costs.
Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B – Prompt: $0.60 → $0.30/M (−50%); Completion: $3.60 → $2.00/M (−44%). Who should care: cost‑sensitive users benefit from lower pricing.
Google: Gemma 4 31B – Prompt: $0.10 → $0.09/M (−10%); Completion unchanged at $0.34/M. Who should care: minor prompt savings for Google Gemma users.
Qwen: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B – Prompt: $0.29 → $0.26/M (−10%); Completion: $2.40 → $2.08/M (−13%). Who should care: moderate savings for both prompt and completion.
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 – Prompt: $0.57 → $0.45/M (−21%); Completion: $2.85 → $2.25/M (−21%). Who should care: users see roughly a fifth‑price reduction.
Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct – Prompt: $0.10 → $0.09/M (−10%); Completion unchanged at $1.10/M. Who should care: slight prompt discount.
DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest – Prompt: $0.079 → $0.077/M (−2.7%); Completion: $0.157 → $0.153/M (−2.7%). Who should care: tiny cost decrease for high‑volume users.
Added: Z.ai: GLM 5.3 – Prompt: $1.40/M; Completion: $4.40/M. Who should care: new model option with mid‑range pricing.
Added: LiquidAI: LFM2.5-2.6B (free) – Prompt: $0.00/M; Completion: $0.00/M. Who should care: zero‑cost entry point for experimentation.

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Token Ledger Digest – 2026-08-18

4663437Mehdi — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:52:12 +0000

Token Ledger Digest – 2026-08-18

Top cost impact: OpenAI’s GPT‑5.6 Sol Pro and GPT‑5.6 Sol models cut completion prices by 50% (from $30.00 to $15.00 per 1M tokens) and halved prompt prices ($5.00 → $2.50 per 1M). Their batch variants saw the same proportional drops.

Other notable price changes

Model	Change	Old → New (per 1M)	Who should care
DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest	↑ Prompt +18% , ↑ Completion +30%	Prompt: $0.060 → $0.079 ; Completion: $0.121 → $0.157	Cost‑sensitive users of low‑latency flash models
OpenAI GPT‑5.6 Luna Pro / Luna	↑ Prompt +100% , ↑ Completion +100%	Prompt: $0.10 → $0.20 ; Completion: $0.60 → $1.20	Teams relying on Luna‑series for high‑throughput tasks
OpenAI GPT‑5.6 Terra Pro / Terra	↑ Prompt +100% , ↑ Completion +100%	Prompt: $1.00 → $2.00 ; Completion: $6.00 → $12.00	Users of Terra‑class models needing large context
Qwen Qwen3.6 27B	↑ Prompt +115% , ↑ Completion +50%	Prompt: $0.289 → $0.600 ; Completion: $2.40 → $3.60	Developers using mid‑size Qwen for reasoning
Z.ai GLM 5.2	↓ Prompt ‑42% , ↓ Completion ‑16%	Prompt: $1.19 → $0.50 ; Completion: $3.74 → $3.15	Cost‑focused workloads on GLM 5.2
OpenAI GPT Latest	↓ Prompt ‑50% , ↓ Completion ‑50%	Prompt: $5.00 → $2.50 ; Completion: $30.00 → $15.00	General‑purpose API consumers
Z.ai GLM 4.6	↓ Prompt ‑9% , ↓ Completion ‑9%	Prompt: $0.55 → $0.50 ; Completion: $2.20 → $2.00	Light‑usage scenarios
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus	↑ Completion +5%	Completion: $0.95 → $1.00	Users needing slightly higher output budget

Removed model

LiquidAI LFM‑2.5‑2.6B (free) – no longer available.

Cheapest models today (per 1M tokens)

inclusionAI Ling‑2.6‑flash – Prompt $0.01, Completion $0.03
IBM Granite 4.0 Micro – Prompt $0.017, Completion $0.112
Mistral Mistral Nemo – Prompt $0.019, Completion $0.03

Total models tracked: 413.

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The Token Ledger Digest – 2026-08-17

4663437Mehdi — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:59:34 +0000

The Token Ledger Digest – 2026-08-17

Top Cost Impact

DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 – Prompt price ↑ from $0.435/M to $1.32/M (+$0.885/M); completion price ↑ from $0.87/M to $3.96/M (+$3.09/M). Who should care: Anyone using this model will see roughly a 4× increase in per‑million‑token cost.

Other Price Changes

Z.ai: GLM 5.2 – Prompt ↑ $0.308/M → $1.19/M (+$0.882/M); completion ↑ $0.968/M → $3.74/M (+$2.772/M).
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning – Prompt ↓ $0.10/M → $0.08/M (−$0.02/M); completion ↓ $0.25/M → $0.20/M (−$0.05/M).
DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest – Prompt ↓ $0.067/M → $0.060/M (−$0.0068/M); completion ↓ $0.134/M → $0.121/M (−$0.0135/M).
MoonshotAI Kimi Latest – Prompt ↓ $2.80/M → $2.60/M (−$0.20/M); completion ↓ $14.0/M → $13.0/M (−$1.00/M).
Qwen: Qwen3.6 35B A3B – Prompt ↓ $0.15/M → $0.14/M (−$0.01/M); completion unchanged at $1.00/M.
Qwen: Qwen3.6 27B – Prompt ↓ $0.30/M → $0.289/M (−$0.011/M); completion ↑ $2.00/M → $2.40/M (+$0.40/M).
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 – Prompt ↑ $1.168/M → $1.32/M (+$0.152/M); completion ↑ $2.336/M → $3.96/M (+$1.624/M).
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 – Prompt ↑ $0.061/M → $0.083/M (+$0.021/M); completion ↑ $0.123/M → $0.165/M (+$0.042/M).
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6 – Prompt ↑ $0.542/M → $0.95/M (+$0.409/M); completion ↑ $2.28/M → $4.00/M (+$1.72/M).
Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B – Prompt ↓ $0.12/M → $0.07/M (−$0.05/M); completion ↓ $0.40/M → $0.34/M (−$0.06/M).
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct – Prompt ↓ $0.26/M → $0.21/M (−$0.05/M); completion ↑ $1.04/M → $1.90/M (+$0.86/M).
Qwen: Qwen2.5 VL 72B Instruct – Prompt ↑ $0.25/M → $0.80/M (+$0.55/M); completion ↑ $0.75/M → $1.00/M (+$0.25/M).

Added Model

Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free) – Prompt $0/M, completion $0/M, context 128k tokens. Who should care: Teams needing a no‑cost, large‑context model for prototyping or low‑budget workloads.

Cheapest Models Today (per‑million‑token)

inclusionAI: Ling‑2.6‑flash – Prompt $0.01/M, Completion $0.03/M
IBM: Granite 4.0 Micro – Prompt $0.017/M, Completion $0.112/M
Mistral: Mistral Nemo – Prompt $0.019/M, Completion $0.030/M

Total models tracked: 414.

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The Token Ledger – 2026-08-16

4663437Mehdi — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 07:43:44 +0000

The Token Ledger – 2026-08-16

Most cost‑impacting change: Qwen Qwen3.6 27B saw its completion price drop from $3.60 to $2.00 per 1M tokens (‑$1.60/1M) and its prompt price fall from $0.60 to $0.30 per 1M tokens (‑$0.30/1M). Developers running long‑form generation workloads should see noticeable savings.

DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest – Prompt: $0.070 → $0.067/1M (‑$0.003); Completion: $0.140 → $0.134/1M (‑$0.006).

Who should care: Users of latency‑sensitive flash variants.
Z.ai GLM 5.2 – Prompt: $0.49 → $0.31/1M (‑$0.18); Completion: $1.54 → $0.97/1M (‑$0.57).

Who should care: Teams balancing quality and cost for mid‑size models.
Qwen Qwen3.6 27B – Prompt: $0.60 → $0.30/1M (‑$0.30); Completion: $3.60 → $2.00/1M (‑$1.60).

Who should care: Heavy‑generation pipelines (chat, summarization).
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 – Prompt: $0.074 → $0.061/1M (‑$0.013); Completion: $0.148 → $0.123/1M (‑$0.025).

Who should care: Applications needing ultra‑low prompt overhead.
MoonshotAI Kimi K2.6 – Prompt: $0.65 → $0.54/1M (‑$0.11); Completion: $3.41 → $2.28/1M (‑$1.13).

Who should care: Users of long‑context reasoning models.
Qwen Plus 0728 (thinking) – Prompt: $0.40 → $0.26/1M (‑$0.14); Completion: $1.20 → $0.78/1M (‑$0.42).

Who should care: Workloads that enable thinking mode.
Qwen Qwen3 30B A3B – Prompt: $0.12 → $0.13/1M (+$0.01); Completion: $0.50 → $0.52/1M (+$0.02).

Who should care: Slight cost increase; monitor usage if budget‑tight.

Cheapest models today (per 1M tokens):

inclusionAI Ling‑2.6‑flash – Prompt $0.01, Completion $0.03
IBM Granite 4.0 Micro – Prompt $0.017, Completion $0.112
Mistral Nemo – Prompt $0.019, Completion $0.03

Total models tracked: 413. No models were added or removed today.

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Token Ledger Digest – 2026-08-15

4663437Mehdi — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:43:19 +0000

Token Ledger Digest – 2026-08-15

Most cost‑impacting change:

Z.ai: GLM 5.1 – Prompt price fell from $1.40 / 1M to $0.966 / 1M (−$0.434); completion price fell from $4.40 / 1M to $3.036 / 1M (−$1.364). Total cost ↓ $1.798 / 1M. Who should care: Teams running high‑volume inference on GLM 5.1 will see ~40% lower per‑million‑token spend.

Added Models

Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B – Prompt $0.45 / 1M, Completion $3.20 / 1M, context 262,144 tokens.
Dots Studio: Dots3‑Note Preview (free) – Prompt $0.00, Completion $0.00, context 512,000 tokens. Who should care: Developers needing a free, long‑context model for note‑taking or prototyping.

Price Changes (selected highlights)

Model	Old Prompt ($/1M)	New Prompt ($/1M)	Δ Prompt	Old Comp ($/1M)	New Comp ($/1M)	Δ Comp	Δ Total ($/1M)	Who should care
DeepSeek V4 Flash Latest	0.08	0.07	−0.01	0.252	0.14	−0.112	−0.122	Cost‑sensitive batch jobs
Z.ai: GLM 5.2	0.63	0.49	−0.14	1.98	1.54	−0.44	−0.58	Mid‑scale LLM users
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.7 Code	0.67	0.71	+0.04	3.40	3.50	+0.10	+0.14	Teams needing slightly higher quality
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423	0.14	0.074	−0.066	0.28	0.148	−0.132	−0.198	Flash inference workloads
Tencent: Hy3 preview	0.063	0.18	+0.117	0.21	0.60	+0.39	+0.507	Experimental preview users
MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.6	0.95	0.65	−0.30	4.00	3.41	−0.59	−0.89	Code‑gen pipelines
Qwen: Qwen3.5‑35B‑A3B	0.25	0.225	−0.025	1.25	1.80	+0.55	+0.525	Balanced prompt/completion shift
Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B	0.50	0.39	−0.11	3.60	2.34	−1.26	−1.37	Large‑model cost optimizers
Z.ai: GLM 5	0.95	0.60	−0.35	2.55	1.92	−0.63	−0.98	General purpose GLM users
Z.ai: GLM 4.6	0.50	0.55	+0.05	2.00	2.20	+0.20	+0.25	Slight uptick for legacy GLM
Meta: Llama 4 Maverick	0.20	0.20	0.00	0.696	0.80	+0.104	+0.104	Maverick adopters

No models were removed today.

Total models tracked: 413.

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