LLM API Pricing Compared: Claude vs GPT vs Gemini vs DeepSeek (Live Numbers, Nov 2026)

LONGAI — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:36:04 +0000

Short version: the gap between a model vendor's list price and what you actually pay on a multi-seller LLM gateway can be an order of magnitude — but the deepest discount you see is the best tier available right now, not a price every request gets. Below is one table comparing official list prices against live effective prices for eight major model vendors.

Data as of 2026-11-04 00:35 (UTC+8). The platform currently tracks 352 model profiles across 49 vendors; 190 models are listed for sale right now. Prices move as sellers post and withdraw asks, so treat the live table as the source of truth.

One table: official list price vs. live effective price

Vendor	Model	Official (CNY / 1M tokens, in / out)	Effective, deepest tier	Discount	Sellers
Anthropic	claude-sonnet-5	13.39 / 66.95	0.603 / 3.01	0.45 折	7
OpenAI	gpt-5.6-sol	26.78 / 134	0.643 / 3.21	0.24 折	11
Google	gemini-3.1-pro	13.39 / 80.34	2.01 / 12.05	1.5 折	7
DeepSeek	deepseek-v4-flash	2 / 8	0.2 / 0.8	1 折	6
Alibaba	qwen3.8-max	12 / 36	1.2 / 3.6	1 折	6
Zhipu	glm-5.3	8 / 28.01	0.8 / 2.8	1 折	7
Moonshot	kimi-k3	20 / 100	2 / 10	1 折	6
MiniMax	MiniMax-M3	2.1 / 8.4	0.21 / 0.84	1 折	6

Official prices are converted at 1 USD = 6.695 CNY. The effective price is computed from the deepest ask tier currently posted, so the seller count next to it matters: a 0.45 折 tier with a single seller is one seller's quote, not a market-wide price. Live price table →

How to read this table

Official — the vendor's public input/output price, converted to CNY.
Effective — official price multiplied by the deepest discount tier that sellers are currently posting for that model.
Discount (折) — the fraction of the official price you pay. 5 折 means half the list price; 0.45 折 means 4.5% of it. A seller may not quote more than 5 折, and the deepest tier currently allowed is 0.01 折.
Sellers — how many sellers currently have an ask on that model. Check the model plaza for live availability before you build on a specific tier.

Why the price is lower

This is not a single upstream reseller adding a markup. Sellers list spare model quota at their own prices, and the platform dispatches to the best available ask based on price, load and health, failing over automatically when a route dies. The discount comes from reselling idle quota, bulk purchasing and regional pricing — not from a different, weaker model. Platform commission is currently 0% while seller support is running.

Picking by workload

Long context / coding — Anthropic, OpenAI, Moonshot and Zhipu model pages
Cheapest general purpose — DeepSeek, Alibaba and MiniMax
Image and video generation — filter by category in the model plaza

Every model has a documentation page with its billing units, tier table and a runnable example: see model docs.

Integrating in three lines

The API is OpenAI-compatible — point base_url at the gateway and keep your existing client:

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="sk-...",                      # your LONG AI key
    base_url="https://ai.dijinlong.com/v1", # OpenAI-compatible endpoint
)

resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="claude-sonnet-5",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Say hi"}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)

Billing is per-token, settled in CNY, with no plans and no minimum spend. Full setup instructions: integration docs.

FAQ

Does everyone get the deepest discount in the table? No. It is the best ask posted at the time of writing. Your actual price depends on which tier the router picks, based on availability and load.

Where does the gap between list price and effective price come from? List price is what the vendor charges. Effective price is what a seller asks for idle quota; the platform matches, routes and settles.

What if there is only one seller? Routing fails over to another seller automatically. If a model has only one seller in total, keep a comparable backup model in your fallback list.

Data notes

352 model profiles / 49 vendors; 190 models listed for sale. Profile count is not the same as listed count. Official prices converted at 1 USD = 6.695 CNY; the effective price uses the deepest tier at the time of writing, so quote the date when you cite these numbers. Full price list: ai.dijinlong.com/pricing.

Disclosure: this article is published by the LONG AI team (support@dijinlong.com). We build the platform being described, so treat the numbers as a first-party statement rather than an independent review.

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