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467 models · sourced catalogCheck source dates on model pages
GPT OSS 20B

OpenAI · 58 offerings · released 2025-08-05

Context131K
Reference input / output$0.007 / $0.027NanoGPT · USD / 1M

Reasoning · Tools · Open weights

Gemma 2

Google · 1 offering · released 2024-06-25

Context8K
Reference input / output$0.01 / $0.03Helicone · USD / 1M

No confirmed capabilities

GLM-5.3-Flash

Zhipu AI · 123 offerings · released 2026-08-26

Context1M
Reference input / output$0.0163 / $0.1821OpenRouter · USD / 1M

Reasoning · Tools · Vision · Open weights

GLM-4.6V-Flash

Zhipu AI · 7 offerings · released 2025-12-08

Context128K
Reference input / output$0.0218 / $0.2184ZenMux · USD / 1M

Reasoning · Tools · Vision · Open weights

Seed 2.0 Mini

ByteDance · 15 offerings · released 2026-02-14

Context256K
Reference input / output$0.03 / $0.28ZenMux · USD / 1M

Reasoning · Tools · Vision

OCR 2

DeepSeek · 3 offerings · released 2026-01-27

Context8K
Reference input / output$0.03 / $0.03Novita AI · USD / 1M

Vision · Open weights

GPT-5 Mini

OpenAI · 40 offerings · released 2025-08-07

Context400K
Reference input / output$0.04 / $0.29QiHang · USD / 1M

Reasoning · Tools · Vision

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B

Alibaba · 44 offerings · released 2026-04-17

Context262K
Reference input / output$0.045 / $0.30engy · USD / 1M

Reasoning · Tools · Vision · Open weights

Qwen3.8 27B

Alibaba · 65 offerings · released 2026-08-14

Context262K
Reference input / output$0.045 / $0.32engy · USD / 1M

Reasoning · Tools · Vision · Open weights

GPT-5 Nano

OpenAI · 34 offerings · released 2025-08-07

Context400K
Reference input / output$0.0455 / $0.3636Poe · USD / 1M

Reasoning · Tools · Vision

Qwen3.5 9B

Alibaba · 23 offerings · released 2026-02-23

Context262K
Reference input / output$0.05 / $0.15NanoGPT · USD / 1M

Reasoning · Tools · Vision · Open weights

Phi 4

Microsoft · 4 offerings · released 2025-01-10

Context16K
Reference input / output$0.056 / $0.112Kilo Gateway · USD / 1M

No confirmed capabilities

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B

Alibaba · 26 offerings · released 2026-02-23

Context262K
Reference input / output$0.0564 / $0.4512AIHubMix · USD / 1M

Reasoning · Tools · Vision · Open weights

Qwen3 8B

Alibaba · 11 offerings · released 2025-04-29

Context41K
Reference input / output$0.06 / $0.06SiliconFlow · USD / 1M

Reasoning · Tools · Open weights

GLM-4.7-Flash

Zhipu AI · 31 offerings · released 2026-01-19

Context200K
Reference input / output$0.06 / $0.40Eden AI · USD / 1M

Reasoning · Tools · Open weights

glm-5.1

Zhipu AI · 71 offerings · released 2026-03-27

Context203K
Reference input / output$0.06 / $0.22AIHubMix · USD / 1M

Reasoning · Tools · Open weights

GLM-5.3

Zhipu AI · 126 offerings · released 2026-08-14

Context1M
Reference input / output$0.0699 / $1.40OpenRouter · USD / 1M

Reasoning · Tools · Open weights

GLM-5.2

Zhipu AI · 144 offerings · released 2026-06-13

Context1M
Reference input / output$0.07 / $1.40NanoGPT · USD / 1M

Reasoning · Tools · Open weights

Qwen3 32B

Alibaba · 26 offerings · released 2025-04-28

Context131K
Reference input / output$0.08 / $0.24NanoGPT · USD / 1M

Reasoning · Tools · Open weights

M2.7

MiniMax · 55 offerings · released 2026-03-18

Context205K
Reference input / output$0.08 / $0.32LLM Gateway · USD / 1M

Reasoning · Tools · Open weights

Qwen3.5 27B

Alibaba · 24 offerings · released 2026-02-23

Context262K
Reference input / output$0.0846 / $0.6768AIHubMix · USD / 1M

Reasoning · Tools · Vision · Open weights