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Cheapest API price for advanced-class models
SIGNAL ID · 06
LIVE
$0.05
USD / 1M input tokens LIVE
UPDATED
2026-05-26 18:02:55 UTC
UPDATE FREQUENCY
daily
DATA POINTS
6
EVIDENCE PASSPORT
LAST FETCH
2026-05-26 18:02:55 UTC
AGE
18m ago
METHODOLOGY
v1.0
CONFIDENCE
MEDIUM
MEASUREMENT RISK
MEDIUM
EVIDENCE STRENGTH
●●○ MODERATE
COLLECTION
live_api
SNAPSHOT
318d9b45
WHY THIS SIGNAL MATTERS
Tracks the cheapest published API price for an advanced-class model as a proxy for the commoditization of frontier-level capability. 'Advanced-class' is a keyword heuristic, and listed prices may differ from real-world or native-provider costs.
KNOWN LIMITATIONS
  • 'Advanced-class' uses id-keyword heuristic, not formal benchmark gating
  • OpenRouter prices may differ from native provider pricing
  • Excludes rate-limit tiers, commitment discounts, and self-hosted options
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TREND · LAST 90 DAYS
METHODOLOGY
Lowest published input token price (USD per 1 million tokens) among advanced-class models in OpenRouter's catalog. Advanced-class is determined by id-keyword heuristic matching frontier model families (GPT-4/5, Claude 3+/4+, Gemini 1.5+, Llama 3+, DeepSeek V3+, Qwen 2.5+). Reflects the commoditization frontier for frontier-class capability.
SOURCE
OpenRouter Models API ↗
SIGNAL TYPE
USD / 1M tokens
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