Top Cheap Reasoning AI Models
The best cheap reasoning AI models right now, ranked and compared on price, context window and features. 66 models match. These are models that cost $1 or less per million output tokens, and models that think step by step before answering.
- MiMo-V2.6-Pro
Xiaomi · 1.05M context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools
$0.435 in
$0.870 out - Claude Haiku 5.5
Anthropic · 1M context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools
$0.100 in
$0.500 out - MiniMax M3.1 Flash
MiniMax · 1.05M context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools
$0.150 in
$0.600 out - GLM 5.3 Flash
Z.ai · 1.05M context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools
$0.150 in
$0.500 out - Ling 3.1 Flash
Inclusionai · 262K context · ZDR · Reasoning · Tools
$0.075 in
$0.225 out - GPT-6 Luna
OpenAI · 1.05M context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools
$0.100 in
$0.500 out - MiMo-V2.6-Flash
Xiaomi · 1.05M context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools
$0.140 in
$0.280 out - DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp
DeepSeek · 1.05M context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools
$0.216 in
$0.647 out - DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
DeepSeek · 1.05M context · ZDR · Reasoning · Tools
$0.119 in
$0.238 out - Solar Pro 4
Upstage · 524K context · ZDR · Reasoning · Tools
$0.150 in
$0.600 out - Hy3 preview
Tencent · 262K context · Reasoning · Tools
$0.180 in
$0.600 out - DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
DeepSeek · 1.05M context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools
$0.140 in
$0.420 out - Ling 3.0 Flash VL
Inclusionai · 131K context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools
$0.060 in
$0.180 out - DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423
DeepSeek · 1.05M context · ZDR · Reasoning · Tools
$0.140 in
$0.280 out - Solar Mini 4
Upstage · 524K context · ZDR · Reasoning · Tools
$0.050 in
$0.200 out - DeepSeek V3.2
DeepSeek · 164K context · ZDR · Reasoning · Tools
$0.280 in
$0.420 out - Ling 3.0 Flash
Inclusionai · 262K context · ZDR · Reasoning · Tools
$0.021 in
$0.063 out - Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
Qwen · 262K context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools
$0.140 in
$1.00 out - Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Qwen · 262K context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools
$0.100 in
$0.900 out - Step 3.5 Flash
Stepfun · 262K context · ZDR · Reasoning · Tools
$0.100 in
$0.300 out - DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
DeepSeek · 164K context · ZDR · Reasoning · Tools
$0.270 in
$0.410 out - GLM 4.7 Flash
Z.ai · 200K context · ZDR · Reasoning · Tools
$0.060 in
$0.400 out - DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
DeepSeek · 164K context · ZDR · Reasoning · Tools
$0.270 in
$1.00 out - DeepSeek V3.1
DeepSeek · 164K context · ZDR · Reasoning · Tools
$0.250 in
$0.950 out - Qwen3.5-9B
Qwen · 262K context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools
$0.170 in
$0.250 out
Prices are per 1M tokens. Ranked by intelligence score where available, then newest.