Top Cheap Vision Reasoning AI Models

The best cheap vision reasoning AI models right now, ranked and compared on price, context window and features. 33 models match. These are models that cost $1 or less per million output tokens, and models that can read images, and models that think step by step before answering.

  1. MiMo-V2.6-Pro

    Xiaomi · 1.05M context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.435 in
    $0.870 out

  2. Claude Haiku 5.5

    Anthropic · 1M context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.100 in
    $0.500 out

  3. MiniMax M3.1 Flash

    MiniMax · 1.05M context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.150 in
    $0.600 out

  4. GLM 5.3 Flash

    Z.ai · 1.05M context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.150 in
    $0.500 out

  5. GPT-6 Luna

    OpenAI · 1.05M context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.100 in
    $0.500 out

  6. MiMo-V2.6-Flash

    Xiaomi · 1.05M context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.140 in
    $0.280 out

  7. DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp

    DeepSeek · 1.05M context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.216 in
    $0.647 out

  8. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

    DeepSeek · 1.05M context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.140 in
    $0.420 out

  9. Ling 3.0 Flash VL

    Inclusionai · 131K context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.060 in
    $0.180 out

  10. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

    Qwen · 262K context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.140 in
    $1.00 out

  11. Qwen3.6 35B A3B

    Qwen · 262K context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.100 in
    $0.900 out

  12. Qwen3.5-9B

    Qwen · 262K context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.170 in
    $0.250 out

  13. GPT-5 Nano

    OpenAI · 400K context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.050 in
    $0.400 out

  14. Mistral Small 4

    Mistral · 262K context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.150 in
    $0.600 out

  15. GLM 4.6V

    Z.ai · 131K context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.300 in
    $0.900 out

  16. Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite

    Google · 1.05M context · No training · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.100 in
    $0.400 out

  17. Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking

    Qwen · 262K context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.290 in
    $1.00 out

  18. Ternary Bonsai 2 9B

    Prism Ml · 262K context · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.080 in
    $0.130 out

  19. GPT-6 Luna Pro

    OpenAI · 1.05M context · ZDR · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.100 in
    $0.500 out

  20. Qwen3.8 Omni Flash

    Qwen · 1M context · No training · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.150 in
    $0.470 out

  21. Ternary Bonsai 2 27B

    Prism Ml · 262K context · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.075 in
    $0.500 out

  22. GPT Luna Latest

    ~openai · 1.05M context · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.100 in
    $0.500 out

  23. Nex-N2.5-Mini

    Nex Agi · 262K context · Images · Reasoning

    $0.025 in
    $0.100 out

  24. Nex-N2.5-Pro

    Nex Agi · 262K context · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.075 in
    $0.250 out

  25. Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor

    Meta · 1.05M context · Images · Reasoning · Tools

    $0.100 in
    $0.200 out

Prices are per 1M tokens. Ranked by intelligence score where available, then newest.

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