Best budget AI models

The cheapest AI models per million tokens — without sacrificing quality.

Ranked by effective price while filtering out low-quality models. Great for high-volume workloads and prototyping.

  1. 1

    Gemma 4 31B

    45.1Basic
    Google
    Context:
    262K
    Input:
    $0.13/1M
    Output:
    $0.38/1M
    VisionLong contextBudget
  2. 2

    GPT-4o mini

    77.1Strong
    OpenAI
    Context:
    128K
    Input:
    $0.15/1M
    Output:
    $0.6/1M
    VisionMathAgenticBudget