Cheapest reasoning-model leaderboard
Cheapest reasoning-model leaderboard: the 50 lowest-cost AI models with extended reasoning / chain-of-thought support, ranked by inference cost per token — o3, Claude 5 thinking, Gemini 3 Pro, DeepSeek R1, Qwen QwQ and more across 70+ providers. Input, output and cache USD per 1M tokens with context windows joined in. Refreshed hourly.
Answeringour last check, 2026-09-24
1 of 1checks answered this week
950 msmedian answer time
$0.01listed price per call
$0.01price it asked us
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
GET https://modelprices.xyz/llm/cheapest/reasoning
| Category | Market data |
|---|---|
| Provider host | modelprices.xyz |
| Networks | eip155:8453 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 1 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.01 | 950 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
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}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
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"properties": {
"input": {
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"properties": {
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],
"type": "string"
},
"queryParams": {
"properties": {},
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}