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AIHOT · Published on 2026-11-07 04:28

OpenRouter data: Effective price per token has dropped by 57% since last month, falling to 70%.

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OpenRouter Releases Usage-Based Pricing Data: Effective Token Price Dropped 57% Month-over-Month to 70%. Closed-weight models fell from $1.21 to $0.52 per 1M tokens; open-weight models dropped from $0.28 to $0.084 per 1M tokens. The price gap widened from 4.3x to 6.2x, excluding free variants, BYOK, invisible models, and chat APIs.

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