A comprehensive cheat sheet updated on July 27, 2026, details LLM API pricing across over 25 models, highlighting significant cost disparities between providers. Chinese models like Mimo and DeepSeek V4 Pro offer substantial value, being up to 100 times cheaper than premium Western models such as Claude Opus 4 and GPT-5.5, while maintaining competitive quality. The guide emphasizes using the right model for specific tasks and leveraging unified API gateways like TokenPAPA to optimize costs by routing requests to the most suitable model. AI
IMPACT Developers can significantly reduce operational costs by choosing cost-effective Chinese models for routine tasks and leveraging unified API gateways.
RANK_REASON The item is a pricing guide for LLM APIs, not a new model release or research.
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