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Price sheet · October 2026

Three ways to pay for the same tokens.

Provider direct, OpenRouter, and SayGM, side by side. OpenRouter figures include its 5.5% top-up fee so every column shows an effective rate.

USD per million tokens · 15 models · Snapshot prices, verify before budgeting

§ 01

Frontier models

Claude, GPT and Gemini. List price is OpenRouter's figure with the fee removed, since OpenRouter passes list price through.

USD per million tokens, input and output. OpenRouter includes its 5.5% top-up fee. Snapshot from October 2026.
ModelSayGMin / outOpenRouterin / out, fee incl.SayGM vs OpenRouter80/20 blend
Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic$8.89 / $44.45$10.55 / $52.75
16% lower
Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic$3.56 / $17.78$4.22 / $21.10
16% lower
Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic$1.78 / $8.89$2.11 / $10.55
16% lower
Claude Opus 5Anthropic$4.45 / $22.23$5.28 / $26.38
16% lower
Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic$1.78 / $8.89$2.11 / $10.55
16% lower
Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic$0.89 / $4.45$1.06 / $5.28
16% lower
GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI$1.49 / $7.45$2.11 / $10.55
29% lower
GPT-6 LunaOpenAI$0.07 / $0.37$0.11 / $0.53
33% lower
GPT-5.5OpenAI$3.73 / $22.35$5.28 / $31.65
29% lower
GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI$1.49 / $8.94$2.11 / $12.66
29% lower
GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI$0.15 / $0.89$0.21 / $1.27
29% lower
Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle$1.39 / $8.34$2.11 / $12.66
34% lower
Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle$1.04 / $6.26$1.58 / $9.50
34% lower
Provider list price, in / out
Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic direct$10.00 / $50.00
Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic direct$4.00 / $20.00
Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic direct$2.00 / $10.00
Claude Opus 5Anthropic direct$5.00 / $25.00
Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic direct$2.00 / $10.00
Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic direct$1.00 / $5.00
GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI direct$2.00 / $10.00
GPT-6 LunaOpenAI direct$0.10 / $0.50
GPT-5.5OpenAI direct$5.00 / $30.00
GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI direct$2.00 / $12.00
GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI direct$0.20 / $1.20
Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGoogle direct$2.00 / $12.00
Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle direct$1.50 / $9.00

§ 02

Open-weight models

OpenRouter serves these through many hosts. The table uses its cheapest listed route.

USD per million tokens, input and output. OpenRouter includes its 5.5% top-up fee. Snapshot from October 2026.
ModelSayGMin / outOpenRouterin / out, fee incl.SayGM vs OpenRouter80/20 blend
Kimi K3Moonshot AI · TEE variant$0.98 / $4.88$0.42 / $9.50Cheapest provider
21% lower
DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek · TEE variant$0.18 / $0.72$0.03 / $0.53Cheapest provider
122% higher

§ 03

How each provider sets its price

The differences in the tables come from three pricing models, not from different models.

Provider direct
List price from the model maker. One account, key and bill per provider. No cross-provider fallback.
OpenRouter
Passes provider list prices through and charges 5.5% on card top-ups, or 5% on crypto, with a $0.80 minimum. The fee is paid before any inference, so the effective token price sits above list.
SayGM
Capacity providers on Bittensor subnet 28 bid to serve requests. The bid sets the per-token price, capped at the maker's list price. Prices update each epoch, and top-ups carry no fee.
Fig. 1Monthly Claude bill by provider, 50M input and 15M output tokens
  • Provider direct, list price
  • OpenRouter, fee included
  • SayGM
Claude Fable 5.1
$1,250
$1,319
$1,111
Claude Opus 5.5
$500
$528
$445
Claude Sonnet 5.5
$250
$264
$222
Claude Opus 5
$625
$660
$556
Claude Sonnet 5
$250
$264
$222
Claude Haiku 4.5
$125
$132
$111
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Provider direct, list priceOpenRouter, fee includedSayGM
Claude Fable 5.1$1,250$1,319$1,111
Claude Opus 5.5$500$528$445
Claude Sonnet 5.5$250$264$222
Claude Opus 5$625$660$556
Claude Sonnet 5$250$264$222
Claude Haiku 4.5$125$132$111
Provider direct is Anthropic list price. OpenRouter passes list price through and adds its top-up fee. Prompt caching discounts are excluded on every route. Source: published rate cards, October 2026 snapshot. Current prices on saygm.com (opens in a new tab).
Fig. 2What the 5.5% OpenRouter top-up fee costs in a year
$50 a month
$33
$200 a month
$132
$500 a month
$330
$2,000 a month
$1,320
$5,000 a month
$3,300
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Annual fee
$50 a month$33
$200 a month$132
$500 a month$330
$2,000 a month$1,320
$5,000 a month$3,300
Card top-ups at the stated monthly amount. Crypto top-ups are charged 5%. The fee applies before any tokens are served. Source: published rate cards, October 2026 snapshot. Current prices on saygm.com (opens in a new tab).

§ 04

Estimate a monthly bill

Snapshot prices, no caching discounts. Drag the volumes to match your workload.

50M
10M

Monthly bill by provider

  • OpenRouter, fee included$211
  • Requesty, 5% included$210
  • Vercel AI Gateway$200
  • Anthropic direct, list price$200
  • SayGM$178
A year, vs the cheapest alternative
$265
11% lower than Vercel AI Gateway
A year, vs OpenRouter
$397
Fee included

Uncached prices from the October 2026 snapshot. Prompt caching lowers every provider's bill; batch jobs bought direct cost half of list. Current SayGM rates are on saygm.com (opens in a new tab).

Current SayGM rates (opens in a new tab)

§ 05

Pricing questions

Why are SayGM prices below list price?

Capacity providers on Bittensor subnet 28 bid for the right to serve requests. The bids set the per-token price, capped at the maker's list price. SayGM reports an average discount in the low twenties percent across recent epochs.

Does the price change?

Yes. Prices update each epoch and the current rate is on the SayGM pricing page. Figures on this site are a dated snapshot. Verify before budgeting.

Are there other fees?

SayGM lists no top-up fee, no subscription and no per-seat charge. The bill is the per-token price for each model called.

How does OpenRouter's fee work?

OpenRouter charges 5.5 percent on card credit purchases, with a 0.80 dollar minimum, or 5 percent by crypto. The fee is taken when credit is bought, before any inference, on top of provider list prices.