The cheapest Google model is Gemma 3 4B at $0.050 per million input tokens. Gemma 3 12B ($0.050) and Gemma 4 26B A4B ($0.060) round out the top three.
AI models ranked by input token price. The most affordable large language model APIs, from budget open-weight models to discounted frontier models.
The cheapest Google model is Gemma 3 4B at $0.050 per million input tokens. Gemma 3 12B ($0.050) and Gemma 4 26B A4B ($0.060) round out the top three.
Gemma 3 12B ($0.050) is the closest alternative on this metric, followed by Gemma 4 26B A4B ($0.060). See the full ranking above for the tradeoffs.
modelgrep tracks 26 Google models with live benchmarks, speed, latency and per-provider pricing, led on intelligence by Gemini 3 Flash Preview. 22 of them qualify for this ranking.