Weekly recap
What changed in LLM pricing — Week of 28 September – 4 October 2026
In the week of 28 September – 4 October 2026, we recorded 7 price changes (5 cuts, 2 increases) and 4 new models across the LLM providers we track. The biggest cut was Qwen3.7 Plus output, down 47% ($3.00 → $1.60 per 1M tokens).
The median cut this week was 20%. Figures are from our daily re-check of official provider pricing; see the live tracker for the full history.
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Price changes
5
Price drops
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Price increases
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New models
Price cuts in Week of 28 September – 4 October 2026
Models that got cheaper, biggest cut first. Click a column to sort.
| Qwen3.7 Plus | Output | $3.00/1M | $1.60/1M | -47% | 28 September 2026 | Alibaba |
| Qwen3.7 Plus | Input | $0.500/1M | $0.400/1M | -20% | 28 September 2026 | Alibaba |
| Qwen3.7 Plus | Cached input | $0.050/1M | $0.040/1M | -20% | 28 September 2026 | Alibaba |
| Qwen3.7 Plus | Cache write | $0.625/1M | $0.500/1M | -20% | 28 September 2026 | Alibaba |
| deepseek-v4-1-flash | Input | $0.035/1M | $0.030/1M | -14% | 28 September 2026 | DeepSeek |
Price increases in Week of 28 September – 4 October 2026
| deepseek-v4-1-flash | Cached input | $0.001/1M | $0.006/1M | +500% | 28 September 2026 | DeepSeek |
| deepseek-v4-1-flash | Output | $0.290/1M | $0.600/1M | +107% | 28 September 2026 | DeepSeek |
Models launched in Week of 28 September – 4 October 2026
- deepseek-v4-1-flash· DeepSeek$0.030/1M · 28 September 2026
- Qwen3.5 Flash· Alibaba$0.100/1M · 28 September 2026
- Qwen3.7 Flash· Alibaba$0.030/1M · 28 September 2026
- Qwen3.8 Omni Flash· Alibaba$0.150/1M · 28 September 2026
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