Weekly recap
What changed in LLM pricing — Week of 26 October – 1 November 2026
In the week of 26 October – 1 November 2026, we recorded 3 price changes (1 cut, 2 increases) and 2 new models across the LLM providers we track. The biggest cut was Llama 3.1 8B Instruct output, down 38% ($0.040 → $0.025 per 1M tokens).
The median cut this week was 38%. 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
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Price drops
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Price increases
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New models
Price cuts in Week of 26 October – 1 November 2026
Models that got cheaper, biggest cut first. Click a column to sort.
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | Output | $0.040/1M | $0.025/1M | -38% | 26 October 2026 | Meta |
Price increases in Week of 26 October – 1 November 2026
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | Cached input | $0.150/1M | $0.750/1M | +400% | 27 October 2026 | Mistral AI |
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | Input | $0.020/1M | $0.025/1M | +25% | 26 October 2026 | Meta |
Models launched in Week of 26 October – 1 November 2026
- GPT 6.1 Terra Pro· OpenAI$1.00/1M · 27 October 2026
- GPT-6.1 Terra· OpenAI$1.00/1M · 27 October 2026
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