Cheapest models that read images.
Prices checked
Qwen3.7 Flash at Eden AI leads 232 models at $0.04 per M tokens, checked .
Top 10
all 392 models- 1
Qwen3.7 Flash
Regional price
Eden AI · 1M context · $0.02 in / $0.08 out$0.04/M tokens - 2
Ministral 3 3B
Runs it themselves
Azure Cognitive Services · 131k context · $0.04 in / $0.04 out$0.04/M tokens - 3
Gemma 3 4B
Promotion
Kilo Gateway · 131k context · $0.04 in / $0.05 out$0.04/M tokens - 4
Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety
Resells
NanoGPT · 131k context · $0.05 in / $0.03 out$0.04/M tokens - 5
Nex N2.5 Mini
OpenRouter · 262k context · $0.03 in / $0.10 out$0.04/M tokens - 6
Qwen3.5-9B
Regional priceEden AI · 262k context · $0.04 in / $0.07 out$0.05/M tokens - 7
Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instruct
DeepInfra · 128k context · $0.05 in / $0.05 out$0.05/M tokens - 8
Qwen-VL OCR
Regional price
Alibaba Cloud (China) · 34k context · $0.04 in / $0.07 out$0.05/M tokens - 9
Gemma 3 12B
PromotionKilo Gateway · 131k context · $0.04 in / $0.12 out$0.06/M tokens - 10
Llama 4 Maverick
Lower precision (fp8)
Lambda · 524k context · $0.05 in / $0.10 out$0.06/M tokens
How we count
These models take an image alongside the prompt, which is how screenshots, scans and photographs of paperwork get read. 232 qualify, from $0.04. An image is charged as input tokens, so the input price is the one that moves your bill. Prices are per million tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, at each provider's standard rate.
A price below the maker's is listed only when the provider says why.
- Regional price
- A price list for one region, lower than the international one. A region, not a deal.
- Runs it themselves
- The provider runs the open weights on hardware of its own, so the price is its own rather than a resale.
- Promotion
- A discount the provider publishes, which may end.
- Resells
- The provider sells another company's endpoint, at a margin of its own or at the maker's price.
- Lower precision
- The open weights, served at a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
Frequently asked
- What is the cheapest of the models that read images right now?
- Qwen3.7 Flash at Eden AI, $0.02 in and $0.08 out per million tokens, read on 31 Oct 2026.
- Which lab shows up most in this ranking?
- Alibaba Cloud trained 3 of the top 10 models here.
- How is this ranked, and how current is it?
- Every row is the cheapest price for that model with an account behind it: the maker's own, a price below it with a published reason, or a price at or above it. A price below the maker's own with nothing to explain it is listed on the model's page and not ranked. Prices are read every 3 days from 237 providers' public catalogs, per million tokens and blended 3 in : 1 out. Last refresh: 31 Oct 2026.