Which is cheaper, Ling 3.0 Flash or Ling 3.0 Flash VL?

Ling 3.0 Flash VL, at $0.12 per million tokens against $0.13 for Ling 3.0 Flash, three parts input to one part output, read on 26 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Ling 3.0 Flash: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.13 is the number to beat. Ling 3.0 Flash VL: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.12 is the number to beat.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 10 providers sell both: Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Novita, Vercel AI Gateway, DeepInfra, Eden AI, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Nous Portal.

Which holds more context?

Both hold 262k tokens in one call.

Ling 3.0 Flash vs Ling 3.0 Flash VL.

model vs model · prices as of 26 Sept 2026

Ling 3.0 Flash VL takes 2 of 5 rounds against Ling 3.0 Flash. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.12 per million tokens against $0.13.

InclusionAI

Ling 3.0 Flash

$0.13/M tokens

OpenRouter list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.0164 per 1,000 pages

262k context · tool calling · open weights

InclusionAIwins 2 rounds

Ling 3.0 Flash VL

$0.12/M tokens

OpenRouter list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.0163 per 1,000 pages

262k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights

List price in (lower wins)

$0.02/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.06/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

none below list

Standard price (lower wins)

$0.13/M

$0.12/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.0164

$0.0163

Context

262k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

yes

Released

23 Jul 2026

10 Sept 2026

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

OpenRouter

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 10

Nous Portal$0.13 / $0.12
OpenRouter$0.13 / $0.12
Novita$0.36 / $0.12
Vercel AI Gateway$0.13 / $0.45
DeepInfra$0.36 / $0.36
Eden AI$0.36 / $0.36
LLM Gateway$0.36 / $0.36
TrustedRouter$0.38 / $0.38

Ling 3.0 Flash then Ling 3.0 Flash VL, per million tokens · showing the 8 cheapest of 10

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What moved in the last seven days

Ling 3.0 Flash VLOpenRouterOpenRouter's list price, in and out per million tokens$0.06 / $0.18 $0.02 / $0.0665% cheaper · 26 Sept 2026
Ling 3.0 Flash VLOpenRouter$0.06 / $0.18 $0.02 / $0.0665% cheaper · 26 Sept 2026
Ling 3.0 Flash VLKilo Gateway$0.06 / $0.18 $0.07 / $0.2224% dearer · 24 Sept 2026
Ling 3.0 Flash VLNous Portal$0.06 / $0.18 $0.02 / $0.0665% cheaper · 24 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Ling 3.0 Flash or Ling 3.0 Flash VL?: Ling 3.0 Flash VL, at $0.12 per million tokens against $0.13 for Ling 3.0 Flash, three parts input to one part output, read on 26 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Ling 3.0 Flash: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.13 is the number to beat. Ling 3.0 Flash VL: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.12 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 10 providers sell both: Nous Portal, OpenRouter, Novita, Vercel AI Gateway, DeepInfra, Eden AI, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is Nous Portal.
Which holds more context?: Both hold 262k tokens in one call.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 26 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.