Which is cheaper, Ling 3.0 Flash or text-embedding-3-small?

text-embedding-3-small, at $0.06 per million tokens against $0.13 for Ling 3.0 Flash, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 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. text-embedding-3-small: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.06 is the number to beat.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 3 providers sell both: Nous Portal, LLM Gateway, TrustedRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is Nous Portal.

Which holds more context?

Ling 3.0 Flash, at 262k tokens against 8k.

Ling 3.0 Flash vs text-embedding-3-small.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

text-embedding-3-small takes 3 of 5 rounds against Ling 3.0 Flash. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.06 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

OpenAIwins 3 rounds

text-embedding-3-small

$0.06/M tokens

OpenAI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.012 per 1,000 pages

8k context

List price in (lower wins)

$0.02/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.06/M

$0/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

none below list

Standard price (lower wins)

$0.13/M

$0.06/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.0164

$0.012

Context

262k tokens

8k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

not stated

Reads images

Reasoning

yes

Released

23 Jul 2026

25 Jan 2024

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

OpenRouter

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 3

Nous Portal$0.13 / $0.06
LLM Gateway$0.36 / $0.06
TrustedRouter$0.38 / $0.06

Ling 3.0 Flash then text-embedding-3-small, per million tokens

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What moved in the last seven days

Ling 3.0 FlashNous Portal$0.02 / $0.05 $0.02 / $0.0625% dearer · 16 Sept 2026
Ling 3.0 FlashVercel AI Gateway$0.06 / $0.18 $0.02 / $0.0665% cheaper · 16 Sept 2026

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Ling 3.0 Flash or text-embedding-3-small?: text-embedding-3-small, at $0.06 per million tokens against $0.13 for Ling 3.0 Flash, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 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. text-embedding-3-small: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.06 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 3 providers sell both: Nous Portal, LLM Gateway, TrustedRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is Nous Portal.
Which holds more context?: Ling 3.0 Flash, at 262k tokens against 8k.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 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.