Nemotron 3.5 Lightning pricing.
prices as of · 12 providers · 13 prices
NVIDIA's Nemotron 3.5 Lightning holds 262k tokens of context and has a reasoning mode. Open weights, so anyone may host it, which is why the prices below differ so much.
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning costs $0.08 in and $0.20 out per million tokens from OpenRouter; the cheapest price we can explain is $0.16 at NanoGPT, checked 16 Sept 2026.
OpenRouter list price
$0.44/M tokens
$0.08 in · $0.20 out
read · 88% below the market median
Cheapest price we can explain
$0.16/M tokens
$0.05 in · $0.01 out · 64% under list
NanoGPTread
What it costs for your work
OpenRouter list price
$0.06a month
cheapest we can explain · NanoGPT
$0.0306a month
difference
$0.0294saved
A page is about 600 tokens in and 60 out, a support reply 200 in and 300 out, an email 150 in and 250 out. Nothing else is counted: no cache discount, no batch rate, no free tier.
Every provider selling Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Four groups, decided by the price and by what the provider publishes about it. Prices are per million tokens, and the share is that row against OpenRouter's price. NVIDIA trained Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and sells it on no catalog we read, so the price every row is measured against is OpenRouter's.
Cheaper, and we know why
10 pricesBelow list, with a published reason: hosting the open weights, a regional price list, credits, a stated discount.
$0.05 / $0.01in / out per M
0.36×of list price
$0.05 / $0.01in / out per M
0.36×of list price
Vercel AI GatewayRoutes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
$0.05 / $0.20in / out per M
0.80×of list price
$0.05 / $0.21in / out per M
0.84×of list price
$0.07 / $0.18in / out per M
0.85×of list price
- Darkbloom
Serves the open weights at int4, a lower precision than the maker's, so not quite the same product.
int4 precision$0.07 / $0.18in / out per M
0.85×of list price
Nous PortalResells OpenRouter's catalog at 0.80× the listed price, funded by a subscription whose credits carry a 10% bonus.
$0.07 / $0.18in / out per M
0.85×of list price
CoreWeaveHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision bf16.
bf16 precision$0.07 / $0.20in / out per M
0.93×of list price
Nebius Token FactoryHosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.
1M context hereNebius Token Factory ↗$0.06 / $0.24in / out per M
0.95×of list price
$0.06 / $0.24in / out per M
0.95×of list price
Same price as the maker
3 pricesThe same price the maker charges, sold by someone else.
$0.08 / $0.20in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.08 / $0.20in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.08 / $0.20in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Frequently asked
- Who sells Nemotron 3.5 Lightning cheapest?
- NanoGPT, at $0.05 in and $0.01 out per million tokens, read on 16 Sept 2026. Routes to a host serving the open weights; precision not disclosed.
- Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning open weights?
- Yes. NVIDIA publishes the weights, so anyone may host Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, which is why 12 providers sell it and why their prices differ so much.
- How much context does Nemotron 3.5 Lightning hold?
- 262,144 tokens in one call, which is about 262k, and it can call your own functions.
- How does Nemotron 3.5 Lightning compare with the rest of the market?
- At $0.44 per million tokens, OpenRouter's price is 88% below the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.