KuraberuAIupdated 16 Sept 2026

Nscale model pricing.

prices as of · 9 models · 9 prices

Serves open-weight models from its own datacenters in the UK and Norway.

Nscale is a regional cloud selling 9 models, from $0.12 per million tokens for Llama 3.1 8B Instruct, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Nscale website ↗

Kind of provider

Regional cloud

based in GB

Where it runs

not stated

no regions published

How you pay

not stated

no payment terms published

Free tier

none published

nothing given away

Where Nscale's prices land, and why

Nscale publishes 9 prices we can compare, and 6 of them are below the list price for that model. 5 of those have a published reason behind them, so they rank like any other price. The other 1 sit below list on models whose weights are closed, with nothing published to account for the gap, so they are listed here in full and ranked nowhere on the site. Nobody here has read its terms yet, so treat what it says about itself as its own claim.

Nscale does not say whether it trains on what you send it. It does not say how long it keeps requests.

not yet checked: terms

Models to start with

all 9 prices ↓

Everything Nscale sells, against the list price

Cheapest first inside each group. The share is this row against the price the lab that trained the model charges.

Cheaper, and we know why

5 prices

Below list, with a published reason: hosting the open weights, a regional price list, credits, a stated discount.

  • Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

    Meta · 131k context

    Hosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.

    Nscale ↗

    $0.03 / $0.03in / out per M

    0.52×of list price

  • Qwen3 8B

    Alibaba Cloud · 131k context

    Hosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.

    Nscale ↗

    $0.07 / $0.18in / out per M

    0.31×of list price

  • Qwen3 14B

    Alibaba Cloud · 131k context

    Hosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.

    Nscale ↗

    $0.07 / $0.20in / out per M

    0.17×of list price

  • Qwen3 235B-A22B

    Alibaba Cloud · 131k context

    Hosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.

    Nscale ↗

    $0.20 / $0.60in / out per M

    0.24×of list price

  • R1 Distill Llama 70B

    DeepSeek · 8k context

    Hosts the open weights on its own servers, so the price is its own, not a resale. Precision not disclosed.

    Nscale ↗

    $0.38 / $0.38in / out per M

    0.47×of list price

Same price as the maker

3 prices

The same price the maker charges, sold by someone else.

Cheaper, and nobody says why

1 price · never ranked

Below list on a closed model with nothing to account for it. Shown, never ranked, never a pick.

  • Qwen3 32B

    Alibaba Cloud · 131k context

    0.11× the list price, from one source and far below what hosting the weights costs. Listed until a second source agrees.

    Nscale ↗

    $0.08 / $0.25in / out per M

    0.10×of list price

Frequently asked

What is Nscale?
Serves open-weight models from its own datacenters in the UK and Norway. It sells 9 of the models we track, and trades as Nscale Global Holdings, based in GB.
Is Nscale cheaper than buying from the maker?
6 of its 9 prices sit below the list price for the model, and 5 of those have a published reason behind them, so they can lead a ranking. 1 are listed and never ranked.
Does Nscale train on what you send it?
Nscale does not say whether it trains on what you send it. It does not say how long it keeps requests.
How current are these Nscale prices?
They come from the public catalogs we read, last read 16 Sept 2026. Prices exclude tax.