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Step 5 Preview API pricing: cheapest provider

2 providers sell Step 5 Preview. DeepInfra is cheapest, and listed prices are close.

Cheapest$1.43per 1M · DeepInfra
Input · output$1.00 / $2.70per 1M tokens
Price gap1.0×across 2 providers
Context1Mmax tokens

$1.43 DeepInfraclose prices$1.43 Novita AI

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Standard list prices in USD from each provider's pricing page · last price change Oct 18, 2026 · How we collect and rank prices

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Step 5 Preview monthly cost by provider

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Input tokens per month (millions)Prompts, context and documents you send.Output tokens per month (millions)Tokens the model generates.

More requirements: caching, context, features, provider

Cached share of input (%)0 = no caching. Only documented cache-read rates qualify.Required context per request (tokens)0 = any. Providers without a sufficient known limit are excluded.Required featureProvider requirement

Provider	Estimated / month	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Cached input / 1M	Context
1 DeepInfraInference provider - lowest for your volumePricing page	$15.40	$1.00	$2.70	$0.10	1,048,576
2 Novita AIInference providerPricing page	$15.40	$1.00	$2.70	$0.10	1,000,000

Order depends on listed price for your volume only. No provider pays for its position.

Input volume includes the cached share, not an additional token volume. This is a list-price estimate, not a quote: cache-write charges, cache eligibility/TTL, batch discounts, long-context surcharges, regional pricing and taxes are excluded. Check the provider's terms for your workload before switching.

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| Step 5 Preview provider | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens | 10M in + 2M out per month |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| DeepInfra | $1.00 | $2.70 | $15.40 |
| Novita AI | $1.00 | $2.70 | $15.40 |

Standard list prices as of Oct 31, 2026. Source: [AISelect.online](https://aiselect.online/models/step-5-preview)

Price history

Cheapest blended price: $1.43 on Oct 15, 2026, now $1.43 at DeepInfra (0%).

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Oct 15, 2026: $1.43 at Novita AI
Oct 18, 2026: $1.43 at DeepInfra

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Already using the OpenAI SDK? Change the base URL, key and model name:

from openai import OpenAI
import os

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.deepinfra.com/v1/openai",
    api_key=os.environ["DEEPINFRA_API_KEY"],
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="stepfun-ai/Step-5-Preview",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)

Base URL from DeepInfra's API docs, model name from the open pricing datasets. Check the model page in DeepInfra's docs before you switch production traffic.

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Context windows differ by provider, from 1M to 1M tokens. A cheaper host may not accept your longest prompts.

2 of 2 providers list a cached-input price. Repeated system prompts or documents can cost much less there than the standard input rate shown above.

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