Pricing - Oct 31, 2026
Cheapest Web Search API for AI Agents: Prices Differ by 23x
A month of 100,000 searches costs $60 at the cheapest tracked web search API and $1,400 at the priciest. Fourteen providers compared, with the caveats.
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Pricing - Oct 31, 2026
Gemini 4 Argon Price Doubles on December 1: Is the Top GPQA Score Worth It?
Gemini 4 Argon tops GPQA Diamond at $2 / $10 per 1M tokens, but Google doubles that to $4 / $20 on December 1. Rivals score within two questions.
Pricing - Oct 25, 2026
Alibaba Cloud Qwen Pricing: The Wrong Region Costs You 51% More
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B costs $0.375 / $2.25 per 1M tokens in Alibaba's Singapore region and $0.248 / $1.485 with the Global scope. What the premium buys.
Pricing - Oct 19, 2026
Cheapest gpt-oss-120b API: Hosts Differ by 7.8x for the Same Model
gpt-oss-120b costs $0.64 a month on the cheapest tracked host and $5.00 on the priciest, for 10M input and 2M output tokens. Eighteen hosts compared.
Pricing - Oct 17, 2026
Qwen3.7 Max Costs Half as Much on Novita as on Alibaba Cloud
Same Qwen3.7 Max, two prices: Novita lists $1.25 / $3.75 per 1M tokens, Alibaba Cloud $2.50 / $7.50. What the gap means for a monthly bill.
Plans vs API - Sep 28, 2026
Is Google AI Pro Worth It for Gemini 3.8 Flash? The API Math Says Mostly No
Gemini 3.8 Flash launched for AI Pro subscribers, yet on the API it costs exactly what 3.6 Flash costs. What the $15 upgrade buys in tokens instead.