{
 "status": "snapshot",
 "updated": "2026-09-14",
 "methodology": "Weekly standardized snapshot, dated, per-model per-provider list pricing in USD per million tokens (input/output). See /methodology for the full sampling approach.",
 "note": "Issue 2 (2026-09-14 UTC): second weekly observation of the OpenRouter public catalog basket. Delta vs 2026-09-07: deepseek-v4-flash-0731 -57%, deepseek-v4-pro +67.5%, glm-5.3-flash +100%, kimi-k3 ~-11%; new row deepseek-v4.1-flash at official peak rate; hermes-4-70b absent from catalog. See /news/price-index-delta-2026-09-14. Official DeepSeek page now lists V4.1 Flash $0.30/$1.20 peak and keeps V4 Pro past Sept 14.",
 "anchors": [
  {
   "model": "DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (deepseek-flash)",
   "publisher": "DeepSeek",
   "provider": "Official API",
   "inputPerMTokens": 0.3,
   "outputPerMTokens": 1.2,
   "currency": "USD",
   "asOf": "2026-09-14",
   "approximate": false,
   "note": "Official peak cache-miss list rate per api-docs.deepseek.com. Off-peak $0.15/$0.60; cache-hit input $0.003-$0.006."
  },
  {
   "model": "DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813",
   "publisher": "DeepSeek",
   "provider": "Official API",
   "inputPerMTokens": 1.32,
   "outputPerMTokens": 3.96,
   "currency": "USD",
   "asOf": "2026-09-14",
   "approximate": false,
   "note": "Official peak cache-miss list rate; phase-out withdrawn — service continues past 2026-09-14."
  }
 ],
 "snapshot": {
  "asOf": "2026-09-14",
  "surface": "OpenRouter GET /api/v1/models list pricing (USD per million tokens, on-demand, no :batch rows)",
  "article": "/news/price-index-delta-2026-09-14",
  "rows": [
   {
    "model": "gpt-oss-120b",
    "slug": "openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "publisher": "OpenAI",
    "provider": "OpenRouter",
    "inputPerMTokens": 0.037,
    "outputPerMTokens": 0.17,
    "approximate": false
   },
   {
    "model": "GLM-5.3 Flash",
    "slug": "z-ai/glm-5.3-flash",
    "publisher": "Z.ai",
    "provider": "OpenRouter",
    "inputPerMTokens": 0.15,
    "outputPerMTokens": 0.5,
    "approximate": false
   },
   {
    "model": "DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423",
    "slug": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash",
    "publisher": "DeepSeek",
    "provider": "OpenRouter",
    "inputPerMTokens": 0.0886,
    "outputPerMTokens": 0.1772,
    "approximate": false
   },
   {
    "model": "Llama 4 Scout",
    "slug": "meta-llama/llama-4-scout",
    "publisher": "Meta",
    "provider": "OpenRouter",
    "inputPerMTokens": 0.1,
    "outputPerMTokens": 0.3,
    "approximate": false
   },
   {
    "model": "Qwen3.6 35B-A3B",
    "slug": "qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b",
    "publisher": "Alibaba",
    "provider": "OpenRouter",
    "inputPerMTokens": 0.1,
    "outputPerMTokens": 0.9,
    "approximate": false
   },
   {
    "model": "Hermes 4 70B",
    "slug": "nousresearch/hermes-4-70b",
    "publisher": "Nous Research",
    "provider": "OpenRouter",
    "inputPerMTokens": 0.13,
    "outputPerMTokens": 0.4,
    "approximate": false,
    "note": "Not present in the 2026-09-14 OpenRouter catalog response; last observed 2026-09-07.",
    "removed": true
   },
   {
    "model": "DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731",
    "slug": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731",
    "publisher": "DeepSeek",
    "provider": "OpenRouter",
    "inputPerMTokens": 0.06,
    "outputPerMTokens": 0.12,
    "approximate": false
   },
   {
    "model": "DeepSeek V4.1 Flash",
    "slug": "deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash",
    "publisher": "DeepSeek",
    "provider": "OpenRouter",
    "inputPerMTokens": 0.3,
    "outputPerMTokens": 1.2,
    "approximate": false,
    "note": "New row; matches official peak cache-miss rate on api-docs.deepseek.com as of 2026-09-14."
   },
   {
    "model": "Llama 4 Maverick",
    "slug": "meta-llama/llama-4-maverick",
    "publisher": "Meta",
    "provider": "OpenRouter",
    "inputPerMTokens": 0.2,
    "outputPerMTokens": 0.696,
    "approximate": false
   },
   {
    "model": "Gemini 2.5 Flash",
    "slug": "google/gemini-2.5-flash",
    "publisher": "Google",
    "provider": "OpenRouter",
    "inputPerMTokens": 0.3,
    "outputPerMTokens": 2.5,
    "approximate": false
   },
   {
    "model": "Qwen3 Coder 480B",
    "slug": "qwen/qwen3-coder",
    "publisher": "Alibaba",
    "provider": "OpenRouter",
    "inputPerMTokens": 0.3,
    "outputPerMTokens": 1.0,
    "approximate": false
   },
   {
    "model": "Kimi K2.5",
    "slug": "moonshotai/kimi-k2.5",
    "publisher": "Moonshot AI",
    "provider": "OpenRouter",
    "inputPerMTokens": 0.45,
    "outputPerMTokens": 2.25,
    "approximate": false
   },
   {
    "model": "DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423",
    "slug": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro",
    "publisher": "DeepSeek",
    "provider": "OpenRouter",
    "inputPerMTokens": 1.6,
    "outputPerMTokens": 3.2,
    "approximate": false
   },
   {
    "model": "GLM-5.3",
    "slug": "z-ai/glm-5.3",
    "publisher": "Z.ai",
    "provider": "OpenRouter",
    "inputPerMTokens": 1.4,
    "outputPerMTokens": 4.4,
    "approximate": false
   },
   {
    "model": "Grok 4.6",
    "slug": "x-ai/grok-4.6",
    "publisher": "xAI",
    "provider": "OpenRouter",
    "inputPerMTokens": 2.0,
    "outputPerMTokens": 6.0,
    "approximate": false
   },
   {
    "model": "Kimi K3",
    "slug": "moonshotai/kimi-k3",
    "publisher": "Moonshot AI",
    "provider": "OpenRouter",
    "inputPerMTokens": 2.6481,
    "outputPerMTokens": 13.2827,
    "approximate": false
   },
   {
    "model": "Claude Sonnet 4.6",
    "slug": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6",
    "publisher": "Anthropic",
    "provider": "OpenRouter",
    "inputPerMTokens": 3.0,
    "outputPerMTokens": 15.0,
    "approximate": false
   },
   {
    "model": "GPT-5.5",
    "slug": "openai/gpt-5.5",
    "publisher": "OpenAI",
    "provider": "OpenRouter",
    "inputPerMTokens": 5.0,
    "outputPerMTokens": 30.0,
    "approximate": false
   }
  ]
 }
}