API PRICES
OpenAI · text-embedding-3-small
Provider prices, cheapest first
OpenAI · text-embedding-3-small official price: not yet recorded. Cheapest relay: llmhub.ltd, group "default" 0.0045 USD_CREDIT per million total tokens (credit price, not cash, observed 2026-10-16). 88 sites have comparable prices; 150 sites list this model.Relay blended price uses 75% input and 25% output.
Price ranges per million tokens
Relay USD credit prices · Lowest 0.0045 · median 0.03 · highest 0.2 · 167 quotes USD / per million tokens, site credit
Relay CNY credit prices · Lowest 0.0104 · median 0.06 · highest 0.507 · 25 quotes CNY / per million tokens, site credit
Official prices are the vendor's cash prices. Inference providers also list cash prices and can be compared directly. Relays list prices in site credit; what you actually pay depends on each site's top-up rate, so they cannot be compared with official prices directly.
Unit: USD credits per 1M tokens. These are site-credit prices; actual cost depends on each site’s top-up rate.
Price range: lowest 0.0045 · median 0.03 · highest 0.2 (167 quotes, USD credits per million total tokens)
Relays
Prices below are in site credit, not cash.
| # | Provider | Plan / conditions | Input ↑USD credits / 1M | Output USD credits / 1M | Cache readUSD credits / 1M | BlendedUSD credits / 1M | Details |
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| 125 | www.nuwaflux.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans | gpt-az select [machine translation]Group on site: gpt-az精品 All models covered, supports 1m context [machine translation]Original: 全模型覆盖支持1m上下文 Operator pending verification | 0.07 | 0.07 | — | 0.07Median price ÷ this price: 0.4× | Full prices and sources |
| 125 | zen-ai.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans | openai 👓openai official relay, 3.5 yuan per dao (US dollar) [machine translation]Original: 👓openai官转, 3.5元一刀 Operator pending verification | 0.07 | 0.07 | — | 0.07Median price ÷ this price: 0.4× | Full prices and sources |
| 125 | poloapi.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | gpt-vip az premium-quality resources [machine translation]Original: az优质资源 Operator pending verification | 0.07 | 0.07 | — | 0.07Median price ÷ this price: 0.4× | Full prices and sources |
| 125 | xy.poloapi.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | gpt-vip az premium-quality resources [machine translation]Original: az优质资源 Operator pending verification | 0.07 | 0.07 | — | 0.07Median price ÷ this price: 0.4× | Full prices and sources |
| 130 | cnapi.kksj.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans | guan Official group, uses AZ plus official channels, can use all models on this site, most stable, very expensive!!! If other groups have it use them first; use this one when other groups stop working well [machine translation]Original: 官方分组,使用AZ加官方渠道,可以使用本站所有模型,最稳定,很贵!!!建议其它分组有的先用其它分组,其它分组不好用了再用这个 Operator pending verification | 0.076 | 0.076 | — | 0.076Median price ÷ this price: 0.4× | Full prices and sources |
| 131 | ai.comfly.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 6 plans 1 more site of the same companyBasis: identical quotes. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | openai official-premium quality [machine translation]Group on site: openai官-优质 Pure OpenAI, special-price premium-quality group [machine translation]Original: 纯OpenAI，特价优质分组 Operator pending verification | 0.08 | 0.08 | — | 0.08Median price ÷ this price: 0.4× | Full prices and sources |
| 131 | api.bltcy.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 6 plans 2 more sites of the same companyBasis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | openai official-premium quality [machine translation]Group on site: openai官-优质 Pure OpenAI, special-price premium-quality group [machine translation]Original: 纯OpenAI，特价优质分组 Operator pending verification | 0.08 | 0.08 | — | 0.08Median price ÷ this price: 0.4× | Full prices and sources |
| 131 | api.xhuoai.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | Enterprise channel [machine translation]Group on site: 企业渠道 OpenAI/Claude enterprise-grade channel, top choice for top speed and stability, ultra-high concurrency, features identical to official, 5.6/10 of list price, rate multiplier 4.0 [machine translation]Original: OpenAI/Claude企业级渠道，追求极速稳定首选，超高并发，功能与官方完全一致，5.6折，倍率4.0 Operator pending verification | 0.08 | 0.08 | — | 0.08Median price ÷ this price: 0.4× | Full prices and sources |
| 131 | deepkey.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans | gpt-openai2 gpt-openai-official KEY-channel 2 [machine translation]Original: gpt-openai-官KEY-渠道2 Operator pending verification | 0.08 | 0.08 | — | 0.08Median price ÷ this price: 0.4× | Full prices and sources |
| 131 | xinsuanai.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans | svip svip group [machine translation]Original: svip分组 Operator pending verification | 0.08 | 0.08 | — | 0.08Median price ÷ this price: 0.4× | Full prices and sources |
| 131 | ai.t8star.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 6 plans 1 more site of the same company
Basis: identical quotes. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | openai official-premium quality [machine translation]Group on site: openai官-优质 Pure OpenAI, special-price premium-quality group [machine translation]Original: 纯OpenAI，特价优质分组 Operator pending verification | 0.08 | 0.08 | — | 0.08Median price ÷ this price: 0.4× | Full prices and sources |
| 131 | api.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 6 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | openai official-premium quality [machine translation]Group on site: openai官-优质 Pure OpenAI, special-price premium-quality group [machine translation]Original: 纯OpenAI，特价优质分组 Operator pending verification | 0.08 | 0.08 | — | 0.08Median price ÷ this price: 0.4× | Full prices and sources |
| 131 | one-api.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 6 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | openai official-premium quality [machine translation]Group on site: openai官-优质 Pure OpenAI, special-price premium-quality group [machine translation]Original: 纯OpenAI，特价优质分组 Operator pending verification | 0.08 | 0.08 | — | 0.08Median price ÷ this price: 0.4× | Full prices and sources |
| 139 | www.amutes.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Openai pure official [machine translation]Group on site: Openai纯官 Openai pure official [machine translation]Original: Openai纯官 Operator pending verification | 0.084 | 0.084 | — | 0.084Median price ÷ this price: 0.4× | Full prices and sources |
| 140 | poloai.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 plans 2 more sites of the same companyBasis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | gpt-openai openai official resources [machine translation]Original: openai官方资源 Operator pending verification | 0.1 | 0.1 | — | 0.1Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 140 | www.nuwaflux.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans | gpt-official relay [machine translation]Group on site: gpt-官转 Official relay key [machine translation]Original: 官转key Operator pending verification | 0.1 | 0.1 | — | 0.1Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 140 | www.nuwaflux.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans | High-speed dedicated line [machine translation]Group on site: 高速专线 Official key forwarding/supports all models/for research/enterprise online users/commercial apps [machine translation]Original: 官方key转发/支持全模型/适合科研/企业线上用户/商业应用 Operator pending verification | 0.1 | 0.1 | — | 0.1Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 140 | yinli.oneAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 plans | GPT-Azure-high price-99% stability [machine translation]Group on site: GPT-Azure-高价-99%稳定性 Personal use/small experiments/commercial APP use, streaming first token 3-5s [machine translation]Original: 个人使用/小型实验使用/商业APP使用，流式输出首字3-5s Operator pending verification | 0.1 | 0.1 | — | 0.1Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 140 | yinli.oneAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 plans | GPT-openai official relay-high price-95% stability [machine translation]Group on site: GPT-openai官转-高价-95%稳定性 Commercial APP use, recommended when stability needs are very high, streaming first token 1-3s [machine translation]Original: 商业APP使用，稳定性要求极高推荐使用，流式输出 首字1-3s Operator pending verification | 0.1 | 0.1 | — | 0.1Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 140 | poloapi.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | gpt-openai openai official resources [machine translation]Original: openai官方资源 Operator pending verification | 0.1 | 0.1 | — | 0.1Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 140 | xy.poloapi.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | gpt-openai openai official resources [machine translation]Original: openai官方资源 Operator pending verification | 0.1 | 0.1 | — | 0.1Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 147 | hohoapi.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | gf OpenAI enterprise channel (top choice for top speed and stability) [machine translation]Original: OpenAI企业渠道（追求极速稳定首选） Operator pending verification | 0.104 | 0.104 | — | 0.104Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 148 | poloai.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 plans 2 more sites of the same companyBasis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | Enterprise top speed | one key calls all models [machine translation]Group on site: 企业极速｜一key调用全模型 ✨️Official price channel⭐️ calls official direct-connection models first l stable 24 hours l enterprise high concurrency [machine translation]Original: ✨️官方原价通道⭐️优先调用官方直连模型 l 24小时稳定 l 企业高并发 Operator pending verification | 0.11 | 0.11 | — | 0.11Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 148 | zen-ai.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans | AZ enterprise [machine translation]Group on site: AZ企业 Azure official forwarding, 5.5 yuan per 1 dao (US dollar) [machine translation]Original: Azure官方转发, 5.5元1刀 Operator pending verification | 0.11 | 0.11 | — | 0.11Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 148 | poloapi.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | Enterprise top speed | one key calls all models [machine translation]Group on site: 企业极速｜一key调用全模型 ✨️Official price channel⭐️ calls official direct-connection models first l stable 24 hours l enterprise high concurrency [machine translation]Original: ✨️官方原价通道⭐️优先调用官方直连模型 l 24小时稳定 l 企业高并发 Operator pending verification | 0.11 | 0.11 | — | 0.11Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
Special groups · 4 rows · not ranked
These plans are marked as test, internal, disabled, gated by top-up or membership, or have a near-zero ratio. They may not be purchasable or stable, so they are listed separately and left out of the ranking and statistics.
- near-zero-ratio group: 3 rows
- test or debug group: 1 rows
- zen-ai.top · free · text-embedding-3-small · Input 0.00002 / Output 0.00002 USD credits / 1M
- api.pezayo.com · codex anthropic · text-embedding-3-small · Input 0.00003 / Output 0 USD credits / 1M
- api.pezayo.com · codex · text-embedding-3-small · Input 0.0003 / Output 0 USD credits / 1M
- test-api.apiqik.online · openai · text-embedding-3-small · Input 0.006 / Output 0.006 USD credits / 1M
How this ranking works
All per-token prices: 97,455 prices from 871 sites (about 765 companies). 89,631 are ranked, from 861 sites (about 755 companies); 7,824 more are listed separately and not ranked. Prices collected up to 2026-10-17.
This model has 447 recorded prices; 234 can be compared directly (229 ranked, 5 listed separately). Not comparable yet: price not parsed yet 155, scope of the official doc price not confirmed 24, display unit not confirmed 14, tiered by rules (see Tiered prices) 12, new price under review; showing the previous one 1
186 recent · 14 stale (older than 10 days, or not updated by this refresh) · 0 unverified timestamps. Minimum and median only count recent paid prices; older prices stay in the table. 14 zero-valued pairs are separately unverified, without proof of free eligibility. Timing does not verify payment, upstream identity or quality.
Prices are converted to site credits using each site’s published ratio. What you actually pay depends on its top-up rate. Input, output and cache prices in each row come from the same plan. Several sites run by the same company take one place in the ranking: its cheapest plan, with the other sites listed under it. We judge “same company” by identical prices, status pages or homepage code; this is not a legal finding. To see every site’s prices, choose “All plans” or filter by provider.
“Self-declared unofficial channel” means the plan name itself says “reverse-engineered” or similar. We have not verified their source or quality. Minimum and median only count regular plans.
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FAQ
Which API is cheapest for OpenAI · text-embedding-3-small?
llmhub.ltd, group "default", 0.0045 USD credit per million total tokens, observed 2026-10-16. 88 sites have comparable prices.
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