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
USD_CREDIT · Lowest 0.0045 · median 0.03 · highest 0.2 · 167 quotes USD / per million tokens, site credit
CNY_CREDIT · 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.
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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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| 01 | llmhub.ltdAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | default Both GPT and Claude available, uniformly 20% of official site price, image2 4 fen (0.04 CNY) per image [machine translation]Original: GPT Claude都可用，统一官网价格2折，image2 4分一张 Operator pending verification | 0.0036 | 0.0072 | 0.000036 | 0.0045Median price ÷ this price: 6.666666666666666666666666666666666667× | Full prices and sources |
| 02 | airouter.mxyhi.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | default Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 0.011 | 0.011 | — | 0.011Median price ÷ this price: 2.727272727272727272727272727272727273× | Full prices and sources |
| 03 | api.aabao.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 6 plans 1 more site 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 special price [machine translation]Group on site: OpenAI特价 OpenAI special price (0.6x rate multiplier) [machine translation]Original: OpenAI特价（0.6倍率） Operator pending verification | 0.012 | 0.012 | — | 0.012Median price ÷ this price: 2.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 03 | api.aabao.vipAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 6 plans 1 more site 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 special price [machine translation]Group on site: OpenAI特价 OpenAI special price (0.6x rate multiplier) [machine translation]Original: OpenAI特价（0.6倍率） Operator pending verification | 0.012 | 0.012 | — | 0.012Median price ÷ this price: 2.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 05 | wolfai.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | Azure Claude+OpenAI | Microsoft Azure pure-blood (all official) official relay channel [machine translation]Original: Claude+OpenAI｜微软 Azure 纯血官转渠道 Operator pending verification | 0.015 | 0.015 | — | 0.015Median price ÷ this price: 2× | Full prices and sources |
| 06 | 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. | Low-price perk | fluctuating temporary resources [machine translation]Group on site: 低价福利 | 波动临时资源 ✨️Multi-model relay, low price [machine translation]Original: ✨️多模型中转，低价 Operator pending verification | 0.016 | 0.016 | — | 0.016Median price ÷ this price: 1.875× | Full prices and sources |
| 06 | 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. | Low-price perk | fluctuating temporary resources [machine translation]Group on site: 低价福利 | 波动临时资源 ✨️Multi-model relay, low price [machine translation]Original: ✨️多模型中转，低价 Operator pending verification | 0.016 | 0.016 | — | 0.016Median price ÷ this price: 1.875× | Full prices and sources |
| 06 | 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. | Low-price perk | fluctuating temporary resources [machine translation]Group on site: 低价福利 | 波动临时资源 ✨️Multi-model relay, low price [machine translation]Original: ✨️多模型中转，低价 Operator pending verification | 0.016 | 0.016 | — | 0.016Median price ÷ this price: 1.875× | Full prices and sources |
| 09 | cnapi.kksj.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans | default Default group, AZ channel plus official reverse-engineered channel for some models, AZ first, reverse-engineered as fallback, auto-tuning (default) [machine translation]Original: 默认分组,AZ渠道加部分模型官方逆向渠道,优先AZ,保底逆向,自动调优(default) Operator pending verification | 0.018 | 0.018 | — | 0.018Median price ÷ this price: 1.666666666666666666666666666666666667× | Full prices and sources |
| 10 | api.132999.xyzAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans | default Default [machine translation]Original: 默认 Operator pending verification | 0.02 | 0.0002 | — | 0.01505Median price ÷ this price: 1.993355481727574750830564784053156146× | Full prices and sources |
| 10 | api.132999.xyzAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans | svip Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 0.02 | 0.0002 | — | 0.01505Median price ÷ this price: 1.993355481727574750830564784053156146× | Full prices and sources |
| 10 | api.132999.xyzAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans | vip vip group [machine translation]Original: vip分组 Operator pending verification | 0.02 | 0.0002 | — | 0.01505Median price ÷ this price: 1.993355481727574750830564784053156146× | Full prices and sources |
| 10 | 123api.coAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | default Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 0.02 | 0.02 | — | 0.02Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 10 | 35.aigcbest.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | default ⭐ Recommended | all-model automatic load optimization, highest availability [machine translation]Original: ⭐ 推荐 | 全模型自动负载优化最高可用性 Operator pending verification | 0.02 | 0.02 | — | 0.02Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 10 | 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. | default Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 0.02 | 0.02 | — | 0.02Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 10 | 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. | svip Pure Azure [machine translation]Original: 纯Azure Operator pending verification | 0.02 | 0.02 | — | 0.02Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 10 | ai.vstecscloud.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Sanyoubao-new [machine translation]Group on site: 三游宝-新 Operator pending verification | 0.02 | 0.02 | — | 0.02Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 10 | aigcbest.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 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. | default ⭐ Recommended | all-model automatic load optimization [machine translation]Original: ⭐ 推荐 | 全模型自动负载优化 Operator pending verification | 0.02 | 0.02 | — | 0.02Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 10 | api.2slk.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | Official relay [machine translation]Group on site: 官转 Official API forwarding [machine translation]Original: 官方API转发 Operator pending verification | 0.02 | 0.02 | — | 0.02Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 10 | api.aabao.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 6 plans 1 more site 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. | default Default group (1.0x rate multiplier) [machine translation]Original: 默认分组（1.0倍率） Operator pending verification | 0.02 | 0.02 | — | 0.02Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 10 | api.ai-gaochao.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 17 plans | Evan Evan Operator pending verification | 0.02 | 0.02 | — | 0.02Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 10 | api.ai-gaochao.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 17 plans | GZD GZD Operator pending verification | 0.02 | 0.02 | — | 0.02Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 10 | api.ai-gaochao.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 17 plans | Premium Premium Operator pending verification | 0.02 | 0.02 | — | 0.02Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 10 | api.ai-gaochao.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 17 plans | SSVIP SSVIP Operator pending verification | 0.02 | 0.02 | — | 0.02Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 10 | api.ai-gaochao.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 17 plans | XM XM Operator pending verification | 0.02 | 0.02 | — | 0.02Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | 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.
How do I use OpenAI · text-embedding-3-small in Claude Code or Codex?
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