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.

Find a provider by name or address

Searching…

Browse all providers

Blended price = input × 75% + output × 25%, without cache.

Price range: lowest 0.0045 · median 0.03 · highest 0.2 (167 quotes, USD credits per million total tokens)

sites have comparable prices88150 sites list this model; approximately 56 operators

Lowest input price0.0036USD credits / 1M

Median of each provider’s lowest price0.02USD credits / 1M

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
Recent price
10	yinli.oneAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:54 UTC Collected this cycle View 8 plans	deepseek Deepseek channel [machine translation]Original: Deepseek渠道 Operator pending verification	0.02	0.02	—	0.02Median price ÷ this price: 1.5×	Full prices and sources
10	yourapi.cnAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:54 UTC Collected this cycle View 2 plans	az-special az special-price models [machine translation]Original: az特价模型 Operator pending verification	0.02	0.02	—	0.02Median price ÷ this price: 1.5×	Full prices and sources
10	yourapi.cnAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:54 UTC Collected this cycle View 2 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	zen-ai.topAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:54 UTC Collected this cycle View 3 plans	default ✨az official relay + others, 1 yuan per dao (US dollar) [machine translation]Original: ✨az官转+其他模型, 1元一刀 Operator pending verification	0.02	0.02	—	0.02Median price ÷ this price: 1.5×	Full prices and sources
10	ai.t8star.orgAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:36 UTC Collected this cycle View 6 plans 1 more site of the same company ai.comfly.org · main site Basis: 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.t8star.orgAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:36 UTC Collected this cycle View 6 plans 1 more site of the same company ai.comfly.org · main site Basis: 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	api.aabao.vipAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:31 UTC Collected this cycle View 6 plans 1 more site of the same company api.aabao.top · main site Basis: 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.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:39 UTC Collected this cycle View 6 plans 2 more sites of the same company api.bltcy.ai · main site one-api.bltcy.top Basis: 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 [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	api.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:39 UTC Collected this cycle View 6 plans 2 more sites of the same company api.bltcy.ai · main site one-api.bltcy.top Basis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. 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	api.ifopen.aiAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:40 UTC Collected this cycle View 2 plans 2 more sites of the same company aigcbest.top · main site api2.aigcbest.top Basis: 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.nekoapi.comAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:41 UTC Collected this cycle View 1 plans 1 more site of the same company nekoapi.com · main site Basis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding.	default Default (Azure + base models) \| Azure + Other Base Models [machine translation]Original: 默认（Azure + 基础模型）\| Azure + Other Base Models Operator pending verification	0.02	0.02	—	0.02Median price ÷ this price: 1.5×	Full prices and sources
10	api2.aigcbest.topAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:43 UTC Collected this cycle View 2 plans 2 more sites of the same company aigcbest.top · main site api.ifopen.ai Basis: 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	one-api.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:49 UTC Collected this cycle View 6 plans 2 more sites of the same company api.bltcy.ai · main site api.bltcy.top Basis: 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 [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	one-api.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:49 UTC Collected this cycle View 6 plans 2 more sites of the same company api.bltcy.ai · main site api.bltcy.top Basis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. 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	codechn.comAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:45 UTC Collected this cycle View 2 plans	gpt/grok Supported models: gpt, grok [machine translation]Original: 支持模型：gpt、grok Operator pending verification	0.02	0.04	0.0002	0.025Median price ÷ this price: 1.2×	Full prices and sources
10	new.yihubang.topAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:49 UTC Collected this cycle View 3 plans	GPT relay [machine translation]Group on site: GPT 中转 GPT relay [machine translation]Original: GPT 中转 Operator pending verification	0.02	0.04	0.0002	0.025Median price ÷ this price: 1.2×	Full prices and sources
10	new.yihubang.topAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:49 UTC Collected this cycle View 3 plans	gpt plus gpt plus Operator pending verification	0.02	0.04	0.0002	0.025Median price ÷ this price: 1.2×	Full prices and sources
10	new.yihubang.topAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:49 UTC Collected this cycle View 3 plans	gpt pro gpt pro Operator pending verification	0.02	0.04	0.0002	0.025Median price ÷ this price: 1.2×	Full prices and sources
69	cnapi.kksj.orgAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:45 UTC Collected this cycle View 4 plans	azpro More az concurrency group (azpro) [machine translation]Original: 更多的az并发分组(azpro) Operator pending verification	0.024	0.024	—	0.024Median price ÷ this price: 1.25×	Full prices and sources
69	api.zhiyunai168.comAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:43 UTC Collected this cycle View 2 plans 1 more site of the same company api1.zhiyunai168.com Basis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding.	Azure premium [machine translation]Group on site: Azure高级 All models stably supplied, key pool, high concurrency, supports, gpt-5.6.gpt-6-astra, gpt-image-2 native 4k [machine translation]Original: 全模型稳定供应，key池，高并发，支持，gpt-5.6.gpt-6-astra，gpt-image-2原生4k Operator pending verification	0.024	0.048	—	0.03Median price ÷ this price: 1×	Full prices and sources
69	api1.zhiyunai168.comAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:43 UTC Collected this cycle View 2 plans 1 more site of the same company api.zhiyunai168.com · main site Basis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding.	Azure premium [machine translation]Group on site: Azure高级 All models stably supplied, key pool, high concurrency, supports, gpt-5.6.gpt-6-astra, gpt-image-2 native 4k [machine translation]Original: 全模型稳定供应，key池，高并发，支持，gpt-5.6.gpt-6-astra，gpt-image-2原生4k Operator pending verification	0.024	0.048	—	0.03Median price ÷ this price: 1×	Full prices and sources
72	vakv.cnAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:52 UTC Collected this cycle View 3 plans 1 more site of the same company api.vakv.cn Basis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding.	1848 1848 Operator pending verification	0.025	0.05	0.00025	0.03125Median price ÷ this price: 0.96×	Full prices and sources
73	vakv.cnAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:52 UTC Collected this cycle View 3 plans 1 more site of the same company api.vakv.cn Basis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding.	Azure-gpt Azure all models (image generation models long fully booked, remaining concurrency is low) [machine translation]Original: Azure全模型（生图模型长期被包，剩余并发不高） Operator pending verification	0.026	0.052	0.00026	0.0325Median price ÷ this price: 0.923076923076923076923076923076923077×	Full prices and sources
74	cnapi.kksj.orgAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:45 UTC Collected this cycle View 4 plans	azplus Pure az stable group, az only (azplus) [machine translation]Original: 纯az稳定分组，只有az(azplus) Operator pending verification	0.028	0.028	—	0.028Median price ÷ this price: 1.071428571428571428571428571428571429×	Full prices and sources
75	ai.comfly.orgAsk or discussCollected: 16 Oct 2026, 07:36 UTC Collected this cycle View 6 plans 1 more site of the same company ai.t8star.org Basis: identical quotes. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding.	AZ-premium quality [machine translation]Group on site: AZ-优质 Pure Azure-premium quality, supports o1, o3 [machine translation]Original: 纯Azure-优质，支持o1、o3 Operator pending verification	0.03	0.03	—	0.03Median price ÷ this price: 1×	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

View all 4 rows →

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.

Full methodology →

Switch model

Search modelsModel529 matches; choose and submit to view prices.

Sources not accepted this cycle and reasons

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?

Install Grandet Skill, then say "Connect the cheapest OpenAI · text-embedding-3-small API to Claude Code for me". Install Skill →