{
  "source": "CostMyAI Intelligence",
  "month": "2026-09",
  "monthLabel": "September 2026",
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-01T00:00:01.209Z",
  "trackingSince": "2026-07-31T20:55:35.47+00:00",
  "licence": "Free to reuse with attribution to CostMyAI.",
  "totals": {
    "liveModels": 476,
    "liveHosts": 75,
    "changesTotal": 6120,
    "increases": 1953,
    "decreases": 4167,
    "newModels": 66,
    "newListings": 280,
    "multiHostModels": 156
  },
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      "id": "kpi-models",
      "value": "476",
      "label": "Models tracked",
      "detail": "Active entries in the live CostMyAI catalogue.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "kpi-providers",
      "value": "75",
      "label": "Providers tracked",
      "detail": "Distinct hosts with at least one live price.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "kpi-moves",
      "value": "6120",
      "label": "Price moves in September 2026",
      "detail": "1953 up, 4167 down. New listings are counted separately.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "kpi-increases",
      "value": "1953",
      "label": "Price increases in September 2026",
      "detail": "Observed provider price rises recorded in the append-only ledger.",
      "tone": "up"
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    {
      "id": "kpi-decreases",
      "value": "4167",
      "label": "Price decreases in September 2026",
      "detail": "Observed provider price cuts recorded in the append-only ledger.",
      "tone": "down"
    },
    {
      "id": "kpi-new-models",
      "value": "66",
      "label": "New models in September 2026",
      "detail": "Models seen for the first time in the catalogue this month.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "kpi-multi-host",
      "value": "156",
      "label": "Models on 2+ providers",
      "detail": "Identical weights served by more than one real provider.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
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      "id": "move-up-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-0731-baidu",
      "value": "+1150.0%",
      "label": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 at Baidu",
      "detail": "Price increase recorded in September 2026. $0.035 to $0.440 per MTok in.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "move-up-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-openinference",
      "value": "+1092.0%",
      "label": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash at OpenInference",
      "detail": "Price increase recorded in September 2026. $0.070 to $1.23 per MTok in.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "move-up-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-0731-baidu",
      "value": "+817.4%",
      "label": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 at Baidu",
      "detail": "Price increase recorded in September 2026. $0.048 to $0.440 per MTok in.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "move-up-gryphe-mythomax-l2-13b-openrouter",
      "value": "+733.3%",
      "label": "gryphe/mythomax-l2-13b at OpenRouter",
      "detail": "Price increase recorded in September 2026. $0.060 to $0.400 per MTok in.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "move-up-z-ai-glm-5-3-openrouter",
      "value": "+684.3%",
      "label": "z-ai/glm-5.3 at OpenRouter",
      "detail": "Price increase recorded in September 2026. $0.178 to $1.40 per MTok in.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "move-down-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-openinference",
      "value": "-94.3%",
      "label": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash at OpenInference",
      "detail": "Price decrease recorded in September 2026. $1.23 to $0.050 per MTok in.",
      "tone": "down"
    },
    {
      "id": "move-down-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-latest-openrouter",
      "value": "-89.1%",
      "label": "~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest at OpenRouter",
      "detail": "Price decrease recorded in September 2026. $0.010 to $0.0099 per MTok in.",
      "tone": "down"
    },
    {
      "id": "move-down-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-0731-openinference",
      "value": "-88.9%",
      "label": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 at OpenInference",
      "detail": "Price decrease recorded in September 2026. $0.012 to $0.0099 per MTok in.",
      "tone": "down"
    },
    {
      "id": "move-down-z-ai-glm-5-2-baidu",
      "value": "-88.8%",
      "label": "z-ai/glm-5.2 at Baidu",
      "detail": "Price decrease recorded in September 2026. $1.40 to $0.157 per MTok in.",
      "tone": "down"
    },
    {
      "id": "move-down-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-0731-baidu",
      "value": "-87.4%",
      "label": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 at Baidu",
      "detail": "Price decrease recorded in September 2026. $0.440 to $0.055 per MTok in.",
      "tone": "down"
    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-openrouter",
      "value": "2117",
      "label": "OpenRouter price moves",
      "detail": "2117 recorded moves across 93 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-baidu",
      "value": "965",
      "label": "Baidu price moves",
      "detail": "965 recorded moves across 9 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-streamlake",
      "value": "795",
      "label": "StreamLake price moves",
      "detail": "795 recorded moves across 9 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-morph",
      "value": "327",
      "label": "Morph price moves",
      "detail": "327 recorded moves across 5 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-inceptron",
      "value": "322",
      "label": "Inceptron price moves",
      "detail": "322 recorded moves across 6 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-wafer",
      "value": "270",
      "label": "Wafer price moves",
      "detail": "270 recorded moves across 9 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-deepseek",
      "value": "193",
      "label": "DeepSeek price moves",
      "detail": "193 recorded moves across 4 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-alibaba",
      "value": "140",
      "label": "Alibaba price moves",
      "detail": "140 recorded moves across 4 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "spread-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash",
      "value": "+5203%",
      "label": "DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 provider spread",
      "detail": "Same weights: $0.0040 at OpenInference versus $0.210 at Azure, across 15 providers.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "spread-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-0731",
      "value": "+4344%",
      "label": "DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 provider spread",
      "detail": "Same weights: $0.0099 at OpenInference versus $0.440 at AtlasCloud, across 27 providers.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "spread-deepseek-deepseek-v4-1-flash",
      "value": "+1794%",
      "label": "DeepSeek V4.1 Flash provider spread",
      "detail": "Same weights: $0.020 at OpenInference versus $0.375 at Venice, across 29 providers.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "spread-qwen-qwen3-8-27b",
      "value": "+1715%",
      "label": "Qwen3.8 27B provider spread",
      "detail": "Same weights: $0.025 at Reka versus $0.450 at Cloudflare, across 16 providers.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "spread-z-ai-glm-5-3-flash",
      "value": "+1400%",
      "label": "GLM 5.3 Flash provider spread",
      "detail": "Same weights: $0.020 at OpenInference versus $0.300 at Cloudflare, across 31 providers.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "spread-deepseek-deepseek-v3-2",
      "value": "+1337%",
      "label": "DeepSeek V3.2 provider spread",
      "detail": "Same weights: $0.209 at GMICloud versus $3.00 at Mara, across 13 providers.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "spread-deepseek-deepseek-v4-pro-0813",
      "value": "+1241%",
      "label": "DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 provider spread",
      "detail": "Same weights: $0.123 at Relace versus $1.65 at Venice, across 20 providers.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "spread-moonshotai-kimi-k3",
      "value": "+1132%",
      "label": "Kimi K3 provider spread",
      "detail": "Same weights: $0.280 at Relace versus $3.45 at Alibaba, across 19 providers.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "band-gpqa",
      "value": "$0.020",
      "label": "Cheapest model clearing gpqa",
      "detail": "GLM 5.3 Flash scores 91.20 on aa:gpqa, above the 91.10 bar (leader 96.10 minus margin 5.00).",
      "tone": "down"
    },
    {
      "id": "band-hle",
      "value": "$4.00",
      "label": "Cheapest model clearing hle",
      "detail": "Claude Opus 5.5 scores 61.40 on aa:hle, above the 59.73 bar (leader 61.40 minus margin 1.67).",
      "tone": "down"
    },
    {
      "id": "band-lcr",
      "value": "$0.020",
      "label": "Cheapest model clearing lcr",
      "detail": "DeepSeek V4.1 Flash scores 84.00 on aa:lcr, above the 83.67 bar (leader 88.67 minus margin 5.00).",
      "tone": "down"
    },
    {
      "id": "band-scicode",
      "value": "$4.00",
      "label": "Cheapest model clearing scicode",
      "detail": "Claude Opus 5.5 scores 66.90 on aa:scicode, above the 61.90 bar (leader 66.90 minus margin 5.00).",
      "tone": "down"
    },
    {
      "id": "band-tau-banking",
      "value": "$0.020",
      "label": "Cheapest model clearing tau_banking",
      "detail": "GLM 5.3 Flash scores 47.22 on aa:tau_banking, above the 45.72 bar (leader 50.72 minus margin 5.00).",
      "tone": "down"
    },
    {
      "id": "band-terminalbench-v2-1",
      "value": "$0.375",
      "label": "Cheapest model clearing terminalbench_v2_1",
      "detail": "Gemini 3.8 Flash scores 87.64 on aa:terminalbench_v2_1, above the 86.39 bar (leader 91.39 minus margin 5.00).",
      "tone": "down"
    }
  ]
}