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  "source": "CostMyAI Intelligence",
  "month": "2026-10",
  "monthLabel": "October 2026",
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  "trackingSince": "2026-07-31T20:55:35.47+00:00",
  "licence": "Free to reuse with attribution to CostMyAI.",
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      "id": "kpi-multi-host",
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      "value": "+9386.8%",
      "label": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 at OpenInference",
      "detail": "Price increase recorded in October 2026. $0.0041 to $0.011 per MTok in.",
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      "id": "move-up-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-latest-openrouter",
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      "label": "~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest at OpenRouter",
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    },
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      "id": "move-up-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-latest-openrouter",
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      "label": "~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest at OpenRouter",
      "detail": "Price increase recorded in October 2026. $0.0064 to $0.0061 per MTok in.",
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    {
      "id": "move-up-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-latest-openrouter",
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      "label": "~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest at OpenRouter",
      "detail": "Price increase recorded in October 2026. $0.0051 to $0.0048 per MTok in.",
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    },
    {
      "id": "move-up-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-latest-openrouter",
      "value": "+6141.3%",
      "label": "~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest at OpenRouter",
      "detail": "Price increase recorded in October 2026. $0.0059 to $0.0057 per MTok in.",
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    },
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      "id": "move-down-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-latest-openrouter",
      "value": "-98.9%",
      "label": "~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest at OpenRouter",
      "detail": "Price decrease recorded in October 2026. $0.0046 to $0.0037 per MTok in.",
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    {
      "id": "move-down-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-latest-openrouter",
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      "label": "~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest at OpenRouter",
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    {
      "id": "move-down-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-latest-openrouter",
      "value": "-98.8%",
      "label": "~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest at OpenRouter",
      "detail": "Price decrease recorded in October 2026. $0.0061 to $0.0049 per MTok in.",
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    },
    {
      "id": "move-down-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-latest-openrouter",
      "value": "-98.8%",
      "label": "~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest at OpenRouter",
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    },
    {
      "id": "move-down-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-latest-openrouter",
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      "label": "~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest at OpenRouter",
      "detail": "Price decrease recorded in October 2026. $0.0048 to $0.0038 per MTok in.",
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    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-openrouter",
      "value": "3991",
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      "detail": "3991 recorded moves across 67 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-relace",
      "value": "1077",
      "label": "Relace price moves",
      "detail": "1077 recorded moves across 9 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-wafer",
      "value": "863",
      "label": "Wafer price moves",
      "detail": "863 recorded moves across 10 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-openinference",
      "value": "724",
      "label": "OpenInference price moves",
      "detail": "724 recorded moves across 5 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-morph",
      "value": "480",
      "label": "Morph price moves",
      "detail": "480 recorded moves across 6 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-inferencenet",
      "value": "385",
      "label": "InferenceNet price moves",
      "detail": "385 recorded moves across 7 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-baidu",
      "value": "239",
      "label": "Baidu price moves",
      "detail": "239 recorded moves across 9 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-inceptron",
      "value": "166",
      "label": "Inceptron price moves",
      "detail": "166 recorded moves across 5 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "spread-z-ai-glm-5-2",
      "value": "+7023%",
      "label": "GLM 5.2 provider spread",
      "detail": "Same weights: $0.035 at Relace versus $2.50 at Decart, across 26 providers.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "spread-qwen-qwen3-8-27b",
      "value": "+4850%",
      "label": "Qwen3.8 27B provider spread",
      "detail": "Same weights: $0.020 at Tenstorrent versus $0.990 at Cerebras, across 20 providers.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "spread-z-ai-glm-5-3",
      "value": "+3400%",
      "label": "GLM 5.3 provider spread",
      "detail": "Same weights: $0.060 at Relace versus $2.10 at ModelRun, across 34 providers.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "spread-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-0731",
      "value": "+2956%",
      "label": "DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 provider spread",
      "detail": "Same weights: $0.014 at OpenInference versus $0.440 at AtlasCloud, across 24 providers.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "spread-deepseek-deepseek-v4-1-flash",
      "value": "+1794%",
      "label": "DeepSeek V4.1 Flash provider spread",
      "detail": "Same weights: $0.016 at OpenInference versus $0.300 at Venice, across 30 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 12 providers.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "spread-openai-gpt-oss-120b",
      "value": "+1067%",
      "label": "gpt-oss-120b provider spread",
      "detail": "Same weights: $0.030 at AkashML versus $0.350 at Cerebras, across 21 providers.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "spread-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash",
      "value": "+1033%",
      "label": "DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 provider spread",
      "detail": "Same weights: $0.045 at OpenInference versus $0.510 at Wafer, across 16 providers.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "band-gpqa",
      "value": "$0.036",
      "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 59.72 bar (leader 61.40 minus margin 1.68).",
      "tone": "down"
    },
    {
      "id": "band-lcr",
      "value": "$0.016",
      "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": "Qwen3.8 27B scores 48.04 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"
    }
  ]
}