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  "source": "CostMyAI Intelligence",
  "month": "2026-10",
  "monthLabel": "October 2026",
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-04T06:28:39.487Z",
  "trackingSince": "2026-07-31T20:55:35.47+00:00",
  "licence": "Free to reuse with attribution to CostMyAI.",
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    "liveHosts": 76,
    "changesTotal": 1732,
    "increases": 754,
    "decreases": 978,
    "newModels": 1,
    "newListings": 29,
    "multiHostModels": 157
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      "id": "kpi-models",
      "value": "477",
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      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "kpi-providers",
      "value": "76",
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      "tone": "brand"
    },
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      "id": "kpi-moves",
      "value": "1732",
      "label": "Price moves in October 2026",
      "detail": "754 up, 978 down. New listings are counted separately.",
      "tone": "brand"
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      "id": "kpi-increases",
      "value": "754",
      "label": "Price increases in October 2026",
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      "id": "kpi-decreases",
      "value": "978",
      "label": "Price decreases in October 2026",
      "detail": "Observed provider price cuts recorded in the append-only ledger.",
      "tone": "down"
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      "id": "kpi-new-models",
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      "tone": "brand"
    },
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      "id": "kpi-multi-host",
      "value": "157",
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      "id": "move-up-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-openrouter",
      "value": "+1450.5%",
      "label": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash at OpenRouter",
      "detail": "Price increase recorded in October 2026. $0.028 to $0.022 per MTok in.",
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    },
    {
      "id": "move-up-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-openinference",
      "value": "+1405.5%",
      "label": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash at OpenInference",
      "detail": "Price increase recorded in October 2026. $0.0002 to $0.0050 per MTok in.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "move-up-deepseek-deepseek-v4-pro-0813-baidu",
      "value": "+900.0%",
      "label": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-0813 at Baidu",
      "detail": "Price increase recorded in October 2026. $0.132 to $1.32 per MTok in.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "move-up-z-ai-glm-5-2-baidu",
      "value": "+890.1%",
      "label": "z-ai/glm-5.2 at Baidu",
      "detail": "Price increase recorded in October 2026. $0.141 to $1.40 per MTok in.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "move-up-deepseek-deepseek-v4-pro-0813-baidu",
      "value": "+890.1%",
      "label": "deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro-0813 at Baidu",
      "detail": "Price increase recorded in October 2026. $0.133 to $1.32 per MTok in.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "move-down-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-latest-openrouter",
      "value": "-89.5%",
      "label": "~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest at OpenRouter",
      "detail": "Price decrease recorded in October 2026. $0.0045 to $0.0045 per MTok in.",
      "tone": "down"
    },
    {
      "id": "move-down-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-latest-openrouter",
      "value": "-89.4%",
      "label": "~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest at OpenRouter",
      "detail": "Price decrease recorded in October 2026. $0.0051 to $0.0050 per MTok in.",
      "tone": "down"
    },
    {
      "id": "move-down-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-latest-openrouter",
      "value": "-89.4%",
      "label": "~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest at OpenRouter",
      "detail": "Price decrease recorded in October 2026. $0.0058 to $0.0057 per MTok in.",
      "tone": "down"
    },
    {
      "id": "move-down-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-latest-openrouter",
      "value": "-89.3%",
      "label": "~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest at OpenRouter",
      "detail": "Price decrease recorded in October 2026. $0.0066 to $0.0065 per MTok in.",
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    },
    {
      "id": "move-down-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-latest-openrouter",
      "value": "-89.3%",
      "label": "~deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-latest at OpenRouter",
      "detail": "Price decrease recorded in October 2026. $0.0074 to $0.0073 per MTok in.",
      "tone": "down"
    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-openrouter",
      "value": "748",
      "label": "OpenRouter price moves",
      "detail": "748 recorded moves across 31 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-relace",
      "value": "279",
      "label": "Relace price moves",
      "detail": "279 recorded moves across 9 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-openinference",
      "value": "142",
      "label": "OpenInference price moves",
      "detail": "142 recorded moves across 4 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-morph",
      "value": "123",
      "label": "Morph price moves",
      "detail": "123 recorded moves across 6 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-inferencenet",
      "value": "109",
      "label": "InferenceNet price moves",
      "detail": "109 recorded moves across 7 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-wafer",
      "value": "102",
      "label": "Wafer price moves",
      "detail": "102 recorded moves across 8 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-baidu",
      "value": "49",
      "label": "Baidu price moves",
      "detail": "49 recorded moves across 8 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "repricer-ionstream",
      "value": "30",
      "label": "Ionstream price moves",
      "detail": "30 recorded moves across 3 models.",
      "tone": "brand"
    },
    {
      "id": "spread-deepseek-deepseek-v4-1-flash",
      "value": "+9900%",
      "label": "DeepSeek V4.1 Flash provider spread",
      "detail": "Same weights: $0.0030 at Relace versus $0.300 at Venice, across 28 providers.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "spread-qwen-qwen3-8-27b",
      "value": "+4025%",
      "label": "Qwen3.8 27B provider spread",
      "detail": "Same weights: $0.024 at Wafer versus $0.990 at Cerebras, across 17 providers.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "spread-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash-0731",
      "value": "+2795%",
      "label": "DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 provider spread",
      "detail": "Same weights: $0.015 at Relace versus $0.440 at AtlasCloud, across 26 providers.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "spread-z-ai-glm-5-3",
      "value": "+2700%",
      "label": "GLM 5.3 provider spread",
      "detail": "Same weights: $0.050 at InferenceNet versus $1.40 at Crusoe, across 32 providers.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "spread-z-ai-glm-5-2",
      "value": "+2317%",
      "label": "GLM 5.2 provider spread",
      "detail": "Same weights: $0.064 at Relace versus $1.55 at Morph, across 27 providers.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "spread-deepseek-deepseek-v4-flash",
      "value": "+1864%",
      "label": "DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 provider spread",
      "detail": "Same weights: $0.022 at Relace versus $0.440 at Cloudflare, across 16 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": "+1113%",
      "label": "DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 provider spread",
      "detail": "Same weights: $0.136 at Relace versus $1.65 at Venice, across 20 providers.",
      "tone": "up"
    },
    {
      "id": "band-gpqa",
      "value": "$0.035",
      "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": "$0.0030",
      "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": "$0.024",
      "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"
    }
  ]
}