Inference.net API

LLM 7.1/10

Aggressive open-model rates: Schematron-8B $0.04/$0.10 per 1M; broad DeepSeek/Llama/Qwen catalog with free starter credits

Inference.net API scores 7.1/10 for free value in LLM. The main constraint: Paid — Pay-as-you-go, from $0.04/M. Aggressive open-model rates: Schematron-8B $0.04/$0.10 per 1M; broad DeepSeek/Llama/Qwen catalog with free starter credits.

Category LLM Kind Paid plan

Free value score

7.1 / 10

Show the math

Model Quality 4.4/10

value = 25 artificial_analysis_score

weighted score = 0.2 * 4.4/10

Access 10/10

value = 10/10

weighted score = 0.1 * 10/10

Price Efficiency 7.5/10

value = 18181818 tok/$

weighted score = 0.7 * 7.5/10

Key metrics

DeepSeek V3.2 25 Best model

$0.055/M Price

Models

5 free

Limits may be stale — last re-verified outside this section's freshness window.

Model	Family	AA	Access
DeepSeek V3.2	—	24.7	free
Llama 4 (Scout/Maverick)	—	10	free
DeepSeek R1 family	—	—	free
Qwen3 family	—	—	free
Schematron-8B	—	—	free

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What you get

Paid — Pay-as-you-go, from $0.04/M. Aggressive open-model rates: Schematron-8B $0.04/$0.10 per 1M; broad DeepSeek/Llama/Qwen catalog with free starter credits

Up to 25M input tokens/$1 on small models — among the most aggressive pricing tracked

Gotchas

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Sources

"inference.net has the most aggressive pricing in this comparison ... Schematron-8B at $0.04/$0.10 per million tokens"
https://inference.net/content/llm-api-pricing-comparison/
"In reasoning mode, DeepSeek V3.2 scores 66 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index"
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/deepseek-v32-2-most-intelligent-open-weights-model-qnwoc

paid value llm-providers

Open service ← All LLM

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