Models

CheapestInference serves six open-source models across two pools. A subscription is per-pool: during your reserved time blocks you get unlimited usage of every model in that pool — there is no separate full-catalog tier. Rate limits are set at the key level, not per model.

• Frontier Pool — Kimi K2.7, Kimi K2.6, GLM 5.2, MiniMax M3 (frontier coding & agentic models, from $44.20/mo with annual billing)
• Core Pool — DeepSeek V4 Flash, MiMo v2.5 (fast 1M-context models, from $5.94/mo with annual billing)

List models

Query the live, authoritative model list:

curl https://api.cheapestinference.com/v1/models \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Each model object includes an id, owned_by, and a type field so you can filter programmatically:

{
  "id": "kimi-k2.7",
  "object": "model",
  "created": 1677610602,
  "owned_by": "cheapestinference",
  "type": "chat"
}

Frontier Pool

Model	Model ID	Context	Cost basis (in / out per 1M)
Kimi K2.7	kimi-k2.7	256K	$0.45 / $2.25
Kimi K2.6	kimi-k2.6	256K	—
GLM 5.2	glm-5.2	198K	$1.40 / $4.40
MiniMax M3	minimax-m3	1M	$0.60 / $2.40

From $44.20/mo with annual billing ($52/mo monthly). Kimi K2.7 is Moonshot’s newer flagship; Kimi K2.6 remains served alongside it for teams standardized on it.

Core Pool

Model	Model ID	Context	Cost basis (in / out per 1M)
DeepSeek V4 Flash	deepseek-v4-flash	1M	$0.14 / $0.28
MiMo v2.5	mimo-v2.5	~1M	$0.14 / $0.28

From $5.94/mo with annual billing ($6.99/mo monthly, every block).

The “cost basis” is our underlying per-token cost, useful for comparison. On a time-block subscription you pay a flat monthly fee, not per-token charges. See Plans & Limits.

The set of models in a pool can change over time, and more pools may open. GET /v1/models is always the authoritative live list.

Per-model details:

• Kimi K2.7 API — Moonshot’s flagship agentic/coding model
• Kimi K2.6 API — Moonshot’s previous flagship, still served
• GLM 5.2 API — Zhipu’s coding & reasoning model
• MiniMax M3 API — frontier multimodal coding model with 1M context
• DeepSeek V4 Flash API — DeepSeek’s fast 1M-context model
• MiMo v2.5 API — Xiaomi’s fast, efficient ~1M-context model

Note

The model list above is a snapshot. The authoritative list always comes from GET /v1/models. Models may be added, swapped, or updated as new frontier releases ship.

Using models

Specify the model ID in your request:

# OpenAI SDK
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="kimi-k2.7",  # or "glm-5.2", "minimax-m3", "deepseek-v4-flash", ...
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)

All models work through the OpenAI endpoint (/v1/chat/completions) and the Anthropic-compatible endpoint (/anthropic/v1/messages). The API handles format translation automatically. Your key serves the models of the pool you subscribed to.