Aion-3.0-Mini
by Aion Labs · aion-labs/aion-3.0-mini · #172 cheapest of 325 paid models
Prices updated Jul 22, 2026, 1:33 AM UTC · refreshed hourly
Aion-3.0 Mini is a multi-model roleplaying and storytelling system from AionLabs, built on the DeepSeek family of models. It uses a collaborative generation process in which multiple specialized models each...
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Pricing
Input
$0.70
per 1M tokens
Output
$1.40
per 1M tokens
Blended (3:1)
$0.875
3 input : 1 output
Cache read
$0.18
per 1M cached tokens
Cache write
—
per 1M tokens
Cache & batch economics
Effective prices for Aion-3.0-Mini with prompt caching.
| Cache hit rate | Effective blended $/1M | Example request* | vs no cache |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0% | $0.875 | $0.0728 | — |
| 50% | $0.68 | $0.0468 | −36% |
| 90% | $0.524 | $0.026 | −64% |
*Example: 100K sticky context + 2K new input + 1K output. Batch discount is an approximate 50% off list rates (available for OpenAI / Anthropic / Google — not flagged for this creator). Confirm on the vendor’s pricing page.
What a request costs
| Workload | Input tokens | Output tokens | Cost / request | Cost / 1K requests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short chat message | 500 | 300 | $0.00077 | $0.77 |
| Document summary | 8,000 | 1,000 | $0.007 | $7.00 |
| Codebase question (RAG) | 30,000 | 2,000 | $0.0238 | $23.80 |
| Long-context analysis | 150,000 | 5,000 | $0.112 | $112.00 |
Specs
Context window
131K
tokens
Max output
33K
tokens
Input modalities
text
Tokenizer
Other