Cheaper Inference pools demand to slash AI inference costs 40.5% across 502 models
NandoDF · x · 2026-11-11
Cheaper Inference aggregates customer demand to negotiate bulk discounts with AI labs and data centers, offering 502 models (including all frontier models) at a 24h token-weighted average discount of 40.5%.
- Three levers: volume deals with labs, data centers competing for pooled demand, and acquiring unused spend commitments/excess capacity
- Examples: DeepSeek v4.1-flash at $0.15/M input, $0.60/M output (45-50% off); Claude Sonnet 4.6 at 35% off
- ZDR available; one API key spans text, image, video, audio and more
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