How much does Granite 4.0 Micro cost per million tokens?

Granite 4.0 Micro costs $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.112 per million output tokens at list price.

What is the context window of Granite 4.0 Micro?

Granite 4.0 Micro accepts up to 131,000 tokens of context and returns up to 117,900 output tokens.

How much do 1,000 chat messages cost with Granite 4.0 Micro?

About $0.07, assuming 1,000 input + 500 output tokens per message.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Granite 4.0 Micro?

In the same price range, OpenAI gpt-oss-20b ($0.018 / $0.09), Mistral Mistral Nemo ($0.019 / $0.03), inclusionAI Ling 3.0 Flash VL ($0.021 / $0.062) cost less per token. Quality differs: test on your own prompts.

Where can I buy IBM API credits for less?

Discount credit books resell OpenRouter usage below face value within their depth, OpenRouter adds a 5.5% card fee, and IBM sells its own credits at face value. The live table on this page ranks them for $100 of usage.

IBM · live price

Granite 4.0 Micro API pricing

Granite-4.0-H-Micro is a 3B parameter from the Granite 4 family of models. These models are the latest in a series of models released by IBM. They are fine-tuned for long...

Small and cheap (under $1 per 1M)

Input: $0.017; per 1M tokens
Output: $0.112; per 1M tokens
Cached input: –; per 1M tokens
Context: 131K; 118K max output

List price from OpenRouter, which passes IBM's price through without markup. Refreshed hourly. Released October 20, 2025. Model id ibm-granite/granite-4.0-h-micro.

What Granite 4.0 Micro costs in practice

At list price, before any batch or caching discount.

1,000 chat messages

$0.07

1,000 input + 500 output tokens each

1,000 RAG questions

$0.19

8,000 input + 500 output tokens each

100 coding-agent steps

$0.07

30,000 input + 2,000 output tokens each, no caching

Granite 4.0 Micro price history

No price change since we started tracking on 2026-10-01. We record prices daily; changes will show here.

Granite 4.0 Micro price by host

One host serves this model through OpenRouter.

Cloudflare$0.017 in · $0.112 out · 131K ctx · 100.0% uptime 24h

Where to buy IBM credits for less

Granite 4.0 Micro costs the same per token everywhere it's sold through OpenRouter. What changes is the price of the credits. Live quotes for $100 of usage:

#	Where you buy	You payYou pay for $100.00 of usage	vs list price	Price source
1	OrbioCardCheapest right now Credits from a discount book, plus a 5% platform fee and card processing, both included in the quote.	$85.10 incl. $2.60 card processing	-14.9%	live quote
2	smaaartCard Credits from a discount book, plus a 5% platform fee on face value. Card processing and taxes shown at checkout.	$95.00 + card processing and tax at checkout (not in this number)	-5.0%	live quote
3	Direct from the labCard Prepaid credits at face value (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google…). Taxes may apply.	$100.00 no top-up fee	list price	face value
4	OpenRouterCrypto 5% on crypto purchases. No markup on model prices.	$105.00 fees included	+5.0%	published fee
5	OpenRouterCard 5.5% on card purchases, $0.80 minimum. No markup on model prices.	$105.50 fees included	+5.5%	published fee

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Granite 4.0 Micro cost calculator

Enter your monthly tokens to price your own usage.

Model$0.017 in / $0.112 out per 1M tokens · list price, liveInput tokens / month (millions)Output tokens / month (millions)

Usage at list price$1.97/ month(quotes below are for $5.00: purchases run from $5.00 to $10,000.00)

Cheaper alternatives to Granite 4.0 Micro

Other labs' models in the same price range or the one below, cheaper per token.

Model	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Blended 3:1	Context
OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b	$0.018	$0.09	$0.036	131K
Mistral: Mistral Nemo	$0.019	$0.03	$0.022	131K
inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash VL	$0.021	$0.062	$0.031	262K
inclusionAI: Ling 3.0 Flash	$0.021	$0.063	$0.032	262K

Other IBM models

Model	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Blended 3:1	Context
Granite 4.2 8B	$0.06	$0.25	$0.107	131K

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