How much does Ling 3.0 Flash VL cost per million tokens?

Ling 3.0 Flash VL costs $0.021 per million input tokens and $0.062 per million output tokens at list price, and $0.0042 per million cached input tokens.

What is the context window of Ling 3.0 Flash VL?

Ling 3.0 Flash VL accepts up to 262,144 tokens of context and returns up to 32,768 output tokens.

How much do 1,000 chat messages cost with Ling 3.0 Flash VL?

About $0.05, assuming 1,000 input + 500 output tokens per message.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Ling 3.0 Flash VL?

In the same price range, Mistral Mistral Nemo ($0.019 / $0.03) cost less per token. Quality differs: test on your own prompts.

Where can I buy inclusionAI API credits for less?

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

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Ling 3.0 Flash VL API pricing

Ling 3.0 Flash VL builds on Ling 3.0 Flash (124B total / 5.5B active MoE from InclusionAI), further strengthening its language capabilities while adding native visual perception and advanced visual...

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Input: $0.021; per 1M tokens
Output: $0.062; per 1M tokens
Cached input: $0.0042; per 1M tokens
Context: 262K; 33K max output

List price from OpenRouter, which passes inclusionAI's price through without markup. Refreshed hourly. Released September 10, 2026. Model id inclusionai/ling-3.0-flash-vl.

What Ling 3.0 Flash VL costs in practice

At list price, before any batch or caching discount.

1,000 chat messages

$0.05

1,000 input + 500 output tokens each

1,000 RAG questions

$0.20

8,000 input + 500 output tokens each

100 coding-agent steps

$0.08

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

Ling 3.0 Flash VL price history

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

Ling 3.0 Flash VL price by host

2 hosts serve this model. Prices are the same or higher than list; the cheapest are first.

Novita$0.021 in · $0.062 out · 262K ctx · 99.8% uptime 24h
DeepInfra$0.06 in · $0.18 out · 131K ctx · 99.9% uptime 24h

Where to buy inclusionAI credits for less

Ling 3.0 Flash VL 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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Ling 3.0 Flash VL cost calculator

Enter your monthly tokens to price your own usage.

Model$0.021 in / $0.062 out per 1M tokens · list price, liveInput tokens / month (millions)Output tokens / month (millions)

Usage at list price$1.67/ month(quotes below are for $5.00: purchases run from $5.00 to $10,000.00)

Cheaper alternatives to Ling 3.0 Flash VL

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

Model	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Blended 3:1	Context
Mistral: Mistral Nemo	$0.019	$0.03	$0.022	131K

Other inclusionAI models

Model	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Blended 3:1	Context
Ling 3.0 Flash Fin	$0.06	$0.18	$0.09	262K
Ling 3.0 Flash	$0.021	$0.063	$0.032	262K

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