How much does Weaver (alpha) cost per million tokens?

Weaver (alpha) costs $0.4 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens at list price.

What is the context window of Weaver (alpha)?

Weaver (alpha) accepts up to 8,000 tokens of context and returns up to 6,000 output tokens.

How much do 1,000 chat messages cost with Weaver (alpha)?

About $0.78, assuming 1,000 input + 500 output tokens per message.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Weaver (alpha)?

In the same price range, OpenAI GPT-6 Luna Pro ($0.1 / $0.5), OpenAI GPT-6 Luna ($0.1 / $0.5), Qwen Qwen3.8 Omni Flash ($0.15 / $0.47) cost less per token. Quality differs: test on your own prompts.

Where can I buy Mancer API credits for less?

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

Mancer · live price

Weaver (alpha) API pricing

An attempt to recreate Claude-style verbosity, but don't expect the same level of coherence or memory. Meant for use in roleplay/narrative situations.

Small and cheap (under $1 per 1M)

Input: $0.4; per 1M tokens
Output: $0.75; per 1M tokens
Cached input: –; per 1M tokens
Context: 8K; 6K max output

List price from OpenRouter, which passes Mancer's price through without markup. Refreshed hourly. Released August 2, 2023. Model id mancer/weaver.

What Weaver (alpha) costs in practice

At list price, before any batch or caching discount.

1,000 chat messages

$0.78

1,000 input + 500 output tokens each

1,000 RAG questions

$3.57

8,000 input + 500 output tokens each

100 coding-agent steps

$1.35

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

Weaver (alpha) price history

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

Weaver (alpha) price by host

One host serves this model through OpenRouter.

Mancer 2$0.4 in · $0.75 out · 8K ctx · 100.0% uptime 24h

Where to buy Mancer credits for less

Weaver (alpha) 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

Disclosure: this site is run by the team behind smaaart, one of the options compared. Tables are ranked by price only, from live quotes and published fees, including when smaaart isn't first. How we compare

Weaver (alpha) cost calculator

Enter your monthly tokens to price your own usage.

Model$0.4 in / $0.75 out per 1M tokens · list price, liveInput tokens / month (millions)Output tokens / month (millions)

Usage at list price$27.50/ month(quotes below are for $28.00: purchases run from $5.00 to $10,000.00)

Cheaper alternatives to Weaver (alpha)

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-6 Luna Pro	$0.1	$0.5	$0.2	1.1M
OpenAI: GPT-6 Luna	$0.1	$0.5	$0.2	1.1M
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Omni Flash	$0.15	$0.47	$0.23	1M
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	$0.03	$0.5	$0.147	1.0M
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash	$0.15	$0.47	$0.23	1M
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash	$0.15	$0.5	$0.237	1.0M