How much does Hy4 preview cost per million tokens?

Hy4 preview costs $0.834 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens at list price, and $0.042 per million cached input tokens.

What is the context window of Hy4 preview?

Hy4 preview accepts up to 1,048,576 tokens of context and returns up to 64,000 output tokens.

How much do 1,000 chat messages cost with Hy4 preview?

About $2.08, assuming 1,000 input + 500 output tokens per message.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Hy4 preview?

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 Tencent API credits for less?

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

Tencent · live price

Hy4 preview API pricing

Tencent: Hy4 preview is a mixture-of-experts model from Tencent, with 49B active parameters out of 770B total. It is designed for coding agents, complex tool-use workflows, and productivity tasks that...

Mid-range ($1–5 per 1M)Tool callingReasoning

Input: $0.834; per 1M tokens
Output: $2.50; per 1M tokens
Cached input: $0.042; per 1M tokens
Context: 1.0M; 64K max output

List price from OpenRouter, which passes Tencent's price through without markup. Refreshed hourly. Released August 28, 2026. Model id tencent/hy4-preview.

What Hy4 preview costs in practice

At list price, before any batch or caching discount.

1,000 chat messages

$2.08

1,000 input + 500 output tokens each

1,000 RAG questions

$7.92

8,000 input + 500 output tokens each

100 coding-agent steps

$3.00

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

Hy4 preview price history

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

Hy4 preview price by host

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

DeepInfra$0.834 in · $2.50 out · 1.0M ctx · 97.7% uptime 24h
Novita$0.834 in · $2.50 out · 1M ctx · 95.9% uptime 24h
SiliconFlow$0.834 in · $2.50 out · 1.0M ctx · 100.0% uptime 24h
Tencent$0.834 in · $2.50 out · 1.0M ctx · 94.5% uptime 24h

Where to buy Tencent credits for less

Hy4 preview 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

Hy4 preview cost calculator

Enter your monthly tokens to price your own usage.

Model$0.834 in / $2.50 out per 1M tokens · list price, liveInput tokens / month (millions)Output tokens / month (millions)

Usage at list price$66.71/ month(quotes below are for $67.00: purchases run from $5.00 to $10,000.00)

Cheaper alternatives to Hy4 preview

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
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX	$0.37	$1.25	$0.59	1.0M
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	$0.03	$0.5	$0.147	1.0M
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Flash	$0.15	$0.47	$0.23	1M

Other Tencent models

Model	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Blended 3:1	Context
Hy-MT2-1.8B	$0.044	$0.177	$0.077	8K
Hy-MT2-30B-A3B	$0.074	$0.295	$0.129	8K
Hy-MT2-7B	$0.074	$0.295	$0.129	8K
Hy3	$0.132	$0.528	$0.231	262K
Hy3 preview	$0.18	$0.6	$0.285	262K
Hunyuan A13B Instruct	$0.14	$0.57	$0.248	131K

All Tencent API prices