Melious is a third-party gateway that routes to many upstream models through one API. Gateway quotes are often among the lowest on the site, but availability, rate limits and routing can vary between models, so a low headline price is worth verifying against your own workload.
It lists 10 models on this page. Coverage spans text and chat (8) and decision models (2). The lowest-priced model hosted here is Clef Flash.
Melious is the lowest paid channel for 2 models that have at least two competing paid hosts, which is where its pricing genuinely leads rather than being the only option.
| Cheapest here? | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clef FlashDecisionclef-flashLowest anywhere | $0.034 | $0 | — | 16,384 | Lowest anywhere |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731deepseek-v4-flash-07313.5× pricier | $0.11 | $0.28 | $0.022 | 1,000,000 | 3.5× pricier |
| ClefDecisionclefLowest anywhere | $0.22 | $0 | — | 16,384 | Lowest anywhere |
| GLM-5.3-Flashglm-5.3-flash3.9× pricier | $0.11 | $0.45 | $0.022 | 1,000,000 | 3.9× pricier |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flashdeepseek-v4.1-flash8.5× pricier | $0.22 | $1.12 | $0.011 | 1,000,000 | 8.5× pricier |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017deepseek-v4.1-flash-101711.2× pricier | $0.33 | $1.34 | $0.033 | 1,000,000 | 11.2× pricier |
| Kimi K2.7 Codekimi-k2.7-code2.7× pricier | $0.61 | $3.29 | $0.17 | 262,144 | 2.7× pricier |
| Kimi K2.6kimi-k2.63.1× pricier | $0.67 | $4.01 | $0.17 | 256,000 | 3.1× pricier |
| GLM-5.3glm-5.32.3× pricier | $1.12 | $3.35 | $0.22 | 1,000,000 | 2.3× pricier |
| Kimi K3kimi-k32.4× pricier | $3.18 | $15.89 | $0.79 | 1,000,000 | 2.4× pricier |