AI Model Atlas / Liquid AI
LFM3-1.7B
One million input tokens cost $0.080 and one million output tokens $0.20. Context window: 262k tokens, about 437 A4 pages.
What it costs in practice
Pricing per million tokens doesn't mean anything to anyone, so I convert it to three tasks that people actually give to models. The usage assumptions are listed for each row so you can verify them.
| Task | Input | Output | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1500-word articlebrief plus finished text in English | 1,500 tokens | 2,200 tokens | $0.0006 |
| 100 chat queries700 tokens per question and 400 per answer | 70,000 tokens | 40,000 tokens | $0.01 |
| Hour of work with an agentagent reads repository and writes fixes | 250,000 tokens | 30,000 tokens | $0.03 |
Technical details
| Provider | Liquid AI |
| Modalities | text → text |
| Context window | 262k tokens (~437 A4 pages) |
| Maximum response | 8k tokens |
| Step-by-step reasoning | yes |
| Tool calling | yes |
| Forced JSON format | yes |
| Knowledge cutoff | not specified |
| Cache read | $0.020 per million |
| Content moderation | no extra filter |
How it compares to the rest
The database contains 469 models. In terms of input pricing LFM3-1.7B is more expensive than 14 percent of paid models. A longer context window is available in 253 models.
Input price history
2026-11-07 · $0.0802026-11-11 · $0.080
The chart shows the price of a million input tokens on consecutive measurement days. History starts on the day I launched the atlas and grows with each day. I don't backfill data.
Alternatives at a similar price
Models from other providers whose cost for the same article comes out closest.
| Model | Input / M | Output / M | 1500-word article | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministral 3 8B 2512Mistral AI | $0.15 | $0.15 | $0.0006 | 262k |
| Nemotron 3.5 LightningNVIDIA | $0.070 | $0.20 | $0.0005 | 262k |
| Schematron V2 SmallInference net | $0.050 | $0.23 | $0.0006 | 128k |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423DeepSeek | $0.090 | $0.18 | $0.0005 | 1M |
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