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Apertus 8B Instruct pricing
Cheapest host: Featherless · checked Oct 23, 2026
$0.11 / $0.28per 1M tokens in / out
Price sheetper 1M tokens
| Input | $0.11 | Featherless |
| Output | $0.28 | |
| Context | 66K | tokens |
Where to buy1 provider · per 1M tokens
| Provider | Input | Output | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Featherless | $0.11 | $0.28 | — |
In Swiss AI Initiative's line-upper 1M in / out
| Apertus 8B Instruct | $0.11 / $0.28 | this model |
| Apertus 70B Instruct | $0.88 / $2.08 | 7.8× |
Cheaper for the same workvs Apertus 8B Instruct
| Ling 3.0 Flash VL thinkingOpen | -40% | score ×5.1 | $0.06 / $0.18 |
| Solar Mini 4 | -42% | score ×5 | $0.37 |
| Ling 3.0 Flash Fin thinkingOpen | -40% | score ×4.7 | $0.06 / $0.18 |
| Ling 3.0 Flash thinkingOpen | -40% | score ×4.2 | $0.06 / $0.18 |
| Qwen 3.5 9B non-thinkingOpen | -39% | score ×2.7 | $0.08 / $0.13 |
Pricing questions
How much does Apertus 8B Instruct cost?›
$0.11 per 1M input tokens and $0.28 per 1M output tokens.
Is Apertus 8B Instruct free to use?›
There is no free API tier, but the weights are open: you can run it on your own hardware for the cost of compute.
What is a cheaper alternative to Apertus 8B Instruct?›
Ling 3.0 Flash VL at thinking effort costs -40% per task with a score ×5.1 on Humanity's Last Exam.