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Granite 4.2 30B pricing

Cheapest host: DeepInfra · checked Oct 23, 2026
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$0.16 / $0.65per 1M tokens in / out
$0.072per task at thinking?

Price sheetper 1M tokens

Input$0.16DeepInfra
Output$0.65
Context128Ktokens

Where to buy1 provider · per 1M tokens

ProviderInputOutputContext
DeepInfra$0.16$0.65—

In IBM's line-upper 1M in / out

Granite 4.0 Micro$0.017 / $0.11−86%
Granite 4.2 3B$0.03 / $0.12−81%
Granite 4.0 H Small$0.05 / $0.22−67%
Granite 4.2 8B$0.06 / $0.25−62%
Granite 4.2 30B$0.16 / $0.65this model
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GPT-6 Luna max-5%score ×3$0.068
MiMo v2.6 Flash thinkingOpen-13%score ×3$0.062
Agnes 2.5 Pro Beta-47%score ×2.8$0.10 / $0.30
Claude Haiku 5.5 medium-34%score ×2.7$0.047
GPT-5.6 Luna high-39%score ×2.5$0.044

Pricing questions

How much does Granite 4.2 30B cost?›

$0.16 per 1M input tokens and $0.65 per 1M output tokens. One Intelligence Index task costs about $0.072 at the default effort.

Is Granite 4.2 30B 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.

Is Granite 4.2 30B cheaper than Granite 4.1 30B?›

No: $0.16 / $0.65 against $0.10 / $0.25, 105% more per token.

What is a cheaper alternative to Granite 4.2 30B?›

GPT-6 Luna at max effort costs -5% per task with a score ×3 on Humanity's Last Exam.