Large language models.
Gemini 3.8 Flash costs $0.75 per million input tokens today and $1.50 from 1 January 2027. Google says so on its own pricing page. 3 lines of your bill double that day, and one of them is not the one people watch.
3 numbers separate the two new flagship models. Both charge $10 per million input tokens. What actually decides your bill is cached context, where one is 4x cheaper than the other.
Best Open-Weight AI Models in 2026: Mistral vs Qwen vs Kimi vs Llama
Four real self-hostable AI models compared — Mistral Large 3, Qwen 4, Kimi K3 and Llama — on price, context window, coding strength and India fit.
Mistral AI's new flagship is open-weight, cheap and strong at coding — here's what Mistral Large 3 and Le Chat actually offer Indian users.
Perplexity vs ChatGPT vs Gemini: Best AI for Search & Research (India 2026)
Which AI is best for searching the web and researching with real sources? We compare Perplexity, ChatGPT and Gemini for accuracy, citations, speed and India value in 2026.
Google launched Gemini 3.6 Flash and 3.5 Flash-Lite — faster, cheaper AI built for agents at scale. 350 tokens/sec, big cost cuts, and great value for Indian devs and startups. What's new and who should use them.
The most popular AI chat assistant, by OpenAI.
Careful, well-structured AI for writing and coding, by Anthropic.
Free, open frontier AI — Kimi K3 rivals GPT & Claude.
Google's AI, deeply tied into Android & Search.
xAI's fast, low-cost AI — strong at coding and agentic work.
Powerful open-weight AI at a fraction of the cost.
OpenAI
Anthropic
Alibaba