India AI API Price Index, October 2026
What 427 paid chat models cost from India this month, in rupees per million tokens.
Blended = 75% input price + 25% output price per million tokens, the mix of a typical chat or RAG workload. Each "Cheapest" figure is per 1M blended.
The 25 cheapest paid models this month
Flagships, priced in rupees
How to read this
Every number is a provider list price, the same figure a direct account with that provider would charge in dollars, converted to rupees at the rate Rapid Router bills at today. Paying from India through a provider directly adds a card forex markup and 18% GST under reverse charge on top of the dollar figure; through Rapid Router the GST is on the invoice and the platform fee is charged once when you buy credits, not per request.
Tiers are by input price: flagship at $2 or more per million, mid-range from $0.40, small below that. Reasoning and vision follow each model's published capabilities. Open-weight covers models whose weights are publicly released, whoever serves them. Free-tier models are excluded; they are listed on the free tier page.
To cite: "India AI API Price Index, October 2026, Rapid Router (rapidrouter.ai/price-index)". The underlying data is the catalog snapshot, refreshed on every release. For a monthly bill for your own volume, use the cost calculator.