phi-4-mini pricing

phi-4-mini is priced at $0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.20 per 1M output tokens, with roughly 80 ms to first token and about 150 tokens/sec output throughput.

Price per 1M tokens

Input $0.10 · Output $0.20 · Output/input ratio 2.0x.

  • 1M input + 1M output tokens: $0.30
  • 10M input + 2M output tokens/month: $1.40
  • 100M input + 20M output tokens/month: $14.00

Cheaper alternatives to phi-4-mini

Same workload, lower output price. Validate quality before switching.

  • gemini-2.5-flash-lite — $0.15/1M output (25% cheaper)

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