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Cheapest Step 3.7 Flash Inference Providers

Ranks providers by estimated cost using a 1,000-input/500-output token ratio, shown per 1 million total tokens.

Ambient currently ranks first at $0.506667 / 1M tokens via ambient/fp8.

Provider options:
4
Ranked:
4
Metric:
Estimated cost / 1M tokens

Cheapest endpoint ranking

Cheapest Step 3.7 Flash Inference Providers
RankProvider / routeEstimated cost / 1M tokensSpeed measurementsEndpoint details
#1Provider / route
Ambientambient/fp8
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$0.506667 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
5.77 s
Response starts
0.87 s
Output speed
102.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.19 / 1M tokens
Output price
$1.14 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
262.1K
#2Provider / route
StepFunstepfun/fp8
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$0.516667 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
15.42 s
Response starts
5.00 s
Output speed
48.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.2 / 1M tokens
Output price
$1.15 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.11%
Context
256K
#3Provider / route
DeepInfradeepinfra
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$0.516667 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
3.33 s
Response starts
0.23 s
Output speed
161.5 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.2 / 1M tokens
Output price
$1.15 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
262.1K
#4Provider / route
NovitaAInovita/fp8
Estimated cost / 1M tokens$0.516667 / 1M tokensSpeed measurements
500-token response
8.61 s
Response starts
3.24 s
Output speed
93.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.2 / 1M tokens
Output price
$1.15 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
262.1K

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Step 3.7 Flash endpoint guide

How to interpret the Cheapest Step 3.7 Flash Inference Providers

4 of 4 Step 3.7 Flash endpoints currently have the published data required for this ranking. Ambient leads at $0.506667 / 1M tokens via ambient/fp8. The table keeps unranked routes visible so missing measurements do not look like missing provider availability.

How estimated token cost is ranked

The cheapest ranking uses a 1,000-input/500-output-token ratio and reports the blended result per 1 million total tokens. Because providers can price input and output differently, a workload with a different token ratio may produce a different order.

Compare Ambient with the next option

StepFun currently ranks second at $0.516667 / 1M tokens. Compare that gap with input and output price, response-start time, output speed, 30-minute uptime, context length, and the exact route before deciding whether first place is meaningful for your workload.

Use the route, not only the provider name

Step 3.7 Flash has 4 published provider options, and performance data is matched to each exact OpenRouter routing tag. Different quantization, context, regional deployment, or provider configuration can change price and behavior even when the underlying model name is identical.