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Cheap coding models that hold up for agent work (October 2026)

Eight low-cost models you can run a coding agent on, with official list prices, context limits and the catches: DeepSeek's peak hours, GPT-6 Luna's tool-calling rule, MiniMax's 512K tier and Gemini's January price change.

#cheap models #deepseek #glm

Tokens Team · 3 Oct 2026

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Frontier coding models in October 2026: prices, limits and how to choose

Claude Sonnet 5.5, GPT-5.6 Sol, Grok 4.7, Kimi K3, GLM-5.3, Qwen 3.8 Max, DeepSeek V4 Pro, MiMo V2.6 Pro and MiniMax M3 compared on list price, context, tools and vision, plus a simple start-cheap, escalate-on-failure routing pattern.

#frontier models #claude #gpt

Tokens Team · 3 Oct 2026