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Cheapest Function Calling
by modelprices.xyz in AI models & inference
x402 APIPassing, checked 2 h ago
Cheapest tool-use LLM leaderboard: the 50 lowest-cost AI models that support function calling / tool use, ranked by token price across 70+ providers. Input, output and cache USD per 1M tokens with context window and modality flags joined in. The cheapest way to pick a model for an agent loop that needs reliable structured tool calls. Refreshed hourly.
GET https://modelprices.xyz/llm/cheapest/function-calling
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- Uptime
- 100%
- Response time
- 28 ms typical, 89 ms slowest 5%
- Last check
- 2 h ago
- Next check
- any minute now
How to call it
# See the payment challenge (nothing is charged)
curl -i -X GET "https://modelprices.xyz/llm/cheapest/function-calling"import { wrapFetchWithPayment } from "@x402/fetch";
import { x402Client } from "@x402/core/client";
import { ExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
const client = new x402Client().register(
"eip155:8453",
new ExactEvmScheme(privateKeyToAccount(process.env.AGENT_KEY)),
);
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);
// Not sure it's safe to pay? Preflight it first for $0.005:
// GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmodelprices.xyz%2Fllm%2Fcheapest%2Ffunction-calling
const res = await pay("https://modelprices.xyz/llm/cheapest/function-calling");
console.log(await res.json());Example input
{}Example output
{
"board": "Cheapest tool-use models",
"generated_at": "2026-07-14T02:00:00.000Z",
"model_count": 24,
"models": [
{
"context_window": 200000,
"id": "gemini-3-flash",
"input_per_mtok": 3,
"output_per_mtok": 15,
"provider": "anthropic"
}
]
}Security scan
- No findings. We scan names, descriptions and tool definitions for hidden instructions and other prompt-injection patterns.
Recent checks
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| 2 h ago | Passed | 402 | 29 ms | $0.01 |
| 6 h ago | Passed | 402 | 27 ms | $0.01 |
| 9 h ago | Passed | 402 | 5 ms | $0.01 |
| 13 h ago | Passed | 402 | 7 ms | $0.01 |
| 17 h ago | Passed | 402 | 5 ms | $0.01 |
| 20 h ago | Passed | 402 | 31 ms | $0.01 |
| 24 h ago | Passed | 402 | 89 ms | $0.01 |
| 28 h ago | Passed | 402 | 28 ms | $0.01 |
| 31 h ago | Passed | 402 | 93 ms | $0.01 |
| 36 h ago | Passed | 402 | 28 ms | $0.01 |