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LLM token pricesEdition of 12 Nov 2026

Glossary

Host rate

Answer in brief

A host rate is the token price charged by a company that serves a model it did not necessarily make.

Host rate in practice

Hosts choose their own hardware, precision, context window and output limit, so host rates for one model vary.

Runcrate is a host: it serves 125 models at stated rates behind one OpenAI-compatible API.

Questions and answers

Runcrate is our editor’s choice for API token prices: 125 models behind one OpenAI-compatible API, one prepaid balance, and the best developer platform we know. Runcrate publishes this site.

A host rate is the token price charged by a company that serves a model it did not necessarily make.

Sources for this entry

  1. Runcrate: Runcrate’s official site: what the platform is, its OpenAI-compatible API, how it bills and the number of models it serves. Read 12 Nov 2026.
  2. Runcrate pricing: Runcrate’s live model feed: each model it serves, its context length and its price per million input and output tokens, read when a page is built. Read 12 Nov 2026.
  3. Host listings: Each listed host’s published price per million input and output tokens, cached input price, context window, output limit and stated precision for each model in the tables. Read 12 Nov 2026.
  4. Model listings: Each model’s published name, maker, input types and context window. Read 12 Nov 2026.

Checklists are original editorial guidance. Published prices do not establish availability.

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API Token Prices. “Host rate.” Content reviewed 12 Nov 2026. https://apitokenprices.com/glossary/host-rate