Gemma 4 26B-A4B pricing
Gemma 4 26B-A4B, Small-tier from Parasail, costs $0.13 per 1M input tokens and $0.40 per 1M output tokens.
Input$0.13per 1M tokens
Output$0.40per 1M tokens
Context window—tokens
TierSmallParasail
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Specs and pricing
| Provider | Parasail |
| Tier | Small |
| Context window | — |
| Max output | — |
| Input price | $0.13 / 1M tokens |
| Output price | $0.40 / 1M tokens |
| Cache read | $0.05 / 1M tokens |
| Modalities | text |
Note. Parasail elastic-endpoint serverless pricing, listed by the seller as price per 1M tokens: $0.13/1M input, $0.4/1M output, $0.05/1M cache read; no conversion needed.
What it costs at realistic volumes
Assuming a 4:1 input:output token ratio, a common shape for chat and RAG-style workloads:
| Volume (4:1 in:out ratio) | Input cost | Output cost | Total / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000,000 in / 250,000 out | $0.13 | $0.10 | $0.23 |
| 10,000,000 in / 2,500,000 out | $1.30 | $1.00 | $2.30 |
| 100,000,000 in / 25,000,000 out | $13.00 | $10.00 | $23.00 |
Cheaper alternatives
Same tier (Small), a different provider, and a lower blended cost at the 4:1 ratio used above:
| Model | Provider | $/1M in | $/1M out | At the 4:1 ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-Turbo | DeepInfra | $0.02 | $0.04 | 87% cheaper blended |
| Solar Pro 4 | OpenRouter | $0.03 | $0.12 | 73.9% cheaper blended |
| GPT-OSS 20B | OpenRouter | $0.03 | $0.13 | 72.8% cheaper blended |
| schematron-v2-turbo | inference.net | $0.03 | $0.15 | 70.7% cheaper blended |
| Amazon Nova Micro | Amazon (Nova) | $0.035 | $0.14 | 69.6% cheaper blended |