Calculate the cost of using Apertus-8B-Instruct-2509 from Hugging Face for your AI applications
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Apertus-8B-Instruct-2509 is a chat model from Hugging Face, one of 187 chat models they offer. It is priced at $0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.20 per 1M output tokens, ranking 393 out of 2661 chat models by cost and cheaper than 85% of models in this category.
Note: Use the interactive calculator above to estimate costs for your specific usage patterns.
At $0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.20 per 1M output tokens, Apertus-8B-Instruct-2509 ranks 393 out of 2661 chat models by input cost. It is more affordable compared to the median of $0.50 for chat models, and is cheaper than 85% of models in this category.
| Model | Provider | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens | vs Apertus-8B-Instruct-2509 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gpt-4.1-nano | Azure | $0.10 | $0.40 | 0% |
| gpt-4.1-nano-2025-04-14 | Azure | $0.10 | $0.40 | 0% |
| Phi-4 | Azure | $0.13 | $0.50 | +25% |
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No. Apertus-8B-Instruct-2509 costs $0.10 per 1M input tokens while gpt-4.1-nano costs $0.10 per 1M input tokens, making gpt-4.1-nano 0% more affordable for input. However, Apertus-8B-Instruct-2509 may offer different capabilities or performance characteristics that justify the price difference.
Apertus-8B-Instruct-2509 input pricing is $0.10 per 1M tokens, which is 80% below the median of $0.50 for chat models. It ranks 393 out of 2661 chat models by input cost, making it cheaper than 85% of models in this category. For output, it costs $0.20 per 1M tokens compared to the median of $1.44.
Among Hugging Face's 187 chat models, Apertus-8B-Instruct-2509 ranks 44 by input cost.
The most comparable chat models to Apertus-8B-Instruct-2509 are: gpt-4.1-nano from Azure ($0.10/1M input tokens); gpt-4.1-nano-2025-04-14 from Azure ($0.10/1M input tokens); Phi-4 from Azure ($0.13/1M input tokens); Phi-4-multimodal-instruct from Azure ($0.08/1M input tokens). These alternatives were selected based on similar capabilities, pricing, and provider diversity. You can compare any of these models in detail using the Bifrost Model Library.
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Apertus-8B-Instruct-2509 is priced based on input and output tokens. Use the interactive calculator at the top of this page to estimate costs for your specific workload. Enter your expected input and output tokens volume and the calculator will show the total cost breakdown. For reference, processing 1M input tokens costs $0.10 and generating 1M output tokens costs $0.20.