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Which model should I use to ask questions of documents over 200,000 tokens, and what will it cost each month?
DRAFT — placeholder editorial, not approved. Models under 200,000 tokens of context are left out on purpose. The score weighs the context window, the input rate this long prompt actually pays, and a cited MRCR result. A long window is not a promise that the model uses the whole document well.
Fifteen long questions a day. Most of the bill is the document in the prompt, not the answer.
160 models cleared the bar.303 failed the lab, provider, or specialty bar.56 failed a capability filter.0 listed at $0 were left out.0 had no usable price.
Top pick
$94.64 / month
Best mix of context window and the long-prompt price: 1,048,576-token window, billed at $1.25 per 1M input on this workload, MRCR 98.3.
Score 111.9 · $1.25 input · $4.25 output per 1M · context 1,048,576 · 16 providers
Budget pick
$10.60 / month
Best long-context value among the cheaper models: 1,000,000-token window, billed at $0.14 per 1M input on this workload, MRCR 78.7.
Score 94.7 · $0.14 input · $0.28 output per 1M · context 1,000,000 · 52 providers
Premium pick
$151 / month
Best long-context mix among the models that cost more: 1,000,000-token window, billed at $2.00 per 1M input on this workload, MRCR 92.9.
Score 106.1 · $2.00 input · $6.00 output per 1M · context 1,000,000 · 32 providers
DRAFT — placeholder. Do not treat this as a reason to avoid the pick. A finished note should warn that a long context window does not mean the model will use the whole document well.
DRAFT — placeholder. Prompt caching matters more here than on short chats. The calculator has a cache-hit field for that.
The three cards follow the inputs. Fit, and who holds each role, stays on the reference workload.
| Score | Model | Monthly | Input | Output | Context | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111.9 | Muse Spark 1.3 | $94.64 | $1.25 | $4.25 | 1,048,576 | 16 |
| 107.6 | DeepSeek V4 Pro | $98.71 | $1.32 | $3.96 | 1,000,000 | 58 |
| 106.1 | Qwen3.8 Max | $151 | $2.00 | $6.00 | 1,000,000 | 32 |
| 102.9 | Muse Spark 1.2 | $94.64 | $1.25 | $4.25 | 1,048,576 | 18 |
| 94.8 | Qwen3.7 Plus | $30.35 | $0.40 | $1.60 | 1,000,000 | 30 |
| 94.8 | Qwen3.5 Plus | $33.70 | $0.40 | $2.40 | 1,000,000 | 11 |
| 94.7 | DeepSeek V4 Flash | $10.60 | $0.14 | $0.28 | 1,000,000 | 52 |
| 93.8 | Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B | $39.02 | $0.50 | $2.50 | 1,000,000 | 22 |
| 93.8 | Qwen3.6 Plus | $38.48 | $0.50 | $3.00 | 1,000,000 | 21 |
| 92.6 | GPT-6 Luna | $7.64 | $0.10 | $0.50 | 1,050,000 | 32 |
| 92.5 | Mistral Large 4 | $51.27 | $0.68 | $2.09 | 1,048,576 | 9 |
| 91.4 | GPT-5.6 Luna | $15.39 | $0.20 | $1.20 | 1,050,000 | 44 |