Cheapest LLM API for RAG question answering (2026): Cost Ranking

Cheapest LLM for RAG Q&A over documents: OpenPaths Decision (gobed) $3.20/mo, Mistral Nemo $36.00/mo, Nex AGI: Nex-N2.5-Mini $41.41/mo for 200,000 requests. Full ranking of 172 models.