LongCat 2.0 pricing and routing profile
LongCat 2.0 from Meituan lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens, with a 1,048,756-token context window. Prices from OpenRouter's catalogue on 2026-09-28.
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Cost per 1,000 requests
| Request shape | List cost |
|---|---|
| Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out) | $0.192 |
| Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out) | $1.08 |
| Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out) | $3.00 |
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Can Gimbix route to it first?
Not as a first-answer model through OpenRouter: no host returns token log probabilities for LongCat 2.0. It can still be the model Gimbix falls back to when a cheaper model is unsure.
Cheaper models that can answer first
Models priced below LongCat 2.0 that expose a confidence signal. Whether they answer your traffic as well is what a Gimbix pilot measures.
| Model | Input / output per 1M | Cheaper on a chat reply |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek V3 0324 | $0.29 / $1.14 | 4% |
| MiniMax M2.5 | $0.27 / $1.08 | 10% |
| DeepSeek V3.1 | $0.25 / $0.95 | 19% |
| Step 3.7 Flash | $0.20 / $1.15 | 20% |
| Qwen Plus 0728 | $0.26 / $0.78 | 23% |
| Qwen-Plus | $0.26 / $0.78 | 23% |
Questions
How much does LongCat 2.0 cost?
LongCat 2.0 lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens on OpenRouter as of 2026-09-28. A typical chat reply of 2,000 input and 400 output tokens costs about $1.08 per 1,000 requests.
What is the context window of LongCat 2.0?
1,048,756 tokens.
Can a cheaper model replace LongCat 2.0?
Sometimes. Gimbix proves it on your own traffic before routing: the cheaper model must match LongCat 2.0 on one half of your requests and make at most three answers worse on the other.