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Dots Studio: Dots3-Note Preview (free) API Pricing

Dots Studio: Dots3-Note Preview (free) costs Free per 1M input tokens and Free per 1M output tokens. Context window: 512K. Prices verified 2026-10-21 · source

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Price history
2026-08-23 → 2026-10-21 · 59 daily snapshots
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Pricing behavior
Stable — no price moves across our 59 daily snapshots (2026-08-23 → 2026-10-21).

From our own daily snapshot archive — independent of provider announcements.

Input / 1M tokens
Free
Output / 1M tokens
Free
Context window
512K
Max output
461K
Reasoning behavior
Mode: Off by default (opt-in)

Higher effort = deeper thinking = more reasoning tokens billed as output.

What would Dots Studio: Dots3-Note Preview (free) cost you per month?

WorkloadRequests/moAvg tokens (in/out)Est. monthly cost
Light chatbot10,000800 / 400$0.00
Coding agent5,0008,000 / 2,000$0.00
RAG pipeline30,0004,000 / 500$0.00
Doc summarizer2,00020,000 / 1,000$0.00

Estimates use list prices without prompt caching. Caching can cut input cost by up to 90% on repeated context.

About Dots Studio: Dots3-Note Preview (free)

Dots3-Note Preview is an open-weight mixture-of-experts model from Dots Studio, with 16B active parameters out of 280B total. It is the lightest model in the Dots 3 family and is...

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    Frequently asked questions

    How much does Dots Studio: Dots3-Note Preview (free) cost?

    Dots Studio: Dots3-Note Preview (free) costs Free per 1M input tokens and Free per 1M output tokens. Verified 2026-10-21 — provider source.

    What is the context window?

    512K tokens, with up to 461K output tokens per response. That's roughly 640 pages of text in a single request.

    Does it support prompt caching?

    Prompt-caching pricing is not published for this model via OpenRouter.

    What's a cheaper alternative?

    Check the value chart for models with similar intelligence at lower cost.

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