98% offGemma 4 26B A4B IT API
Google·Vision· 100.0% success (7d)
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT — open-weight MoE Google model
Pricing
Cheapest live price, per 1 million tokens.
Input / 1M tokens
$0.040 OpenRouter
Output / 1M tokens
$0.100 OpenRouter
Cache read / 1M
Repeated prompt prefixes
Cache read is the discounted rate for repeated prompt prefixes (system prompts, agent context).
Capabilities · 6
Specifications
- Context window
- 262K
- Max output
- 262K
- Type
- Vision
- Creator
- Live sellers
- 514
- Requests / 24h
- 1,373
Price history · 60 days
Estimated monthly cost
30 days at the cheapest live price.
Quick start
OpenAI-compatible — change the base URL and key. Get a key from the dashboard.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.qubax.ai/v1",
api_key="YOUR_QUBAX_API_KEY",
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="gemma-4-26b-a4b-it",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)About Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is a multimodal language model developed by Google. It's particularly well-suited for analyzing images, screenshots, and visual content, orchestrating tool-using agents that call APIs and external services, producing structured outputs for reliable data extraction and handling large contexts of up to 262K tokens. Its 262K-token context window means you can pass in entire documents, codebases, or conversation histories without losing context. It can write up to 262K tokens in a single response.
As of Nov 4, 2026, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT costs $0.0007 per 1M input tokens and $0.0023 per 1M output tokens on Qubax, versus $0.040 / $0.100 on OpenRouter (98% less on input). A typical 1,000 chat requests (2K tokens in, 500 out) come to about $0.00. Measured availability over the last 7 days: 100.0%. 514 independent compute providers currently serve it, so requests fail over automatically. It handled 1,373 requests on Qubax in the last 24 hours. Pay with USDC, USDT, BTC, ETH or 350+ other coins — no credit card required.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does the Gemma 4 26B A4B IT API cost?
On Qubax, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT costs $0.0007 per 1M input tokens and $0.0023 per 1M output tokens. This is 98% cheaper than OpenRouter's price of $0.040 per 1M input tokens.
Is the Gemma 4 26B A4B IT API compatible with OpenAI?
Yes. Qubax provides an OpenAI-compatible API. You can use Gemma 4 26B A4B IT as a drop-in replacement by changing your base URL to https://api.qubax.ai/v1 and using your Qubax API key. It works with Cline, Cursor, OpenCode, Hermes Agent, and any tool that supports OpenAI APIs.
Why is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT cheaper on Qubax than OpenRouter?
Qubax sources AI inference from an open compute marketplace on the Base blockchain where GPU providers compete on price. We pass the savings to you — 98% cheaper than OpenRouter's price for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT.
How do I pay for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT API usage?
Qubax uses prepaid crypto credits. Top up with USDC, USDT, BTC, ETH, SOL or 350+ other coins and your balance is deducted as you use the API. No credit card or KYC required.
What is the context window of Gemma 4 26B A4B IT?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT supports a context window of 262K tokens, allowing you to process large documents, codebases, or long conversations in a single request.
What can I build with Gemma 4 26B A4B IT?
You can use Gemma 4 26B A4B IT to analyze images and visual content, build autonomous agents that call external tools and APIs, generate structured JSON output for data pipelines and process long documents and entire codebases. Because it's served through Qubax's OpenAI-compatible API, integration into existing apps, agents, or workflows takes just a few lines of code.
How fast and reliable is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT on Qubax?
Measured time to first token (p95) on Qubax is 1.5s. Its 7-day success rate is 100.0%. Responses stream token by token. 514 sellers serve it, so if one is slow or down the request moves to the next.
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs MiniMax M2.1: which should I choose?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT by Google and MiniMax M2.1 by MiniMax are both strong models in a similar price tier. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and supports vision/image inputs. MiniMax M2.1 comes from a different lab and may have different strengths depending on your workload. On Qubax, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT starts at $0.0007/1M input tokens while MiniMax M2.1 comes in at $0.0005/1M, so MiniMax M2.1 may be worth considering if you need to minimize per-token cost. Both are available on Qubax with crypto payments and OpenAI-compatible APIs, so you can try each and switch freely.
Can I use Gemma 4 26B A4B IT for commercial projects?
Yes. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT on Qubax can be used for commercial purposes. You own the outputs you generate. Qubax provides the API infrastructure — you bring your use case.
Why use Gemma 4 26B A4B IT on Qubax?
98% cheaper
Providers compete on price — you get the cheapest healthy seller.
Pay with crypto
350+ coins (BTC, ETH, SOL, USDT, USDC). No card, no KYC.
OpenAI & Anthropic compatible
Drop-in base URL. Works with Cline, Cursor, Claude Code, OpenAI and Anthropic SDKs.