Moondream: Moondream 3.1 API
Other·Vision
Moondream 3.1 is a vision-language model from Moondream, the successor to Moondream 3 Preview, with 9B total parameters and 2B active (mixture-of-experts). It handles visual question answering, captioning, OCR, and...
Pricing
Cheapest live price, per 1 million tokens.
Input / 1M tokens
OpenRouter $0.300
Output / 1M tokens
OpenRouter $2.50
Cache read / 1M
Repeated prompt prefixes
Cache read is the discounted rate for repeated prompt prefixes (system prompts, agent context).
Capabilities · 4
Specifications
- Context window
- 32K
- Max output
- 4K
- Type
- Vision
- Creator
- Other
- Live sellers
- 1
- Requests / 24h
- 6
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="moondream3.1-9b-a2b",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)About Moondream: Moondream 3.1
Moondream: Moondream 3.1 is a multimodal language model developed by Other. It's particularly well-suited for analyzing images, screenshots, and visual content and tackling complex, multi-step reasoning problems. It can write up to 4K tokens in a single response.
As of Oct 21, 2026, Moondream: Moondream 3.1 costs $0.315 per 1M input tokens and $2.63 per 1M output tokens on Qubax. A typical 1,000 chat requests (2K tokens in, 500 out) come to about $1.94. 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 Moondream: Moondream 3.1 API cost?
On Qubax, Moondream: Moondream 3.1 costs $0.315 per 1M input tokens and $2.63 per 1M output tokens.
Is the Moondream: Moondream 3.1 API compatible with OpenAI?
Yes. Qubax provides an OpenAI-compatible API. You can use Moondream: Moondream 3.1 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.
How do I pay for Moondream: Moondream 3.1 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 can I build with Moondream: Moondream 3.1?
You can use Moondream: Moondream 3.1 to analyze images and visual content and tackle complex multi-step reasoning tasks. 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 Moondream: Moondream 3.1 on Qubax?
Responses stream token by token. Latency depends on the provider and prompt length.
Moondream: Moondream 3.1 vs DeepSeek V4 Flash (Web): which should I choose?
Moondream: Moondream 3.1 by Other and DeepSeek V4 Flash (Web) by DeepSeek are both strong models in a similar price tier. Moondream: Moondream 3.1 excels at complex reasoning and supports vision/image inputs. DeepSeek V4 Flash (Web) comes from a different lab and may have different strengths depending on your workload. On Qubax, Moondream: Moondream 3.1 starts at $0.315/1M input tokens while DeepSeek V4 Flash (Web) comes in at $0.191/1M, so DeepSeek V4 Flash (Web) 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 Moondream: Moondream 3.1 for commercial projects?
Yes. Moondream: Moondream 3.1 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 Moondream: Moondream 3.1 on Qubax?
Live market prices
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.
