Step 5 Preview pricing: real cost per million tokens
What StepFun's Step 5 Preview really costs across 5 plans from 2 providers: monthly fees, usable allowances and real per-token prices, against the official API list price and independent leaderboards.
Data updated · How real prices are computed
As of 2026-10-08, the cheapest way to use Step 5 Preview is Step Plan Max (¥699) at a real cost of about $0.00364 per million tokens ($103.1/month for roughly 28.319B tokens a month). We track 5 plans and API channels that serve Step 5 Preview. Official API list price per million tokens: ¥0.35 cached input, ¥7 input, ¥20 output — about $0.0907 per million tokens on a standard workload mix.
- Lowest real price
- $0.00364/MTokStep Plan Max (¥699)
- API list price
- $0.0907/MTokstandard workload mix
- Most monthly tokens
- 28.319BStep Plan Max (¥699)
- Plans & APIs
- 55 subscriptions · 0 metered APIs
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Step 5 Preview plans and real prices
Real price = monthly fee ÷ tokens you can actually use in a month. “vs API” shows how many times cheaper than the official API list price (standard workload mix) the plan is. “Evidence” opens the full calculation and sources for that row.
| Plan | Provider | Billing | Monthly fee | Monthly tokens | Real $/MTok | vs API | Confidence | Data date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step Plan Max (¥699) | StepFun | Subscription | $103.1/mo | 28.319B | $0.00364 | 24.9× | Medium | Evidence ↓ | |
| Step Plan Pro (¥199) | StepFun | Subscription | $29.36/mo | 5.664B | $0.00518 | 17.5× | Medium | Evidence ↓ | |
| Step Plan Plus (¥99) | StepFun | Subscription | $14.6/mo | 1.133B | $0.01289 | 7× | High | Evidence ↓ | |
| Step Plan Mini (¥49) | StepFun | Subscription | $7.23/mo | 0.283B | $0.02552 | 3.6× | Medium | Evidence ↓ | |
| Command Code GOAT | Command Code | Subscription | $10/mo | 0.23B | $0.0435 | 2.1× | Medium | Evidence ↓ |
Behind each number
For every plan: the data date, the exact calculation, the quota basis, how leaderboard scores were mapped, and the original adoption evidence with its sources.
Step Plan Max (¥699)StepFun$0.00364132/MTok
- Plan
- Step Plan Max (¥699) · StepFun
- Data date
- 2026-09-21 · official source date
- Real price / MTok
- $0.00364132
- Monthly tokens
- 28,318,600,000 (28.319B)
- Quota confidence
- Medium
- Calculation
- $103.1 / month (¥699) ÷ 28,318,600,000 tokens × 1,000,000 ≈ $0.00364132 / MTok
- Quota basis
Low-cache workload: 85% cache reads / 14.5% input / 0.5% output
Official API list (cached / in / out, per MTok): ¥0.35 / ¥7 / ¥20 · standard-load blended ≈ $0.0907/MTok
- Benchmark mapping
- Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3: Medium (1 configuration)
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA): Low (1 configuration)
Code Arena | WebDev Overall: Low (1 configuration)Mapping confidence: how directly each score refers to the model served here.
Adoption evidence · source and rationale (translated from the Chinese record)
https://platform.stepfun.com/docs/zh/step-plan/overview official Credit monthly pool, 1M Credit=¥1; https://platform.stepfun.com/docs/zh/guides/pricing/details RMB three-part pricing; stepfun-step-plan-round1-2026-09-10.json; stepfun-step-plan-round3-2026-09-10.json; stepfun-step-plan-round4-2026-09-10.json; stepfun-step5-panel-round5-2026-09-21.json
Added 28.3186B: CN-site monthly 40000M Credit÷the unified low-cache-workload blended price ¥1.413/M (conventions.lowCacheTokenMix 85%/14.5%/0.5%, 2026-09-22 ruling: one basis for all Step models). Comparison: local measured 79.0% mix blended price ¥1.791/M, i.e. 22.3343B (210.17M tokens large sample, same OpenCode+DSH window). Borrows the Credit metering basis verified on Plus — the pool size is the official table value and this tier is not panel-verified.Score: AA index 44 (integer reading from the maintainer's screenshot, suspected to be the new post-v4.3 index); TB4 33.3% is an independent AA measurement (not self-reported).; exchange rate 1 USD = 6.7787 CNY (2026-09-04 CNY central parity rate; old rate 7.2); CNY monthly fee divided by the rate to get USD; https://www.xinhuanet.com/20260904/4c1ce1cbf39d416997cb9c237d6f5024/c.html
https://platform.stepfun.com/docs/zh/step-plan/overviewhttps://platform.stepfun.com/docs/zh/guides/pricing/detailshttps://www.xinhuanet.com/20260904/4c1ce1cbf39d416997cb9c237d6f5024/c.htmlstepfun-step-plan-round1-2026-09-10.jsonstepfun-step-plan-round3-2026-09-10.jsonstepfun-step-plan-round4-2026-09-10.jsonstepfun-step5-panel-round5-2026-09-21.jsonBrowse the public evidence archive
Step Plan Pro (¥199)StepFun$0.0051833/MTok
- Plan
- Step Plan Pro (¥199) · StepFun
- Data date
- 2026-09-21 · official source date
- Real price / MTok
- $0.0051833
- Monthly tokens
- 5,663,700,000 (5.664B)
- Quota confidence
- Medium
- Calculation
- $29.36 / month (¥199) ÷ 5,663,700,000 tokens × 1,000,000 ≈ $0.0051833 / MTok
- Quota basis
Low-cache workload: 85% cache reads / 14.5% input / 0.5% output
Official API list (cached / in / out, per MTok): ¥0.35 / ¥7 / ¥20 · standard-load blended ≈ $0.0907/MTok
- Benchmark mapping
- Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3: Medium (1 configuration)
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA): Low (1 configuration)
Code Arena | WebDev Overall: Low (1 configuration)Mapping confidence: how directly each score refers to the model served here.
Adoption evidence · source and rationale (translated from the Chinese record)
https://platform.stepfun.com/docs/zh/step-plan/overview official Credit monthly pool, 1M Credit=¥1; https://platform.stepfun.com/docs/zh/guides/pricing/details RMB three-part pricing; stepfun-step-plan-round1-2026-09-10.json; stepfun-step-plan-round3-2026-09-10.json; stepfun-step-plan-round4-2026-09-10.json; stepfun-step5-panel-round5-2026-09-21.json
Added 5.6637B: CN-site monthly 8000M Credit÷the unified low-cache-workload blended price ¥1.413/M (conventions.lowCacheTokenMix 85%/14.5%/0.5%, 2026-09-22 ruling: one basis for all Step models). Comparison: local measured 79.0% mix blended price ¥1.791/M, i.e. 4.4669B (210.17M tokens large sample, same OpenCode+DSH window). Borrows the Credit metering basis verified on Plus — the pool size is the official table value and this tier is not panel-verified.Score: AA index 44 (integer reading from the maintainer's screenshot, suspected to be the new post-v4.3 index); TB4 33.3% is an independent AA measurement (not self-reported).; exchange rate 1 USD = 6.7787 CNY (2026-09-04 CNY central parity rate; old rate 7.2); CNY monthly fee divided by the rate to get USD; https://www.xinhuanet.com/20260904/4c1ce1cbf39d416997cb9c237d6f5024/c.html
https://platform.stepfun.com/docs/zh/step-plan/overviewhttps://platform.stepfun.com/docs/zh/guides/pricing/detailshttps://www.xinhuanet.com/20260904/4c1ce1cbf39d416997cb9c237d6f5024/c.htmlstepfun-step-plan-round1-2026-09-10.jsonstepfun-step-plan-round3-2026-09-10.jsonstepfun-step-plan-round4-2026-09-10.jsonstepfun-step5-panel-round5-2026-09-21.jsonBrowse the public evidence archive
Step Plan Plus (¥99)StepFun$0.0128936/MTok
- Plan
- Step Plan Plus (¥99) · StepFun
- Data date
- 2026-09-21 · official source date
- Real price / MTok
- $0.0128936
- Monthly tokens
- 1,132,700,000 (1.133B)
- Quota confidence
- High
- Calculation
- $14.6 / month (¥99) ÷ 1,132,700,000 tokens × 1,000,000 ≈ $0.0128936 / MTok
- Quota basis
Low-cache workload: 85% cache reads / 14.5% input / 0.5% output
Official API list (cached / in / out, per MTok): ¥0.35 / ¥7 / ¥20 · standard-load blended ≈ $0.0907/MTok
- Benchmark mapping
- Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3: Medium (1 configuration)
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA): Low (1 configuration)
Code Arena | WebDev Overall: Low (1 configuration)Mapping confidence: how directly each score refers to the model served here.
Adoption evidence · source and rationale (translated from the Chinese record)
https://platform.stepfun.com/docs/zh/step-plan/overview official Credit monthly pool, 1M Credit=¥1; https://platform.stepfun.com/docs/zh/guides/pricing/details RMB three-part pricing; stepfun-step-plan-round1-2026-09-10.json; stepfun-step-plan-round3-2026-09-10.json; stepfun-step-plan-round4-2026-09-10.json; stepfun-step5-panel-round5-2026-09-21.json
Added 1.1327B: CN-site monthly 1600M Credit÷the unified low-cache-workload blended price ¥1.413/M (conventions.lowCacheTokenMix 85%/14.5%/0.5%, 2026-09-22 ruling: one basis for all Step models). Comparison: local measured 79.0% mix blended price ¥1.791/M, i.e. 893.4M (210.17M tokens large sample, same OpenCode+DSH window). Two-way Plus-panel verification: console Credit consumption 378.15M vs the local-token × official-three-part-price expectation of 376.41M differ +0.46%; 378.15÷1600=23.63% ≈ the panel's 77% remaining — both the official 1600M monthly pool and the 1M Credit=¥1 metering hold.Score: AA index 44 (integer reading from the maintainer's screenshot, suspected to be the new post-v4.3 index); TB4 33.3% is an independent AA measurement (not self-reported).; exchange rate 1 USD = 6.7787 CNY (2026-09-04 CNY central parity rate; old rate 7.2); CNY monthly fee divided by the rate to get USD; https://www.xinhuanet.com/20260904/4c1ce1cbf39d416997cb9c237d6f5024/c.html
https://platform.stepfun.com/docs/zh/step-plan/overviewhttps://platform.stepfun.com/docs/zh/guides/pricing/detailshttps://www.xinhuanet.com/20260904/4c1ce1cbf39d416997cb9c237d6f5024/c.htmlstepfun-step-plan-round1-2026-09-10.jsonstepfun-step-plan-round3-2026-09-10.jsonstepfun-step-plan-round4-2026-09-10.jsonstepfun-step5-panel-round5-2026-09-21.jsonBrowse the public evidence archive
Step Plan Mini (¥49)StepFun$0.0255245/MTok
- Plan
- Step Plan Mini (¥49) · StepFun
- Data date
- 2026-09-21 · official source date
- Real price / MTok
- $0.0255245
- Monthly tokens
- 283,200,000 (0.283B)
- Quota confidence
- Medium
- Calculation
- $7.23 / month (¥49) ÷ 283,200,000 tokens × 1,000,000 ≈ $0.0255245 / MTok
- Quota basis
Low-cache workload: 85% cache reads / 14.5% input / 0.5% output
Official API list (cached / in / out, per MTok): ¥0.35 / ¥7 / ¥20 · standard-load blended ≈ $0.0907/MTok
- Benchmark mapping
- Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3: Medium (1 configuration)
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA): Low (1 configuration)
Code Arena | WebDev Overall: Low (1 configuration)Mapping confidence: how directly each score refers to the model served here.
Adoption evidence · source and rationale (translated from the Chinese record)
https://platform.stepfun.com/docs/zh/step-plan/overview official Credit monthly pool, 1M Credit=¥1; https://platform.stepfun.com/docs/zh/guides/pricing/details RMB three-part pricing; stepfun-step-plan-round1-2026-09-10.json; stepfun-step-plan-round3-2026-09-10.json; stepfun-step-plan-round4-2026-09-10.json; stepfun-step5-panel-round5-2026-09-21.json
Added 283.2M: CN-site monthly 400M Credit÷the unified low-cache-workload blended price ¥1.413/M (conventions.lowCacheTokenMix 85%/14.5%/0.5%, 2026-09-22 ruling: one basis for all Step models). Comparison: local measured 79.0% mix blended price ¥1.791/M, i.e. 223.3M (210.17M tokens large sample, same OpenCode+DSH window). Borrows the Credit metering basis verified on Plus — the pool size is the official table value and this tier is not panel-verified.Score: AA index 44 (integer reading from the maintainer's screenshot, suspected to be the new post-v4.3 index); TB4 33.3% is an independent AA measurement (not self-reported).; exchange rate 1 USD = 6.7787 CNY (2026-09-04 CNY central parity rate; old rate 7.2); CNY monthly fee divided by the rate to get USD; https://www.xinhuanet.com/20260904/4c1ce1cbf39d416997cb9c237d6f5024/c.html
https://platform.stepfun.com/docs/zh/step-plan/overviewhttps://platform.stepfun.com/docs/zh/guides/pricing/detailshttps://www.xinhuanet.com/20260904/4c1ce1cbf39d416997cb9c237d6f5024/c.htmlstepfun-step-plan-round1-2026-09-10.jsonstepfun-step-plan-round3-2026-09-10.jsonstepfun-step-plan-round4-2026-09-10.jsonstepfun-step5-panel-round5-2026-09-21.jsonBrowse the public evidence archive
Command Code GOATCommand Code$0.0434972/MTok
- Data date
- 2026-09-30 · official source date
- Real price / MTok
- $0.0434972
- Monthly tokens
- 229,900,000 (0.23B)
- Quota confidence
- Medium
- Calculation
- $10 / month ÷ 229,900,000 tokens × 1,000,000 ≈ $0.0434972 / MTok
- Quota basis
Standard workload: 97% cache reads / 2.5% input / 0.5% output
Official API list (cached / in / out, per MTok): ¥0.35 / ¥7 / ¥20 · standard-load blended ≈ $0.0907/MTok
- Benchmark mapping
- Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3: Medium (1 configuration)
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA): Low (1 configuration)
Code Arena | WebDev Overall: Low (1 configuration)Mapping confidence: how directly each score refers to the model served here.
Adoption evidence · source and rationale (translated from the Chinese record)
https://commandcode.ai/docs/plans/goat official per-model allowance and three-part pricing; https://commandcode.ai/pricing; $10->$70 credits; code-subscriptions-round1-2026-09-06.json; goat-opencode-catalogs-round3-2026-09-30.json
Added 229.9M: min(shared monthly pool $70, model allowance $20) ÷ project standard-workload weighted price; official three-part price; New models table $20; goat-opencode-catalogs-round3-2026-09-30.json. Processing fee ignored; allowances of different models in the same plan are not additive; no usage-panel token+% screenshot — computed from official absolute credits and the price list
https://commandcode.ai/docs/plans/goathttps://commandcode.ai/pricing;code-subscriptions-round1-2026-09-06.jsongoat-opencode-catalogs-round3-2026-09-30.jsonBrowse the public evidence archive
Step 5 Preview benchmark scores
Highest archived configuration per leaderboard; ranks are among all models each board archives in this dataset. Scores are never mixed across boards.
| Leaderboard | Metric | Score | Rank | Configuration | Effort | Harness | Configs | Snapshot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3 | Intelligence Index | 43.73 | #16 / 60 | Step 5 Preview | — | — | 1 | 2026-10-01 |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA) | Resolution Rate % | 33.33 | #14 / 53 | Artificial Analysis - Step 5 Preview | — | Artificial Analysis | 1 | 2026-10-01 |
| Code Arena | WebDev Overall | Arena Score | 1,570 | #28 / 54 | step-5-preview-high | High | — | 1 | 2026-09-30 |
Every archived configuration
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3 1 configuration
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA) 1 configuration
| Configuration | Score | Score interval | Harness / effort / mode | Source task cost (mean / median) | Checked | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis - Step 5 PreviewAA's own-harness independent measurement of Terminal-Bench 4.0 (the terminalBench40 field in the models-board payload, fraction×100); scored separately from the official tbench.ai board. | 33.3333 | — | Artificial Analysis / — / — | — / — | 2026-10-01 | Source · Archive |
Code Arena | WebDev Overall 1 configuration
These are reference mappings, not benchmarks of a subscription or API channel. Harness and quota-measurement effort alignment are unverified. Source task costs are not subscription task costs.
- Exact served-model reference; quota-measurement effort is unverified.
- Exact served-model reference only; product harness and quota-measurement effort are unverified. Not a benchmark measurement of this subscription or API channel.
Step 5 Preview official API pricing
| Cached input | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| ¥0.35 | ¥7 | ¥20 |
Frequently asked questions
How much does Step 5 Preview really cost per million tokens?
Measured as monthly fee ÷ tokens you can actually use, Step 5 Preview ranges from $0.00364 (Step Plan Max (¥699)) to $0.0435 (Command Code GOAT) per million tokens.
Which subscription gives the most Step 5 Preview usage?
Step Plan Max (¥699) allows roughly 28.319B tokens of Step 5 Preview per month for $103.1.
What is the official API price of Step 5 Preview?
Official API list price per million tokens: ¥0.35 cached input, ¥7 input, ¥20 output — about $0.0907 per million tokens on a standard workload mix.
How does Step 5 Preview score on independent leaderboards?
Step 5 Preview has scores on 3 leaderboards; its strongest placement is 33.33 (Resolution Rate %) on Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA), #14 of 53 models tracked.
Who makes Step 5 Preview, and where can I use it?
Step 5 Preview (model ID step-5-preview) is made by StepFun and is available through Command Code, StepFun.
More StepFun models
| Model | Lowest real $/MTok | Cheapest plan | Plans |
|---|---|---|---|
| Step 3.5 Flash | $0.0006 | Step Plan Max (¥699) | 5 |
| Step 3.7 Flash | $0.0012 | Step Plan Max (¥699) | 5 |