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Step 5 Preview
Step 5 Preview is an everyday model from StepFun. It's in preview. At StepFun it costs $1.00 per million input tokens and $2.70 per million output tokens, with a 1M-token context window. 2 providers serve it; the cheapest is Novita AI at $1.00 input and $2.70 output.
- Made by
- StepFun
- Status
- Preview
- Tier
- Everyday
- Weights
- Closed
- Context window
- 1,000,000 tokens
- Max output
- 64,000 tokens
- Input
- text, image, video
- API id
step-5-preview
Step 5 Preview price at 2 providers
US dollars per million tokens. Blended is 3 input tokens for every output token, one number to compare on. The cheapest blended price is highlighted.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Blended | Batch | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novita AI · stepfun/step-5-preview | $1.00 | $2.70 | $0.10 | $1.43 | – | 2026-10-14 |
| StepFun · maker | $1.00 | $2.70 | $0.10 | $1.43 | – | 2026-10-14 |
- StepFun: The cache-miss input price includes writing new content to the cache. Output includes reasoning tokens. Cache-hit price read as $0.05 on 2026-10-09, $0.10 on 2026-10-10.
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Other everyday models closest in price, at each maker's own price or the cheapest provider.
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Weights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step 5 Preview | $1.00 | $2.70 | 1M | Closed |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek | $1.32 | $3.96 | 1M | Open |
| Muse Spark 1.3 Meta | $1.25 | $4.25 | 1M | Closed |
| GLM-5.3 Z.ai | $1.40 | $4.40 | 1M | Open |
| NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra NVIDIA | $0.50 | $2.20 | 256K | Open |
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Step 5 Preview FAQ
How much does Step 5 Preview cost?
Step 5 Preview costs $1.00 per million input tokens and $2.70 per million output tokens at StepFun, and $0.10 per million cached input tokens. Prices are list prices in US dollars, last checked 14 October 2026.
What is Step 5 Preview's context window?
Step 5 Preview takes up to 1,000,000 tokens in one request and writes up to 64,000 tokens in one response.
Is Step 5 Preview open weight?
No. Step 5 Preview is only available through its providers' APIs; StepFun doesn't publish the weights.
Where can I use Step 5 Preview?
Step 5 Preview is available from Novita AI and StepFun. At StepFun, call it as step-5-preview.