April 2026 — New Models, Pricing Updates & Platform Improvements

1vy April 2026 changelog: Claude Opus 4.6, GPT-5, Gemini 3 Pro, Grok 4, Llama 4 Maverick, and more. Plus SEO improvements and new model detail pages.

New Models Added

Flagship Tier

- Claude Opus 4.6 (Anthropic) — Latest Opus with expanded reasoning - GPT-5 + GPT-5 Mini + GPT-5 Nano (OpenAI) — Next-gen GPT family - Gemini 3 Pro (Google) — Latest Gemini flagship - Grok 4 (xAI) — xAI's most capable model

Mid-Tier

- Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Anthropic) — Best coding model, excellent value - Llama 4 Maverick + Llama 4 Scout (Meta) — Open-weight latest generation - Qwen3 Max (Alibaba) — Upgraded Qwen flagship

Budget / Specialized

- O4 Mini (OpenAI) — Efficient reasoning model - DeepSeek R1 (DeepSeek) — Cost-effective reasoning

Pricing Updates

All models follow 1vy's flat 15% markup over provider list prices. See the live pricing page for current rates.

Key price points this month: - Gemini 2.5 Flash remains the cheapest quality option at $0.09/1M input tokens - DeepSeek Chat (V3) at $0.16/1M input tokens is the budget reasoning champion - Claude Sonnet 4.6 at $3.45/1M input tokens offers the best quality-per-dollar for coding tasks

Platform Updates

- Model detail pages — Every model now has its own page with pricing, code snippets, and FAQ at /models/{model-name} - Model comparison pages — 20 head-to-head comparisons at /compare/{a}-vs-{b} (e.g., Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs GPT-4o) - Blog — Developer guides and pricing analysis at /blog - SEO improvements — Per-route prerendered HTML for faster indexing - IP protection — Hero animation chunk obfuscation and copyright banners

What's Next

- More model comparisons and A/B testing guides - Streaming performance benchmarks - Function calling support matrix across providers - Multi-model routing SDK

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See all models and current pricing at 1vy.ai/models. Start with $1 free credit at 1vy.ai/register.