Flash API - Low-Cost Access Guide

Flash is a flash-series LLM by AI Provider. Access it via TokenDos with pay-per-token billing, input from 0.0000298984 USD/1K tokens — no VPN required, typically well below official pricing.

Official input (per 1M tokens)-
Rate (vs official)-
Provider nodes5

Rate = site price in CNY / official catalog price = (site price in USD * FX) / catalog price; single value, 1.0x = at official price.

Flash Live Node Pricing

Provider nodeInput / 1K tokensOutput / 1K tokens
Node #3840.0001790267 USD0.0007161067 USD
Node #4020.000298895 USD0.0011955798 USD
Node #3710.0000298984 USD0.0001195935 USD
Node #4090.0003 USD0.0012 USD
Node #4100.00003 USD0.00012 USD

Flash Pelican Test: Artwork Comparison by Provider

TokenDos periodically asks every provider node to paint the same prompt (a pelican riding a bicycle) with this model. Below are the latest artworks from each provider's scheduled audit — same prompt, independently drawn, so quality differences are easy to see.

Only scheduled audit results are shown; opted-out or failed providers are omitted. Data updated on 2026-10-31.

Pelican test artwork by Y-RU-DS-OA for Flash
Y-RU-DS-OA · 基础:骑自行车的鹈鹕 · 2026-10-31
Pelican test artwork by DS-Free for Flash
DS-Free · 基础:骑自行车的鹈鹕 · 2026-10-31

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Flash Use Cases

Three steps to access Flash

  1. Register a TokenDos account and get your API key (free trial credits for new users)
  2. Set environment variables: OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://api.tokendos.com/v1, OPENAI_API_KEY=your-token-dos-key
  3. Call Flash from Codex CLI or any compatible SDK

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