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OpenAI is a premium AI model provider headquartered in San Francisco. It is a leader and first-mover in artificial intelligence, delivering highly performant multimodal and reasoning-driven models.

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Provider Details

Uptime Status
  • Headquarter: San Francisco, California, USA
  • Notable Models: gpt-5.6-luna, gpt-5.5

Model Release Timeline

OpenAI is a pioneering research and product company focused on developing and safely deploying advanced artificial intelligence. Its model lineup includes GPT-5 - a highly capable large language model, GPT-4o - a multimodal “omni” model handling text, images, and audio, and the reasoning-forward OpenAI o3 model, which excels in step-by-step logical tasks. Through the OpenAI API, developers and enterprises can integrate these models into their applications. By using ModelCosts.com, you can accurately predict your monthly costs, get pricing alerts, and optimize model usage for cost.
Selling Points:
- State-of-the-art models: Access GPT-5 for powerful generative language, GPT-4o for multimodal tasks, and o3 for high-precision reasoning.
- Flexible billing: Pay-as-you-go via the OpenAI API, with transparent pricing and volume-based usage.
- Cost control: Use ModelCosts.com’s calculator to forecast expenses per model, get automated alerts for rate changes, and avoid budget surprises.
- Scalable integration: Seamlessly embed OpenAI models into web and mobile apps, internal tools, or enterprise workflows.
- Safety-first design: Built with alignment and responsible AI use as core principles, reflecting OpenAI’s mission to benefit humanity.

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(USD 5.0000 per 1M tokens)
(USD 30.0000 per 1M tokens)

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Pricing

Priced per 1M tokens
Model ↕
Modality ↕
Service Tier ↕
Input Price ↕
Output Price ↕
Cached Input ↕
Embedding Price ↕
Context Window ↕
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GPT-5TextStandard$1.2500$10.0000$0.1250N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5TextBatch$0.6250$5.0000$0.0625N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5TextFlex$0.6250$5.0000$0.0625N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5TextPriority$2.5000$20.0000$0.2500N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5 MiniTextStandard$0.2500$2.0000$0.0250N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5 MiniTextBatch$0.1250$1.0000$0.0125N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5 MiniTextFlex$0.1250$1.0000$0.0125N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5 MiniTextPriority$0.4500$3.6000$0.0450N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5 NanoTextStandard$0.0500$0.4000$0.0050N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5 NanoTextBatch$0.0250$0.2000$0.0025N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5 NanoTextFlex$0.0250$0.2000$0.0025N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-4.1TextStandard$2.0000$8.0000$0.5000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-4.1TextBatch$1.0000$4.0000N/AN/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-4.1TextPriority$3.5000$14.0000$0.8750N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-4.1 MiniTextStandard$0.4000$1.6000$0.1000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-4.1 MiniTextBatch$0.2000$0.8000N/AN/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-4.1 MiniTextPriority$0.7000$2.8000$0.1750N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-4oTextStandard$2.5000$10.0000$1.2500N/A128,000 tokens→
GPT-4oTextBatch$1.2500$5.0000N/AN/A128,000 tokens→
GPT-4oTextPriority$4.2500$17.0000$2.1250N/A128,000 tokens→
GPT-4o MiniTextStandard$0.1500$0.6000$0.0750N/A128,000 tokens→
GPT-4o MiniTextBatch$0.0750$0.3000N/AN/A128,000 tokens→
GPT-4o MiniTextPriority$0.2500$1.0000$0.1250N/A128,000 tokens→
o3 ProTextStandard$20.0000$80.0000N/AN/A200,000 tokens→
o3 ProTextBatch$10.0000$40.0000N/AN/A200,000 tokens→
o3TextStandard$2.0000$8.0000$0.5000N/A200,000 tokens→
o3TextBatch$1.0000$4.0000N/AN/A200,000 tokens→
o3TextFlex$1.0000$4.0000$0.2500N/A200,000 tokens→
o3TextPriority$3.5000$14.0000$0.8750N/A200,000 tokens→
GPT-4o Mini Search PreviewTextStandard$0.1500$0.6000N/AN/A128,000 tokens→
GPT-4o Search PreviewTextStandard$2.5000$10.0000N/AN/A128,000 tokens→
GPT-5.1TextStandard$1.2500$10.0000$0.1250N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5.1TextBatch$0.6250$5.0000$0.0625N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5.1TextFlex$0.6250$5.0000$0.0625N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5.1TextPriority$2.5000$20.0000$0.2500N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5 ProTextStandard$15.0000$120.0000N/AN/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5 ProTextBatch$7.5000$60.0000N/AN/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5 Search APITextStandard$1.2500$10.0000$0.1250N/A128,000 tokens→
GPT-3.5 0301TextStandard$1.5000$2.0000N/AN/A4,091 tokens→
GPT-3.5 0301TextBatch$1.5000$2.0000N/AN/A4,091 tokens→
GPT-4.1 2025-04-14TextStandard$3.0000$12.0000$0.7500N/A999,997 tokens→
GPT-4.1 2025-04-14TextBatch$1.5000$6.0000$0.5000N/A999,997 tokens→
GPT-4.1 Mini 2025-04-14TextStandard$0.8000$3.2000$0.2000N/A1,000,000 tokens→
GPT-4.1 Mini 2025-04-14TextBatch$0.4000$1.6000$0.1000N/A1,000,000 tokens→
GPT-4o 2024-08-06TextStandard$3.7500$15.0000$1.8750N/A128,000 tokens→
GPT-4o 2024-08-06TextBatch$2.2250$12.5000$0.9000N/A128,000 tokens→
GPT-4o Mini 2024-07-18TextStandard$0.3000$1.2000$0.1500N/A127,997 tokens→
GPT-4o Mini 2024-07-18TextBatch$0.1500$6.0000$0.0750N/A127,997 tokens→
GPT-4o Mini TranscribeAudioStandard$1.2500$5.0000N/AN/AN/A→
GPT-4o Mini TTSAudioStandardN/A$12.0000N/AN/AN/A→
GPT-4o Mini TTSTextStandard$0.6000N/AN/AN/AN/A→
GPT-4o TranscribeAudioStandard$2.5000$10.0000N/AN/AN/A→
GPT-4o Transcribe DiarizeAudioStandard$2.5000$10.0000N/AN/AN/A→
GPT-5.2TextStandard$1.7500$14.0000$0.1750N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5.2TextBatch$0.8750$7.0000$0.0875N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5.2TextFlex$0.8750$7.0000$0.0875N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5.2TextPriority$3.5000$28.0000$0.3500N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5.2 ProTextStandard$21.0000$168.0000N/AN/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5.2 ProTextBatch$10.5000$84.0000N/AN/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5.3 CodexTextStandard$1.7500$14.0000$0.1750N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5.3 CodexTextPriority$3.5000$28.0000$0.3500N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5.4TextStandard$2.5000$15.0000$0.2500N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.4TextStandard$5.0000$22.5000$0.5000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.4TextBatch$1.2500$7.5000$0.1300N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.4TextBatch$2.5000$11.2500$0.2500N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.4TextFlex$1.2500$7.5000$0.1300N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.4TextFlex$2.5000$11.2500$0.2500N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.4TextPriority$5.0000$30.0000$0.5000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.4 MiniTextStandard$0.7500$4.5000$0.0750N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5.4 MiniTextBatch$0.3750$2.2500$0.0375N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5.4 MiniTextFlex$0.3750$2.2500$0.0375N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5.4 NanoTextStandard$0.2000$1.2500$0.0200N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5.4 NanoTextBatch$0.1000$0.6250$0.0100N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5.4 NanoTextFlex$0.1000$0.6250$0.0100N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5.4 ProTextStandard$30.0000$180.0000N/AN/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.4 ProTextStandard$60.0000$270.0000N/AN/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.4 ProTextBatch$15.0000$90.0000N/AN/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.4 ProTextBatch$30.0000$135.0000N/AN/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.4 ProTextFlex$15.0000$90.0000N/AN/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.4 ProTextFlex$30.0000$135.0000N/AN/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT Audio 1.5AudioStandard$32.0000$64.0000N/AN/AN/A→
GPT Audio 1.5TextStandard$2.5000$10.0000N/AN/AN/A→
GPT Realtime 1.5AudioStandard$32.0000$64.0000$0.4000N/AN/A→
GPT Realtime 1.5ImageStandard$5.0000N/A$0.5000N/AN/A→
GPT Realtime 1.5TextStandard$4.0000$16.0000$0.4000N/AN/A→
Text Embedding 3-LargeTextStandardN/AN/AN/A$0.1300N/A→
Text Embedding 3-SmallTextStandardN/AN/AN/A$0.0200N/A→
Text Embedding ADA-002TextStandardN/AN/AN/A$0.10008,192 tokens→
GPT-5.6 SolTextStandard$4.0000$20.0000$0.4000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 SolTextStandard$8.0000$30.0000$0.8000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 SolTextBatch$2.0000$10.0000$0.2000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 SolTextBatch$4.0000$15.0000$0.4000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 SolTextFlex$2.0000$10.0000$0.2000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 SolTextFlex$4.0000$15.0000$0.4000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 SolTextPriority$8.0000$40.0000$0.8000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 SolTextPriority$16.0000$60.0000$1.6000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 TerraTextStandard$2.0000$12.0000$0.2000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 TerraTextStandard$4.0000$18.0000$0.4000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 TerraTextBatch$1.0000$6.0000$0.1000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 TerraTextBatch$2.0000$9.0000$0.2000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 TerraTextFlex$1.0000$6.0000$0.1000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 TerraTextFlex$2.0000$9.0000$0.2000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 TerraTextPriority$4.0000$24.0000$0.4000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 TerraTextPriority$8.0000$36.0000$0.8000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 LunaTextStandard$0.2000$1.2000$0.0200N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 LunaTextStandard$0.4000$1.8000$0.0400N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 LunaTextBatch$0.1000$0.6000$0.0100N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 LunaTextBatch$0.2000$0.9000$0.0200N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 LunaTextFlex$0.1000$0.6000$0.0100N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 LunaTextFlex$0.2000$0.9000$0.0200N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 LunaTextPriority$0.4000$2.4000$0.0400N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 LunaTextPriority$0.8000$3.6000$0.0800N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.5TextStandard$5.0000$30.0000$0.5000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.5TextStandard$10.0000$45.0000$1.0000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.5TextBatch$2.5000$15.0000$0.2500N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.5TextBatch$5.0000$22.5000$0.5000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.5TextFlex$2.5000$15.0000$0.2500N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.5TextFlex$5.0000$22.5000$0.5000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.5TextPriority$12.5000$75.0000$1.2500N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.5 ProTextStandard$30.0000$180.0000N/AN/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.5 ProTextStandard$60.0000$270.0000N/AN/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.5 ProTextBatch$15.0000$90.0000N/AN/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-5.5 ProTextFlex$15.0000$90.0000N/AN/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT Image 2ImageStandard$8.0000$30.0000$2.0000N/A272,000 tokens→
GPT Image 2ImageBatch$4.0000$15.0000$1.0000N/A272,000 tokens→
GPT Image 2TextStandard$5.0000N/A$1.2500N/A272,000 tokens→
GPT Image 2TextBatch$2.5000N/A$0.6250N/A272,000 tokens→
Chat LatestTextStandard$5.0000$30.0000$0.5000N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-5.5 CyberTextStandard$12.5000$75.0000$1.2500N/AN/A→
GPT Realtime 2.1AudioStandard$32.0000$64.0000$0.4000N/A128,000 tokens→
GPT Realtime 2.1ImageStandard$5.0000N/A$0.5000N/A128,000 tokens→
GPT Realtime 2.1TextStandard$4.0000$24.0000$0.4000N/A128,000 tokens→
GPT Realtime 2.1 MiniAudioStandard$10.0000$20.0000$0.3000N/A128,000 tokens→
GPT Realtime 2.1 MiniImageStandard$0.8000N/A$0.0800N/A128,000 tokens→
GPT Realtime 2.1 MiniTextStandard$0.6000$2.4000$0.0600N/A128,000 tokens→
GPT Realtime 2AudioStandard$32.0000$64.0000$0.4000N/A128,000 tokens→
GPT Realtime 2ImageStandard$5.0000N/A$0.5000N/A128,000 tokens→
GPT Realtime 2TextStandard$4.0000$24.0000$0.4000N/A128,000 tokens→
GPT-5.6 CyberTextStandard$12.5000$75.0000$1.2500N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT-6 AstraTextStandard$10.0000$50.0000$1.0000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-6 AstraTextStandard$20.0000$75.0000$2.0000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-6 AstraTextBatch$5.0000$25.0000$0.5000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-6 AstraTextBatch$10.0000$37.5000$1.0000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-6 AstraTextFlex$5.0000$25.0000$0.5000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-6 AstraTextFlex$10.0000$37.5000$1.0000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-6 AstraTextPriority$20.0000$100.0000$2.0000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-6 AstraTextPriority$40.0000$150.0000$4.0000N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT Image 2.5 SunburstImageStandard$8.0000$30.0000$2.0000N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT Image 2.5 SunburstTextStandard$5.0000N/A$1.2500N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT Image 2.5 FlareImageStandard$8.0000$30.0000$2.0000N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT Image 2.5 FlareTextStandard$5.0000N/A$1.2500N/A400,000 tokens→
GPT Rosalind ResearchTextStandard$5.0000$25.0000$0.5000N/AN/A→
GPT-6 LunaTextStandard$0.1000$0.5000$0.0100N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-6 LunaTextStandard$0.2000$0.7500$0.0200N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-6 LunaTextBatch$0.0500$0.2500$0.0050N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-6 LunaTextBatch$0.1000$0.3750$0.0100N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-6 LunaTextFlex$0.0500$0.2500$0.0050N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-6 LunaTextFlex$0.1000$0.3750$0.0100N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-6 LunaTextPriority$0.2000$1.0000$0.0200N/A1,050,000 tokens→
GPT-6 LunaTextPriority$0.4000$1.5000$0.0400N/A1,050,000 tokens→
Priced per minute
Model ↕
Modality ↕
Service Tier ↕
Audio Price ↕
Context Window ↕
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WhisperAudioStandard$0.0060N/A→
GPT Realtime TranslateAudioStandard$0.034016,000 tokens→
GPT Realtime WhisperAudioStandard$0.017016,000 tokens→
GPT Live TranscribeAudioStandard$0.017032,000 tokens→
GPT TranscribeAudioStandard$0.004532,000 tokens→
Priced per 1M characters
Model ↕
Modality ↕
Service Tier ↕
Output Price ↕
Context Window ↕
View
TTS-1AudioStandard$15.0000N/A→
TTS-1 HDAudioStandard$30.0000N/A→