OpenAI: GPT 5.6 Sol price reduction (until at least Nov 21)

Aug 24, 2026 10:22 PM - 2 hours ago 1

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Short contextLong contextModelInputCached inputCache writesOutputInputCached inputCache writesOutput
gpt-5.6-sol$4.00$0.40$5.00$20.00$8.00$0.80$10.00$30.00
gpt-5.6-terra$2.00$0.20$2.50$12.00$4.00$0.40$5.00$18.00
gpt-5.6-luna$0.20$0.02$0.25$1.20$0.40$0.04$0.50$1.80

Regional processing (data residency) endpoints are charged a 10% uplift for models released connected aliases aft March 5, 2026, that are eligible for information residency. See our Your data guideline for supported regions and processing details. OpenAI models successful Amazon Bedrock are billed done AWS and whitethorn disagree from nonstop OpenAI pricing.

Priority processing was renamed Fast mode connected July 30, 2026. You tin usage either service_tier: "priority" aliases service_tier: "fast" successful your API requests. Learn much astir Fast mode.

GPT-5.6 Sol’s promotional pricing is disposable astatine slightest done November 21, 2026.

Our latest Daybreak models.

Prices per 1M tokens.

Short contextLong contextModelInputCached inputCache writesOutputInputCached inputCache writesOutput
gpt-5.6-sol$4.00$0.40$5.00$20.00$8.00$0.80$10.00$30.00
gpt-5.6-cyber$12.50$1.25$15.625$75.00----

daybreak-blue-latest and daybreak-red-latest are aliases that presently constituent to gpt-5.6-sol and gpt-5.6-cyber, respectively. As caller frontier models are released through the Daybreak program, these aliases will beryllium updated to constituent to the latest models, pinch pricing adjusted to lucifer each underlying model.

Realtime and audio procreation models

Prices per 1M tokens unless noted.

ModelModalityInputCached inputOutput / cost
gpt-realtime-2.1Audio$32.00$0.40$64.00
Text$4.00$0.40$24.00
Image$5.00$0.50-
gpt-realtime-2.1-miniAudio$10.00$0.30$20.00
Text$0.60$0.06$2.40
Image$0.80$0.08-

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For image procreation costs estimates, usage the calculator successful the image procreation guide.

ModelModalityInputCached inputOutput
gpt-image-2Image$8.00$2.00$30.00
Text$5.00$1.25-

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ModelSizePortraitLandscapePrice per second
sora-2720p720x12801280x720$0.10
sora-2-pro720p720x12801280x720$0.30
1024p1024x17921792x1024$0.50
1080p1080x19201920x1080$0.70

Prices per 1M tokens unless noted.

ModelUse caseInputOutputEstimated cost
gpt-realtime-translateLive translation--$0.034 / minute
gpt-live-transcribeLive transcription--$0.017 / minute
gpt-realtime-whisperLive transcription--$0.017 / minute
gpt-transcribeTranscription--$0.0045 / minute
gpt-4o-transcribeTranscription$2.50$10.00$0.006 / minute
gpt-4o-mini-transcribeTranscription$1.25$5.00$0.003 / minute
ToolDetailsPricing
Web searchWeb hunt (all models)$10.00 / 1k calls
+ Search contented tokens billed astatine exemplary rates.
Image Web hunt (all models)$10.00 / 1k calls
+ Search contented tokens billed astatine exemplary rates.
Web hunt preview (reasoning models, including gpt-5, o-series)$10.00 / 1k calls
+ Search contented tokens billed astatine exemplary rates.
Web hunt preview (non-reasoning models)$25.00 / 1k calls
+ Search contented tokens are free.
ContainersHosted Shell and Code Interpreter1 GB $0.03, 4 GB $0.12, 16 GB $0.48, 64 GB $1.92 per 20-minute convention per container.
File searchStorage$0.10 / GB per time (1 GB free)
Tool call$2.50 / 1k calls
Agent KitChatKit record and image upload storage$0.10 / GB-day aft 1 GB free per relationship per month

Tokens utilized for built-in devices are billed astatine the chosen model's per-token rates. GB refers to binary gigabytes (also known arsenic gibibytes), wherever 1 GB is 2^30 bytes. Web hunt contented tokens are tokens retrieved from the hunt scale and fed to the exemplary alongside your punctual to make an answer. For gpt-4o-mini and gpt-4.1-mini pinch the non-preview web hunt tool, hunt contented tokens are billed arsenic a fixed artifact of 8,000 input tokens per call. File hunt instrumentality telephone pricing applies to the Responses API only. Container pricing includes Hosted Shell and Code Interpreter. Eligible instrumentality sessions will beryllium billed by the minute, pinch a 5-minute minimum per session. Responses API, Chat Completions API, Realtime API, Batch API, and Assistants API are not priced separately. Tokens are billed astatine the chosen model's input and output rates.

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CategoryModelInputCached inputOutput
ChatGPTchat-latest$5.00$0.50$30.00
Codexgpt-5.3-codex$1.75$0.175$14.00

OpenAI is winding down the fine-tuning platform. The level is nary longer accessible to caller users, but existing users of the fine-tuning platform will beryllium capable to create training jobs for the coming months.

All fine-tuned models will stay disposable for conclusion until their base models are deprecated. The afloat timeline is here.

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ModelTrainingInputCached inputOutput
o4-mini-2025-04-16$100.00 / hour$4.00$1.00$16.00
o4-mini-2025-04-16
with information sharing
$100.00 / hour$2.00$0.50$8.00

Tokens utilized for exemplary grading successful reinforcement fine-tuning are billed astatine that model's per-token rate. Inference discounts are disposable if you alteration information sharing erstwhile creating the fine-tune job. Learn more.

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