OpenAI API pricing
Para equipes técnicasOpenAI API is priced per use rather than per month; the rate for each option is in the table below. Checked 24 de set. de 2026 against the official pricing page.
Acesso direto à API dos modelos da OpenAI para criar recursos de IA personalizados.
The OpenAI API is the default choice for adding AI features to your own product: broad model range, mature tooling and several service tiers that trade speed for price. It is priced per token, so what it costs depends on your model choice and how much you cache.
Plans and prices
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| API (pay-as-you-go)Our pick | Usage-basedVerified 2026-09-23 at developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing, Standard short-context per 1M tokens (input / cached input / output): gpt-6-astra $10.00 / $1.00 / $50.00; gpt-6-sol $2.00 / $0.20 / $10.00; gpt-6-luna $0.10 / $0.01 / $0.50; gpt-5.6-sol $4.00 / $0.40 / $20.00 (promotional, at least through Nov 21, 2026); gpt-5.6-terra $2.00 / $0.20 / $12.00; gpt-5.6-luna $0.20 / $0.02 / $1.20; gpt-5.5 $5.00 / $0.50 / $30.00; gpt-5.4 $2.50 / $0.25 / $15.00; gpt-5.4-mini $0.75 / $0.075 / $4.50; gpt-5.4-nano $0.20 / $0.02 / $1.25. gpt-live-1 realtime voice sessions $0.05 per minute. Long context (>272K input tokens) bills the whole request at 2x input / 1.5x output: gpt-6-sol $4.00 / $15.00, gpt-6-luna $0.20 / $0.75. Batch and Flex 50% off Standard; Fast mode 2x Standard. | GPT-6 family: gpt-6-astra (flagship, Sep 3 2026), gpt-6-sol and gpt-6-luna (Sep 22 2026, 1,050,000-token context, 128K output) at half the price of gpt-5.6-sol / gpt-5.6-luna. gpt-5.6-terra has no GPT-6 counterpart yet. Prompts over the short-context (272K) threshold bill at long-context rates for the whole request. GPT-5.6 Sol's promotional rate runs at least through Nov 21, 2026.
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Pick this tier: API (pay-as-you-go)
There is one pay-as-you-go account; the saving comes from choosing the smallest model that does the job and using Batch or Flex for anything not user-facing.
What works
- Wide range of model sizes, from low-cost small models to flagships
- Batch and Flex tiers cut cost for work that can wait
- Large discount on cached input
- Mature tool calling and long-context support
What to watch
- Per-token pricing makes monthly cost hard to predict without testing
- Long prompts past the short-context threshold bill at higher rates
- Regional data-residency endpoints cost more
Skip it if
- You want a chat app rather than an API
- Nobody on the team can write code
- You need the lowest possible cost per token above everything else
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OpenAI API pricing questions
- How much does OpenAI API cost in 2026?
- OpenAI API is priced per use rather than per month; the rate for each option is in the table below. Checked 24 de set. de 2026 against the official pricing page.
- Is the OpenAI API included with ChatGPT Plus?
- No. The API is billed separately, per token, on its own account. ChatGPT subscriptions do not include API usage.
- How can I lower OpenAI API costs?
- Use the smallest model that works, reuse prompts so cached-input pricing applies, and send non-urgent jobs through the Batch or Flex tiers, which OpenAI prices at roughly half of Standard.
Reviewed 11 de set. de 2026 by the Dapols team. Report a price change
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- Status no catálogo
- Recomendada — pode ser uma escolha principal em um plano
- Preço verificado por último
- 24 de set. de 2026
- Confiança nas evidências
- Média — verificada, mas o fornecedor muda os planos com frequência
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