> OpenAI
OpenAI's API is per-token with no free tier: GPT-6 Astra $10/$50, GPT-5.6 Sol $4/$20 (promo through Nov 21, 2026), Terra $2/$12 and Luna $0.20/$1.20 per 1M in/out for standard context (<272K), with Batch at 50% off, cached-input pricing, and a +10% data-residency toggle. Images (GPT-Image-2.5) and voice (GPT-Live-1) carry separate token rates.
// pros
- The full frontier ladder under one account: GPT-6 Astra ($10/$50) down to GPT-5.6 Luna ($0.20/$1.20) — a 50× price spread covering every quality/cost point.
- A structural 50% Batch discount plus cached-input pricing (Luna cached $0.02/M) — repeated-prefix workloads get near-free inputs.
- Promo pricing is dated and explicit: Sol's $4/$20 is marked 'available at least through November 21, 2026' with the previous $5/$30 struck through — no hidden repricing.
- Multimodal inside the same pricing scheme: GPT-Image-2.5 (image $8 in / $30 out per 1M tokens) and GPT-Live-1 voice.
- Data residency is a +10% toggle, not a separate contract or SKU.
// cons
- No free tier on the API — first requests bill; consumer ChatGPT is a separate product.
- Standard pricing covers context under 272K — longer contexts move to a different, higher rate card.
- Astra's $50/M output is the directory's highest per-token cost — a chatty agent pointed at the wrong tier burns budget fast.
- When the Sol promo ends (Nov 21, 2026) the unit price returns to $5/$30 — budget at the post-promo number.
Luna for volume, Terra for the production default, Sol for agentic work that earns it, Astra only where quality is the entire point — and anything runnable offline goes through Batch, where the 50% is structural.
written by Mike Fleming, Uprouter editorial · verified against official sources September 16, 2026
No free tier
This provider does not offer a free tier as of our last verification (Sep 16, 2026). The cheapest way to try it is pay-as-you-go — input from Free per 1M tokens. If the provider adds a free tier, submit a correction and we’ll re-verify.
| Plan | Type | Monthly | Input /1M | Output /1M | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go | payg | — | Free | $0.0000 | Cheapest tracked model rate (OpenRouter-normalized). |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | payg | — | $4.00 | $20.00 | Flagship model pricing for short context. |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | payg | — | $0.200 | $1.20 | Lightweight model pricing. |
Pricing normalized from public sources — always verify with the provider.
// model prices
| Model | Input /1M | Output /1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-4o-mini | Free | $0.0000 | 128k |
| o3 Mini | $0.0000 | $0.0000 | 200k |
| o4 Mini | $0.0000 | $0.0000 | 200k |
| GPT-4o | $0.0000 | $0.0000 | 128k |
| GPT-5.6 Luna Pro | $0.200 | $1.20 | 1.1M |
| GPT-5.1 | $1.25 | $10.00 | 400k |
| GPT-5.6 Terra Pro | $2.00 | $12.00 | 1.1M |
| GPT-5.6 Sol Pro | $2.00 | $10.00 | 1.1M |
| GPT-6 Astra | $10.00 | $50.00 | 1.1M |
| GPT-4 Turbo | $10.00 | $30.00 | 128k |
| GPT-5.5 Pro | $30.00 | $180.00 | 1.1M |
| GPT-4 | $30.00 | $60.00 | 8k |
$ Does OpenAI have a free tier?
No. OpenAI does not offer a meaningful free tier — entry requires payment (pay-as-you-go or a plan). We mark this explicitly rather than showing a misleading zero.
$ How much does OpenAI cost per 1M tokens?
The cheapest model we track at OpenAI is Free per 1M input tokens and $0.0000 per 1M output tokens. This is normalized from OpenAI's published pricing — verify with the provider before purchasing, since prices change frequently.
$ Is OpenAI safe to use?
Uprouter rates OpenAI as low risk. Low risk: first-party, with one pricing page that states promo end dates, the 272K context boundary and the residency multiplier up front (verified 2026-09-16). The exposure is model-selection cost: the ladder's top ($10/$50) is 25× its bottom ($0.20/$1.20) per million tokens. Risk ratings are editorial, evidence-based, and never influenced by affiliate relationships.
Raw community sentiment, shown unblended. Votes never feed into objective data fields like price, risk, or status — and never into sort order.
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// more_informationprice history · live status · risk & confidence · code snippets
price_history
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live_status
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risk_&_confidence
Low risk: first-party, with one pricing page that states promo end dates, the 272K context boundary and the residency multiplier up front (verified 2026-09-16). The exposure is model-selection cost: the ladder's top ($10/$50) is 25× its bottom ($0.20/$1.20) per million tokens.
Confidence reflects how much verifiable evidence (official docs, probe history, community reports) backs this entry. Risk is our editorial assessment of operator reliability and terms — not financial advice.
code_snippets
# OpenAI's own API — get a key from their dashboard
curl https://platform.openai.com/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer THEIR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "openai/gpt-5.5-pro",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello" }]
}'Direct to the provider — Uprouter receives nothing; verify their current pricing before purchasing.
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