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GPT-5 Mini

Retiring Dec 11: The model will be withdrawn by its lab or by every seller listing it · announced on developers.openai.com · read on Oct 31, 2026 · announced replacement: GPT-5.6 Terra (opens in a new tab)
openai/gpt-5-mini400k context Compare →
MedianThe median blended price among comparable offers: one price per provider (its cheapest route), standard tier, current prices only. Priority tiers and prices converted from points are not counted.
$0.688
Most expensiveThe highest blended price among comparable offers: one price per provider (its cheapest route), standard tier, current prices only. Priority tiers and prices converted from points are not counted.
$0.756
Offers
38
Providers
17

Cheapest right now

OpenAI

The provider's published policy: prompts are not used for training.

400k

$0.688 blended / 1M tokens

No change7D
in
$0.25
out
$2.00
Cached input
$0.025
See pricing See pricing at OpenAI (opens in a new tab)via OpenAI

Public leaderboards

  • Text Arena, style controlThe series the source publishes by default for text since 16 May 2025: ranks corrected for the style of the answers (style control).High setting #165 of 419Best rank in the source's rank spread, 165th to 192nd, given the confidence intervals of all ranked models. 180th by score. 1,390 1,385 to 1,394Arena Score · 26,793 votes listed as “GPT-5 mini (High)”

Source: Arena (opens in a new tab) · Data under the CC BY 4.0 license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) · CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · scores and ranks as published on 28 Oct 2026; the presentation is ours

GPT-5 Mini costs from $0.688 per million tokens (at a 3:1 input:output mix): the lowest current price, at 7 providers, checked on ; 38 offers are listed.

Listed offers, by price

Comparable offersOther offersSolid steps are comparable offers; dashed steps are the other offers, which are not counted in cheapest, median or most expensive.Official list price

Offers not counted in cheapest, median or most expensive (26)

  • $0.625 · Poe via Poe · price converted from points
  • $0.688 · OpenAI via Eden AI · cannot be designated the cheapest
  • $0.688 · OpenAI via Kilo Gateway · cannot be designated the cheapest
  • $0.688 · OpenAI via LLM API · cannot be designated the cheapest
  • $0.688 · OpenAI via Vercel AI Gateway · another route of the same provider
  • $0.688 · Azure via Eden AI · cannot be designated the cheapest
  • $0.688 · Azure via Kilo Gateway · cannot be designated the cheapest
  • $0.688 · Azure via LLM API · cannot be designated the cheapest
  • $0.688 · Abacus RouteLLM via Abacus RouteLLM · cannot be designated the cheapest
  • $0.688 · FastRouter via FastRouter · cannot be designated the cheapest
  • $0.688 · Glama via Glama · cannot be designated the cheapest
  • $0.688 · Martian via Martian · cannot be designated the cheapest
  • $0.688 · Nous Portal via Nous Portal · cannot be designated the cheapest
  • $0.688 · OrcaRouter via OrcaRouter · cannot be designated the cheapest
  • $0.688 · OpenAI via LLM Gateway · another route of the same provider
  • $0.688 · Azure via LLM Gateway · another route of the same provider
  • $0.688 · OpenAI via Requesty · another route of the same provider
  • $0.688 · OpenAI via OpenRouter · another route of the same provider
  • $0.688 · Azure via OpenRouter · another route of the same provider
  • $0.723 · ShengSuanYun via ShengSuanYun · cannot be designated the cheapest
  • $0.756 · Azure via Eden AI · cannot be designated the cheapest
  • $0.756 · Azure via Eden AI · cannot be designated the cheapest
  • $0.756 · Azure via Kilo Gateway · cannot be designated the cheapest
  • $0.756 · Azure via OpenRouter · another route of the same provider
  • $0.759 · Cortecs via Cortecs · cannot be designated the cheapest
  • $1.24 · Vercel AI Gateway via Vercel AI Gateway · priority tier

Price historyThe cheapest offer each day, against the lab's official list price when it publishes one. Each day at 00:00 UTC, the offer the API would have selected as the cheapest, with the same exclusions as /cheapest. Blended price, promotions included.

Cheapest offer and official list price, by day, 30 days
DayCheapest offerOfficial list price
2026-10-02$0.688, Abacus RouteLLM$0.688
2026-10-03$0.688, Abacus RouteLLM$0.688
2026-10-04$0.688, Abacus RouteLLM$0.688
2026-10-05$0.688, Abacus RouteLLM$0.688
2026-10-06$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-07$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-08$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-09$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-10$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-11$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-12$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-13$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-14$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-15$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-16$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-17$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-18$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-19$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-20$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-21$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-22$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-23$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-24$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-25$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-26$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-27$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-28$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-29$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-30$0.688, OpenAI$0.688
2026-10-31$0.688, OpenAI$0.688

Cheapest offerOfficial list price

Offers

38 of 38 offers

Offers for GPT-5 Mini, one row per offer, sorted by blended price.
RankProvider · viaYou buy access through an aggregator: one account and one API that forward your requests to other providers. "Via" names the aggregator; the price is the one it charges you. When "via" says "hosted API", no aggregator is involved: the model belongs to a lab and another provider sells it.Input $/1MOutput $/1MBlended $/1MA single price that mixes input and output: 3 input tokens for 1 output token, per million tokens. It makes offers easy to rank; your real cost depends on your own mix. ContextThe maximum amount of text, counted in tokens, the model can take in and write in a single request. Past this limit, the request is refused or cut.ConditionsWhat a provider says about how it handles your data and who can sign up: training on prompts, processing region, sign-up requirements. Each comes from the provider's published documents; when nothing is published, it stays unknown.SignalsOffer
1 Poe 0.227 1.82 0.625 400k Unverified. No public page for this offer: listed, not designated cheapestBelow the lab's list price: Resold below the lab's list price (−9% vs lab list price), without a declared discount.priced in points: Converted from points or credits: the amount paid depends on how points are bought.
No public offer page
2 OpenAI 0.25  2.00 0.688 –
See pricing at OpenAI (opens in a new tab)
3 NanoGPT 0.25  2.00 0.688 400k
Go to offer at NanoGPT (opens in a new tab)
4 OpenAIvia Eden AI 0.25  2.00 0.688 400k Unverified. No public page for this offer: listed, not designated cheapest
: Eden AI (opens in a new tab). No public price page for this model
5 OpenAIvia Kilo Gateway 0.25  2.00 0.688 400k Unverified. The source page shows one price per model, not this seller's: listed, not designated cheapest
Go to offer at Kilo Gateway (opens in a new tab)
6 OpenAIvia LLM API 0.25  2.00 0.688 – Unconfirmed. Last checked 18 October 2026: the last published value, not a confirmed one Unverified. The source page shows one price per model, not this seller's: listed, not designated cheapest
See pricing at LLM API (opens in a new tab)
7 OpenAIvia Vercel AI Gateway 0.25  2.00 0.688 400k
Go to offer at Vercel AI Gateway (opens in a new tab)
8 Azurevia Eden AI 0.25  2.00 0.688 272k Unverified. No public page for this offer: listed, not designated cheapest
: Eden AI (opens in a new tab). No public price page for this model
9 Azurevia Kilo Gateway 0.25  2.00 0.688 400k Unverified. The source page shows one price per model, not this seller's: listed, not designated cheapest
Go to offer at Kilo Gateway (opens in a new tab)
10 Azurevia LLM API 0.25  2.00 0.688 – Unconfirmed. Last checked 18 October 2026: the last published value, not a confirmed one Unverified. The source page shows one price per model, not this seller's: listed, not designated cheapest
See pricing at LLM API (opens in a new tab)
11 Azurevia Vercel AI Gateway 0.25  2.00 0.688 400k
Go to offer at Vercel AI Gateway (opens in a new tab)
12 InferenceNethosted APISold by a provider other than the lab that made the model. 0.25  2.00 0.688 400k
Go to offer at InferenceNet (opens in a new tab)
13 NEAR AIhosted APISold by a provider other than the lab that made the model. 0.25  2.00 0.688 400k
See pricing at NEAR AI (opens in a new tab)
14 Abacus RouteLLM 0.25  2.00 0.688 400k United States Unverified. No public page for this offer: listed, not designated cheapest
: Abacus RouteLLM (opens in a new tab). No public price page for this model
15 FastRouter 0.25  2.00 0.688 400k Unverified. Neither seller nor price found on its page for 72 hours: listed, not designated cheapest
Go to offer at FastRouter (opens in a new tab)
16 Glama 0.25  2.00 0.688 400k Unverified. No public page for this offer: listed, not designated cheapest
: Glama (opens in a new tab). No public price page for this model
17 Martian 0.25  2.00 0.688 – worldwide Unverified. Neither seller nor price found on its page for 72 hours: listed, not designated cheapest
See pricing at Martian (opens in a new tab)
18 Nous Portal 0.25  2.00 0.688 400k Unverified. Neither seller nor price found on its page for 72 hours: listed, not designated cheapest
See pricing at Nous Portal (opens in a new tab)
19 OrcaRouter 0.25  2.00 0.688 400k Unverified. Neither seller nor price found on its page for 72 hours: listed, not designated cheapest
Go to offer at OrcaRouter (opens in a new tab)
20 RedPill 0.25  2.00 0.688 400k
Go to offer at RedPill (opens in a new tab)
21 ZenMux 0.25  2.00 0.688 400k
Go to offer at ZenMux (opens in a new tab)
22 OpenAIvia LLM Gateway 0.25  2.00 0.688 – Fee 5%: LLM Gateway adds a 5% fee on credit usage, plus 1.5% for cards issued outside the US (read on llmgateway.io/pricing on Oct 31). Offers are ranked with the 5% included.
Go to offer at LLM Gateway (opens in a new tab)
23 Azurevia LLM Gateway 0.25  2.00 0.688 – Fee 5%: LLM Gateway adds a 5% fee on credit usage, plus 1.5% for cards issued outside the US (read on llmgateway.io/pricing on Oct 31). Offers are ranked with the 5% included.
Go to offer at LLM Gateway (opens in a new tab)
24 OpenAIvia Requesty 0.25  2.00 0.688 400k Fee 5%: Requesty adds a 5% markup (read on requesty.ai/pricing on Oct 31). Offers are ranked with this fee included.
Go to offer at Requesty (opens in a new tab)
25 Azurevia Requesty 0.25  2.00 0.688 200k United States Fee 5%: Requesty adds a 5% markup (read on requesty.ai/pricing on Oct 31). Offers are ranked with this fee included.
Go to offer at Requesty (opens in a new tab)
26 OpenAIvia OpenRouter 0.25  2.00 0.688 400k Fee 5.5%: OpenRouter adds a 5.5% fee when you buy credits (read on openrouter.ai/pricing on Oct 31). Offers are ranked with this fee included.
Go to offer at OpenRouter (opens in a new tab)
27 Azurevia OpenRouter 0.25  2.00 0.688 400k Fee 5.5%: OpenRouter adds a 5.5% fee when you buy credits (read on openrouter.ai/pricing on Oct 31). Offers are ranked with this fee included.
Go to offer at OpenRouter (opens in a new tab)
28 ShengSuanYun 0.263 2.10 0.723 400k Unverified. No public page for this offer: listed, not designated cheapest
: ShengSuanYun (opens in a new tab). No public price page for this model
29 Azurevia Eden AI 0.275 2.20 0.756 272k European Union Unverified. No public page for this offer: listed, not designated cheapest
: Eden AI (opens in a new tab). No public price page for this model
30 Azurevia Eden AI 0.275 2.20 0.756 272k United States Unverified. No public page for this offer: listed, not designated cheapest
: Eden AI (opens in a new tab). No public price page for this model
31 Azurevia Kilo Gateway 0.275 2.20 0.756 400k European Union Unverified. The source page shows one price per model, not this seller's: listed, not designated cheapest
Go to offer at Kilo Gateway (opens in a new tab)
32 Azurevia Requesty 0.275 2.20 0.756 200k European Union Fee 5%: Requesty adds a 5% markup (read on requesty.ai/pricing on Oct 31). Offers are ranked with this fee included.
Go to offer at Requesty (opens in a new tab)
33 Azurevia Requesty 0.275 2.20 0.756 200k European Union Fee 5%: Requesty adds a 5% markup (read on requesty.ai/pricing on Oct 31). Offers are ranked with this fee included.
Go to offer at Requesty (opens in a new tab)
34 Azurevia Requesty 0.275 2.20 0.756 200k European Union Fee 5%: Requesty adds a 5% markup (read on requesty.ai/pricing on Oct 31). Offers are ranked with this fee included.
Go to offer at Requesty (opens in a new tab)
35 Azurevia Requesty 0.275 2.20 0.756 200k European Union Fee 5%: Requesty adds a 5% markup (read on requesty.ai/pricing on Oct 31). Offers are ranked with this fee included.
Go to offer at Requesty (opens in a new tab)
36 Azurevia OpenRouter 0.275 2.20 0.756 400k European Union Fee 5.5%: OpenRouter adds a 5.5% fee when you buy credits (read on openrouter.ai/pricing on Oct 31). Offers are ranked with this fee included.
Go to offer at OpenRouter (opens in a new tab)
37 Cortecs 0.279 2.20 0.759 400k worldwide Unverified. No public page for this offer: listed, not designated cheapest
: Cortecs (opens in a new tab). No public price page for this model
38 Vercel AI Gateway 0.45  3.60 1.24  – Priority tier: A different service tier, with its own speed and availability conditions.
Go to offer at Vercel AI Gateway (opens in a new tab)

No training on promptsPrompts may be used for trainingTraining terms not published

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4 flex or batch offers hidden (lower priority, variable latency).

Blended = (3 × input + output) / 4, per million tokens. Prices in USD, converted at the ECB rate when the provider bills in another currency.

Method

Monthly cost for your workload

Computed by the API for the three cheapest offers, per 30-day month.
  1. OpenAI$45.00per month
  2. NanoGPT$45.00per month+$0.00 vs the cheapest
  3. Azure$45.00per month+$0.00 vs the cheapest

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