OpenAI API pricing: GPT-6 models, images, voice and tools
Checked Nov 9, 2026 on OpenAI API’s official pages (sources below). Prices change often: confirm with the provider before you buy.
OpenAI bills its API per token for text models, per token or per minute for voice and transcription, and per call for tools such as web search. Cached input is billed at a lower rate than fresh input.
Figures below are quoted from openai.com/api/pricing as read on Nov 9, 2026. Prices change often: confirm with OpenAI before you buy.
Text models (per 1M tokens, standard context)
- GPT-6 Astra
- Input$10.00
- Cached input$1.00
- Output$50.00
- GPT-6.1 Sol
- Input$2.00
- Cached input$0.10
- Output$10.00
- GPT-6.1 Terra
- Input$1.00
- Cached input$0.05
- Output$5.00
- GPT-6 Luna
- Input$0.10
- Cached input$0.01
- Output$0.50
Voice and transcription
- GPT-Live-1
- Price$0.05 per minute
- GPT-Realtime-2.1 (audio)
- Price$32 input / $0.40 cached / $64 output per 1M tokens
- GPT-Realtime-2.1 (text)
- Price$4 / $0.40 / $24 per 1M tokens
- GPT-Realtime-2.1 mini (audio)
- Price$10 / $0.30 / $20 per 1M tokens
- GPT-Realtime-2.1 mini (text)
- Price$0.60 / $0.06 / $2.40 per 1M tokens
- GPT-Live-Transcribe
- Price$0.017 per minute
- GPT-Transcribe
- Price$0.0045 per minute
- GPT-Realtime-Translate
- Price$0.034 per minute
Images and tools
- GPT-Image-2.6 image tokens
- Price$8 input / $2 cached / $30 output per 1M
- GPT-Image-2.6 text tokens
- Price$5 input / $1.25 cached per 1M
- Web search tool
- Price$10 per 1,000 calls
Discounts and surcharges
- Batch API: OpenAI lists a 50% discount for asynchronous batch jobs.
- Data residency: OpenAI lists a 10% uplift for regional data residency.
- Token prices above are for standard context (under 272K tokens) as shown on the page.
Related pages
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OpenAI API pricing FAQ
How much does the OpenAI API cost per 1M tokens?
On openai.com/api/pricing (Nov 9, 2026): GPT-6 Astra $10 input / $50 output, GPT-6.1 Sol $2 / $10, GPT-6.1 Terra $1 / $5 and GPT-6 Luna $0.10 / $0.50 per 1M tokens, with lower cached-input rates.
Does the OpenAI API have a batch discount?
Yes. OpenAI lists 50% off for the Batch API.
How much does OpenAI transcription cost?
GPT-Transcribe is $0.0045 per minute and GPT-Live-Transcribe $0.017 per minute (Nov 9, 2026).
Sources (official pages, read Nov 9, 2026)
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