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2024-07Price Data Last Verified: April 22, 2026
GPT-4o mini API Pricing & Cost Calculator
Still one of the strongest low-cost baselines for support, assistants, and lightweight agents.
Pricing Details
- Provider
- OpenAI
- Input Price
- $0.15 / 1M tokens
- Output Price
- $0.60 / 1M tokens
- Context Window
- 128K
Cost Scenarios
Small Request$0.0007
Medium Request$0.0075
Large Request$0.045
High Volume$0.45
Detailed Cost Breakdown
| Scenario | Input Tokens | Output Tokens | Input Cost | Output Cost | Total Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Request | 1,000 | 1,000 | $0.0002 | $0.0006 | $0.0007 |
| Medium Request | 10,000 | 10,000 | $0.0015 | $0.006 | $0.0075 |
| Large Request | 100,000 | 50,000 | $0.015 | $0.03 | $0.045 |
| High Volume | 1,000,000 | 500,000 | $0.15 | $0.30 | $0.45 |
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