GPT-3.5-turbo pricing.
prices as of · 18 providers · 18 prices
OpenAI's GPT-3.5-turbo holds 16k tokens of context. Closed weights: only OpenAI and its licensed partners run it, so every other price below resells the same service.
GPT-3.5-turbo costs $0.50 in and $1.50 out per million tokens from OpenAI; the cheapest price we can explain is $2.73 at Poe, checked 16 Sept 2026.
OpenAI list price
$3/M tokens
$0.50 in · $1.50 out
read · 15% below the market median
What it costs for your work
OpenAI list price
$0.39a month
cheapest we can explain · Poe
$0.355a month
difference
$0.0355saved
A page is about 600 tokens in and 60 out, a support reply 200 in and 300 out, an email 150 in and 250 out. Nothing else is counted: no cache discount, no batch rate, no free tier.
Every provider selling GPT-3.5-turbo
Four groups, decided by the price and by what the provider publishes about it. Prices are per million tokens, and the share is that row against OpenAI's price.
The maker's list price
1 priceWhat the lab that trained the model charges on its own API.
OpenAIThe price OpenAI charges for the model it trained. Every row below is measured against it.
$0.50 / $1.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Cheaper, and we know why
1 priceBelow list, with a published reason: hosting the open weights, a regional price list, credits, a stated discount.
$0.45 / $1.36in / out per M
0.91×of list price
Same price as the maker
16 pricesThe same price the maker charges, sold by someone else.
$0.50 / $1.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.50 / $1.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.50 / $1.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
OrcaRouterThe same price OpenAI charges.
$0.50 / $1.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.50 / $1.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Merge GatewayThe same price OpenAI charges.
$0.50 / $1.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.50 / $1.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.50 / $1.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.50 / $1.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.50 / $1.50in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.53 / $1.58in / out per M
1.05×of list price
$1 / $2in / out per M
1.67×of list price
$1 / $2in / out per M
1.67×of list price
$1 / $2in / out per M
1.67×of list price
$1 / $2in / out per M
1.67×of list price
$1.50 / $2in / out per M
2.17×of list price
Frequently asked
- Who sells GPT-3.5-turbo cheapest?
- Poe, at $0.45 in and $1.36 out per million tokens, read on 16 Sept 2026. 9% under the list price, an ordinary reseller margin.
- Is GPT-3.5-turbo open weights?
- No. OpenAI keeps the weights, so every price on this page is OpenAI's own or a resale of it. A price below list here needs a published reason, or it is listed and never ranked.
- How much context does GPT-3.5-turbo hold?
- 16,385 tokens in one call, which is about 16k.
- How does GPT-3.5-turbo compare with the rest of the market?
- At $3 per million tokens, OpenAI's price is 15% below the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.