GPT-4.1 pricing.
prices as of · 30 providers · 31 prices
OpenAI's GPT-4.1 holds 1M tokens of context and reads images as well as text. Closed weights: only OpenAI and its licensed partners run it, so every other price below resells the same service.
GPT-4.1 costs $2 in and $8 out per million tokens from OpenAI; the cheapest price we can explain is $12.73 at Poe, checked 16 Sept 2026.
OpenAI list price
$14/M tokens
$2 in · $8 out
read · 294% above the market median
Cheapest price we can explain
$12.73/M tokens
$1.82 in · $7.27 out · 9% under list
Poeread
What it costs for your work
OpenAI list price
$1.68a month
cheapest we can explain · Poe
$1.53a month
difference
$0.153saved
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-4.1
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.
$2 / $8in / 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.
$1.82 / $7.27in / out per M
0.91×of list price
Same price as the maker
29 pricesThe same price the maker charges, sold by someone else.
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
OrcaRouterThe same price OpenAI charges.
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
SAP AI CoreThe same price OpenAI charges.
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Azure Cognitive ServicesThe same price OpenAI charges.
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
HeliconeThe same price OpenAI charges.
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Cloudflare AI GatewayThe same price OpenAI charges.
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Merge GatewayThe same price OpenAI charges.
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
AbacusThe same price OpenAI charges.
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
302.AIThe same price OpenAI charges.
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$2 / $8in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$2.11 / $8.44in / out per M
1.05×of list price
showing the 25 cheapest of 29 · every row in the open dataset
Frequently asked
- Who sells GPT-4.1 cheapest?
- Poe, at $1.82 in and $7.27 out per million tokens, read on 16 Sept 2026. 9% under the list price, an ordinary reseller margin.
- Is GPT-4.1 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-4.1 hold?
- 1,047,576 tokens in one call, which is about 1M, and it can call your own functions.
- How does GPT-4.1 compare with the rest of the market?
- At $14 per million tokens, OpenAI's price is 294% above the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.