GPT-4.1 mini pricing.

prices as of · 32 providers · 33 prices

OpenAI's GPT-4.1 mini 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 mini costs $0.40 in and $1.60 out per million tokens from OpenAI; the cheapest price we can explain is $2.55 at Poe, checked 16 Sept 2026.

tool callingreads imagesstructured output1M contextreleased 14 Apr 2025

OpenAI list price

$2.80/M tokens

$0.40 in · $1.60 out

read · 21% below the market median

Cheapest price we can explain

$2.55/M tokens

$0.36 in · $1.45 out · 9% under list

Poe
View at Poe

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What it costs for your work

pages a month

OpenAI list price

$0.336a month

cheapest we can explain · Poe

$0.305a month

difference

$0.0306saved

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 mini

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 price

What the lab that trained the model charges on its own API.

  • OpenAI

    The price OpenAI charges for the model it trained. Every row below is measured against it.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

Cheaper, and we know why

1 price

Below list, with a published reason: hosting the open weights, a regional price list, credits, a stated discount.

  • Poe

    9% under the list price, an ordinary reseller margin.

    $0.36 / $1.45in / out per M

    0.91×of list price

Same price as the maker

31 prices

The same price the maker charges, sold by someone else.

  • OpenRouter

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • NanoGPT

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • Aixy

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • Impossibl

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • LLM Gateway

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    1M context hereLLM Gateway

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • OrcaRouter

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • SAP AI Core

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • Azure Cognitive Services

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • Pioneer

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • Helicone

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • Requesty

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • Vercel AI Gateway

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • Cloudflare AI Gateway

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • Kilo Gateway

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • Azure AI Foundry

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • Merge Gateway

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • Abacus

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • NEAR AI Cloud

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • Ofox

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • 302.AI

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • Nous Portal

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • FastRouter

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • Jiekou

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • LLMTR

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    128k context hereLLMTR

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

  • Inference.net

    The same price OpenAI charges.

    $0.40 / $1.60in / out per M

    1.00×of list price

showing the 25 cheapest of 31 · every row in the open dataset

Frequently asked

Who sells GPT-4.1 mini cheapest?
Poe, at $0.36 in and $1.45 out per million tokens, read on 16 Sept 2026. 9% under the list price, an ordinary reseller margin.
Is GPT-4.1 mini 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 mini hold?
1,047,576 tokens in one call, which is about 1M, and it can call your own functions.
How does GPT-4.1 mini compare with the rest of the market?
At $2.80 per million tokens, OpenAI's price is 21% below the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.
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