GPT-4o pricing.
prices as of · 29 providers · 30 prices
OpenAI's GPT-4o holds 128k 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-4o costs $5 in and $15 out per million tokens from OpenAI; the cheapest price we can explain is $16.63 at Jiekou, checked 16 Sept 2026.
OpenAI list price
$30/M tokens
$5 in · $15 out
read · 745% above the market median
Cheapest price we can explain
$16.63/M tokens
$2.38 in · $9.50 out · 45% under list
Jiekouread
What it costs for your work
OpenAI list price
$3.90a month
cheapest we can explain · Jiekou
$1.99a month
difference
$1.91saved
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-4o
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.
$5 / $15in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Cheaper, and we know why
2 pricesBelow list, with a published reason: hosting the open weights, a regional price list, credits, a stated discount.
- Jiekou
A relay that lists most of its catalog about 5% under list, an ordinary reseller margin.
131k context hereJiekou ↗$2.38 / $9.50in / out per M
0.55×of list price
Nous PortalResells OpenRouter's catalog at 0.80× the listed price, funded by a subscription whose credits carry a 10% bonus.
$2.50 / $10in / out per M
0.58×of list price
Same price as the maker
2 pricesThe same price the maker charges, sold by someone else.
OrcaRouterThe same price OpenAI charges.
$5 / $15in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Merge GatewayThe same price OpenAI charges.
$5 / $15in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Cheaper, and nobody says why
25 prices · never rankedBelow list on a closed model with nothing to account for it. Shown, never ranked, never a pick.
Cloudflare AI Gateway0.25× OpenAI's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
$1.25 / $5in / out per M
0.29×of list price
OpenRouter0.50× OpenAI's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
$2.50 / $10in / out per M
0.58×of list price
NanoGPT0.50× OpenAI's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
$2.50 / $10in / out per M
0.58×of list price
Impossibl0.50× OpenAI's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
$2.50 / $10in / out per M
0.58×of list price
LLM Gateway0.50× OpenAI's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
$2.50 / $10in / out per M
0.58×of list price
Azure Cognitive Services0.50× OpenAI's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
$2.50 / $10in / out per M
0.58×of list price
$2.50 / $10in / out per M
0.58×of list price
Helicone0.50× OpenAI's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
$2.50 / $10in / out per M
0.58×of list price
FrogBot0.50× OpenAI's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
$2.50 / $10in / out per M
0.58×of list price
Vercel AI Gateway0.50× OpenAI's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
$2.50 / $10in / out per M
0.58×of list price
Kilo Gateway0.50× OpenAI's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
$2.50 / $10in / out per M
0.58×of list price
Azure AI Foundry0.50× OpenAI's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
$2.50 / $10in / out per M
0.58×of list price
Abacus0.50× OpenAI's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
$2.50 / $10in / out per M
0.58×of list price
$2.50 / $10in / out per M
0.58×of list price
302.AI0.50× OpenAI's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
$2.50 / $10in / out per M
0.58×of list price
GMI Cloud0.50× OpenAI's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
131k context hereGMI Cloud ↗$2.50 / $10in / out per M
0.58×of list price
Requesty0.50× OpenAI's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
$2.50 / $10in / out per M
0.58×of list price
FastRouter0.50× OpenAI's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
$2.50 / $10in / out per M
0.58×of list price
$2.50 / $10in / out per M
0.58×of list price
Inference.net0.50× OpenAI's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
$2.50 / $10in / out per M
0.58×of list price
Phala (RedPill)0.50× OpenAI's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
$2.50 / $10in / out per M
0.58×of list price
TrustedRouter0.53× OpenAI's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
$2.64 / $10.55in / out per M
0.62×of list price
Eden AI0.55× OpenAI's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
$2.75 / $11in / out per M
0.64×of list price
Cortecs0.55× OpenAI's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
$2.75 / $11.02in / out per M
0.64×of list price
- Vercel AI Gateway
0.85× OpenAI's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
$4.25 / $17in / out per M
0.99×of list price
Frequently asked
- Who sells GPT-4o cheapest?
- Jiekou, at $2.38 in and $9.50 out per million tokens, read on 16 Sept 2026. A relay that lists most of its catalog about 5% under list, an ordinary reseller margin.
- Is GPT-4o 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-4o hold?
- 128,000 tokens in one call, which is about 128k, and it can call your own functions.
- How does GPT-4o compare with the rest of the market?
- At $30 per million tokens, OpenAI's price is 745% above the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.