GPT-5 Mini pricing.
prices as of · 36 providers · 38 prices
OpenAI's GPT-5 Mini holds 400k tokens of context, reads images as well as text and has a reasoning mode. Closed weights: only OpenAI and its licensed partners run it, so every other price below resells the same service.
GPT-5 Mini costs $0.25 in and $2 out per million tokens from OpenAI; the cheapest price we can explain is $2.50 at Poe, checked 16 Sept 2026.
OpenAI list price
$2.75/M tokens
$0.25 in · $2 out
read · 23% below the market median
What it costs for your work
OpenAI list price
$0.27a month
cheapest we can explain · Poe
$0.245a month
difference
$0.0245saved
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-5 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 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.
$0.25 / $2in / 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.
$0.23 / $1.82in / out per M
0.91×of list price
$0.24 / $1.90in / out per M
0.95×of list price
Same price as the maker
33 pricesThe same price the maker charges, sold by someone else.
$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
VivgridThe same price OpenAI charges.
272k context here$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
OrcaRouterThe same price OpenAI charges.
$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
SAP AI CoreThe same price OpenAI charges.
$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Azure Cognitive ServicesThe same price OpenAI charges.
$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
HeliconeThe same price OpenAI charges.
$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
GitHub CopilotThe same price OpenAI charges.
264k context here$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Perplexity AgentThe same price OpenAI charges.
$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
Merge GatewayThe same price OpenAI charges.
$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
AbacusThe same price OpenAI charges.
$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
NeonThe same price OpenAI charges.
$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
302.AIThe same price OpenAI charges.
$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
$0.25 / $2in / out per M
1.00×of list price
showing the 25 cheapest of 33 · every row in the open dataset
Cheaper, and nobody says why
2 prices · never rankedBelow list on a closed model with nothing to account for it. Shown, never ranked, never a pick.
QiHang0.16× OpenAI's list price on a closed model, and nobody says why. Listed, never ranked.
200k context here$0.04 / $0.29in / out per M
0.15×of list price
$0.20 / $1.60in / out per M
0.80×of list price
Frequently asked
- Who sells GPT-5 Mini cheapest?
- Poe, at $0.23 in and $1.82 out per million tokens, read on 16 Sept 2026. 9% under the list price, an ordinary reseller margin.
- Is GPT-5 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-5 Mini hold?
- 400,000 tokens in one call, which is about 400k, and it can call your own functions.
- How does GPT-5 Mini compare with the rest of the market?
- At $2.75 per million tokens, OpenAI's price is 23% below the $3.55 median across the 337 text models we track.