GPT-5 Mini pricing.
Prices checked
GPT-5 Mini costs $0.25 in and $2 out per million tokens from OpenAI; the cheapest price is $0.63 at Poe, checked .
OpenAI's own price
OpenAI
$0.25 in · $2 out
22% below the typical price of the 392 text models we track.
Cheapest price
Poe
$0.23 in · $1.82 out
9% less than OpenAI, and the provider says why.
Web search from this model costs $10 per 1,000 searches, plus its tokens; dedicated search APIs from $1
Every provider selling GPT-5 Mini
- 1
$0.23 in · $1.82 out
$0.63/M tokens - 2
$0.24 in · $1.90 out
$0.65/M tokens - 3
$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 4
$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 5
Vivgrid
Same as maker$0.25 in · $2 out · 272k context here
$0.69/M tokens - 6
$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 7
$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 8Same as maker
$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 9
$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 10
$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 11
$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 12
$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 13
$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 14Same as maker
$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 15
SAP AI Core
Same as maker$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 16
$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 17
$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 18
$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 19
GitHub Copilot
Same as maker$0.25 in · $2 out · 264k context here
$0.69/M tokens - 20
$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 21
$0.25 in · $2 out · 256k context here
$0.69/M tokens - 22
$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 23
$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 24
$0.25 in · $2 out · 200k context here
$0.69/M tokens - 25
$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens
- 26
$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 27
$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 28
$0.25 in · $2 out · 128k context here
$0.69/M tokens - 29
LowRouter
Same as maker$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 30
$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 31$0.69/M tokens
- 32
$0.25 in · $2 out · 128k context here
$0.69/M tokens - 33
$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 34
$0.25 in · $2 out
$0.69/M tokens - 35
$0.26 in · $2.11 out
$0.73/M tokens - 36
$0.28 in · $2.20 out
$0.76/M tokens - 37
$0.28 in · $2.20 out
$0.76/M tokens - 38
$0.45 in · $3.60 out
$1.24/M tokens - 39
$0.45 in · $3.60 out
$1.24/M tokens
Not ranked
Below the maker's own price with nothing published to account for it, from a catalog we could not read reliably, or a free tier, which is a limit rather than a price. Why
QiHang
Not ranked$0.04 in · $0.29 out · 200k context here
$0.10/M tokens$0.20 in · $1.60 out
$0.55/M tokens
What it costs for your work
A month at OpenAI's own price
A month at Poe, the cheapest
What you save
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.
Evidence
Each is a measurement of the stated version and configuration. Two benchmarks are not the same test, and a score is not the chance your own work succeeds.
BFCL V4 multi-turn V4 / bfcl-eval 2025.12.17
27.5 / 100Berkeley BFCL · model GPT-5-mini-2025-08-07 · FC; multi-turn
Published 17 Oct 2026, read 31 Oct 2026
Read the sourceBFCL V4 web-search V4 / bfcl-eval 2025.12.17
82 / 100Berkeley BFCL · model GPT-5-mini-2025-08-07 · FC; web-search
Published 17 Oct 2026, read 31 Oct 2026
Read the sourceBFCL V4 memory V4 / bfcl-eval 2025.12.17
44.3 / 100Berkeley BFCL · model GPT-5-mini-2025-08-07 · FC; memory
Published 17 Oct 2026, read 31 Oct 2026
Read the sourceHow we count
Prices are per million tokens. The big number on each row is blended 3 in : 1 out, the way most work uses a model. A price below OpenAI's own is listed as cheapest only when the provider says why.
- Resells
- The provider sells another company's endpoint, at a margin of its own or at the maker's price.
- Same as maker
- Sold by someone else at the price the maker charges.
- Maker's price
- What the lab that trained the model charges on its own API. Every other row is measured against it.
- Costs more
- Sold by someone else for more than the maker charges.
- Not ranked
- Below the maker's price on a closed model with nothing to account for it, or from a catalog we could not read reliably. Listed, and never a pick.
Similar models
Models from other labs that do what GPT-5 Mini does, cheapest first. Each percentage is against GPT-5 Mini's cheapest price, $0.63 per M tokens.
Frequently asked
- Who sells GPT-5 Mini cheapest?
- Poe, at $0.23 in and $1.82 out per million tokens, checked 31 Oct 2026. The provider sells another company's endpoint, at a margin of its own or at the maker's price.
- 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 OpenAI's here needs a published reason, or it is listed and not 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 $0.69 per million tokens, OpenAI's own price is 22% below the typical $0.88 across the 392 text models we track.
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