GPT-5 Search API pricing.
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GPT-5 Search API costs $1.25 in and $10 out per million tokens from OpenAI; the cheapest price is $3.44 at Eden AI, checked .
OpenAI's own price
OpenAI
$1.25 in · $10 out
287% above the typical price of the 399 text models we track.
Cheapest price
Eden AI
$1.25 in · $10 out
Nobody sells it for less than OpenAI with a reason we can point at.
Web search from this model costs $10 per 1,000 searches, plus its tokens; dedicated search APIs from $1
Every provider selling GPT-5 Search API
- 1
$1.25 in · $10 out
$3.44/M tokens - 2
$1.25 in · $10 out
$3.44/M tokens - 3
$1.25 in · $10 out
$3.44/M tokens
What it costs for your work
A month at OpenAI's own price
A month at Eden AI, 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.
How 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.
- 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.
Similar models
Models from other labs that do what GPT-5 Search API does, cheapest first. Each percentage is against GPT-5 Search API's cheapest price, $3.44 per M tokens.
Frequently asked
- Who sells GPT-5 Search API cheapest?
- No provider sells GPT-5 Search API below OpenAI's own price for a reason it publishes. 3 providers sell it at that price or above, and every one of them is on this page.
- Is GPT-5 Search API 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 Search API hold?
- 272,000 tokens in one call, which is about 272k, and it can call your own functions.
- How does GPT-5 Search API compare with the rest of the market?
- At $3.44 per million tokens, OpenAI's own price is 287% above the typical $0.89 across the 399 text models we track.
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