API PRICES
OpenAI · gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct
Provider prices, cheapest first
Price comparison
- Official (cash)
- Input 1.5 / output 2 USD/million tokensOpenAI ·
- Lowest inference provider (cash)
- Input 1.5 / output 2 USD/million tokensOpenRouter · Aggregator · same as official ·
- Lowest relay (credit)
- 0.9 USD credit/million total tokensgo.sbgpt.site "az-3" ·
Official and inference-provider prices are cash; relay prices are site credit (USD credit or CNY credit), a different unit, compared separately. Relay prices are per million total tokens at 75% input and 25% output.
OpenAI · gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct official price: input 1.5, output 2 USD per million tokens (OpenAI, observed 2026-10-17). Cheapest inference provider: OpenRouter, input 1.5, output 2 USD per million tokens. Cheapest relay: go.sbgpt.site, group "az-3" 0.9 USD_CREDIT per million total tokens (credit price, not cash, observed 2026-10-16). 42 sites have comparable prices; 65 sites list this model.Relay blended price uses 75% input and 25% output.
Price ranges per million tokens
Official cash prices · Lowest 1.625 · median 1.625 · highest 1.625 · 1 quotes USD / per million tokens
Inference provider cash prices · Lowest 1.625 · median 1.625 · highest 1.625 · 1 quotes USD / per million tokens
Relay USD credit prices · Lowest 0.9 · median 3.75 · highest 37.5 · 78 quotes USD / per million tokens, site credit
Relay CNY credit prices · Lowest 0.28125 · median 4.5937 · highest 18.25 · 4 quotes CNY / per million tokens, site credit
Official price
| Provider | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | 1.5 | 2 | — | — | USD / 1M tokens | Official source |
Official prices are the vendor's cash prices. Inference providers also list cash prices and can be compared directly. Relays list prices in site credit; what you actually pay depends on each site's top-up rate, so they cannot be compared with official prices directly.
Inference providers
| Provider | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source | vs official |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter · Aggregator | 1.5 | 2 | — | — | USD / 1M tokens | Official source | Input 0% · Output 0% |
Unit: USD credits per 1M tokens. These are site-credit prices; actual cost depends on each site’s top-up rate.
Price range: lowest 0.9 · median 3.75 · highest 37.5 (78 quotes, USD credits per million total tokens)
Relays
Prices below are in site credit, not cash.
| # | Provider | Plan / conditions | Input ↑USD credits / 1M | Output USD credits / 1M | Cache readUSD credits / 1M | BlendedUSD credits / 1M | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 51 | cnapi.kksj.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans | guan Official group, uses AZ plus official channels, can use all models on this site, most stable, very expensive!!! If other groups have it use them first; use this one when other groups stop working well [machine translation]Original: 官方分组,使用AZ加官方渠道,可以使用本站所有模型,最稳定,很贵!!!建议其它分组有的先用其它分组,其它分组不好用了再用这个 Operator pending verification | 5.7 | 11.4 | — | 7.125Median price ÷ this price: 0.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 52 | deepkey.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | gpt-openai2 gpt-openai-official KEY-channel 2 [machine translation]Original: gpt-openai-官KEY-渠道2 Operator pending verification | 6 | 7.8 | — | 6.45Median price ÷ this price: 0.6× | Full prices and sources |
| 52 | ai.comfly.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 5 plans 1 more site of the same companyBasis: identical quotes. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | openai official-premium quality [machine translation]Group on site: openai官-优质 Pure OpenAI, special-price premium-quality group [machine translation]Original: 纯OpenAI，特价优质分组 Operator pending verification | 6 | 12 | — | 7.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 52 | api.bltcy.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans 2 more sites of the same companyBasis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | openai official-premium quality [machine translation]Group on site: openai官-优质 Pure OpenAI, special-price premium-quality group [machine translation]Original: 纯OpenAI，特价优质分组 Operator pending verification | 6 | 12 | — | 7.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 52 | apilio.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans 1 more site of the same companyBasis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | openai official-premium quality [machine translation]Group on site: openai官-优质 Pure OpenAI, special-price premium-quality group [machine translation]Original: 纯OpenAI，特价优质分组 Operator pending verification | 6 | 12 | — | 7.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 52 | ai.t8star.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 5 plans 1 more site of the same company
Basis: identical quotes. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | openai official-premium quality [machine translation]Group on site: openai官-优质 Pure OpenAI, special-price premium-quality group [machine translation]Original: 纯OpenAI，特价优质分组 Operator pending verification | 6 | 12 | — | 7.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 52 | api.apilio.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans 1 more site of the same company
Basis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | openai official-premium quality [machine translation]Group on site: openai官-优质 Pure OpenAI, special-price premium-quality group [machine translation]Original: 纯OpenAI，特价优质分组 Operator pending verification | 6 | 12 | — | 7.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 52 | api.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | openai official-premium quality [machine translation]Group on site: openai官-优质 Pure OpenAI, special-price premium-quality group [machine translation]Original: 纯OpenAI，特价优质分组 Operator pending verification | 6 | 12 | — | 7.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 52 | one-api.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | openai official-premium quality [machine translation]Group on site: openai官-优质 Pure OpenAI, special-price premium-quality group [machine translation]Original: 纯OpenAI，特价优质分组 Operator pending verification | 6 | 12 | — | 7.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 60 | go.sbgpt.siteAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 10 plans | Official openai [machine translation]Group on site: 官openai Official openai-4.5x rate multiplier [machine translation]Original: 官openai-4.5倍率 Operator pending verification | 6.75 | 13.5 | — | 8.4375Median price ÷ this price: 0.4× | Full prices and sources |
| 61 | yinli.oneAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | GPT-Azure-high price-99% stability [machine translation]Group on site: GPT-Azure-高价-99%稳定性 Personal use/small experiments/commercial APP use, streaming first token 3-5s [machine translation]Original: 个人使用/小型实验使用/商业APP使用，流式输出首字3-5s Operator pending verification | 7.5 | 9.75 | — | 8.0625Median price ÷ this price: 0.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 62 | xinsuanai.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans | vip vip group [machine translation]Original: vip分组 Operator pending verification | 9 | 18 | — | 11.25Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 63 | gptapi.asiaAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans 2 more sites of the same companyBasis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | enterprise Enterprise channel [machine translation]Original: 企业通道 Operator pending verification | 10.5 | 13.965 | — | 11.366Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 63 | cn.gptapi.asiaAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | enterprise Enterprise channel [machine translation]Original: 企业通道 Operator pending verification | 10.5 | 13.965 | — | 11.366Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 63 | yutoapi.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | enterprise Enterprise channel [machine translation]Original: 企业通道 Operator pending verification | 10.5 | 13.965 | — | 11.366Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 66 | ai.comfly.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 5 plans 1 more site of the same companyBasis: identical quotes. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | origin Enterprise group (origin)-OpenAI&Claude official price [machine translation]Original: 企业分组(origin)-OpenAI&Claude官方原价 Operator pending verification | 10.95 | 21.9 | — | 13.688Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 66 | api.bltcy.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans 2 more sites of the same companyBasis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | origin Enterprise group (origin)-OpenAI&Claude official price [machine translation]Original: 企业分组(origin)-OpenAI&Claude官方原价 Operator pending verification | 10.95 | 21.9 | — | 13.688Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 66 | apilio.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans 1 more site of the same companyBasis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | origin Enterprise group (origin)-OpenAI&Claude official price [machine translation]Original: 企业分组(origin)-OpenAI&Claude官方原价 Operator pending verification | 10.95 | 21.9 | — | 13.688Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 66 | ai.t8star.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 5 plans 1 more site of the same company
Basis: identical quotes. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | origin Enterprise group (origin)-OpenAI&Claude official price [machine translation]Original: 企业分组(origin)-OpenAI&Claude官方原价 Operator pending verification | 10.95 | 21.9 | — | 13.688Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 66 | api.apilio.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans 1 more site of the same company
Basis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | origin Enterprise group (origin)-OpenAI&Claude official price [machine translation]Original: 企业分组(origin)-OpenAI&Claude官方原价 Operator pending verification | 10.95 | 21.9 | — | 13.688Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 66 | api.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | origin Enterprise group (origin)-OpenAI&Claude official price [machine translation]Original: 企业分组(origin)-OpenAI&Claude官方原价 Operator pending verification | 10.95 | 21.9 | — | 13.688Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 66 | one-api.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans 2 more sites of the same company
Basis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | origin Enterprise group (origin)-OpenAI&Claude official price [machine translation]Original: 企业分组(origin)-OpenAI&Claude官方原价 Operator pending verification | 10.95 | 21.9 | — | 13.688Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 73 | 35.aigcbest.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | Top-speed channel [machine translation]Group on site: 极速通道 👍 Highest concurrency guaranteed | stable 24 hours [machine translation]Original: 👍 最高并发保证 | 24小时稳定 Operator pending verification | 12 | 15.96 | — | 12.99Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 73 | api.xhuoai.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | Enterprise channel [machine translation]Group on site: 企业渠道 OpenAI/Claude enterprise-grade channel, top choice for top speed and stability, ultra-high concurrency, features identical to official, 5.6/10 of list price, rate multiplier 4.0 [machine translation]Original: OpenAI/Claude企业级渠道，追求极速稳定首选，超高并发，功能与官方完全一致，5.6折，倍率4.0 Operator pending verification | 12 | 16 | — | 13Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 73 | api.aabao.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans 1 more site of the same companyBasis: identical quotes, same status-page name, logo or server address. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | OpenAI direct connection [machine translation]Group on site: OpenAI直连 OpenAI direct connection (8.0x rate multiplier) [machine translation]Original: OpenAI直连（8.0倍率） Operator pending verification | 12 | 24 | — | 15Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
How this ranking works
All per-token prices: 97,455 prices from 871 sites (about 765 companies). 89,631 are ranked, from 861 sites (about 755 companies); 7,824 more are listed separately and not ranked. Prices collected up to 2026-10-17.
This model has 176 recorded prices; 97 can be compared directly. Not comparable yet: price not parsed yet 54, scope of the official doc price not confirmed 16, ratio looks unset 3, tiered by rules (see Tiered prices) 1
85 recent · 7 stale (older than 10 days, or not updated by this refresh) · 0 unverified timestamps. Minimum and median only count recent paid prices; older prices stay in the table. 0 zero-valued pairs are separately unverified, without proof of free eligibility. Timing does not verify payment, upstream identity or quality.
Prices are converted to site credits using each site’s published ratio. What you actually pay depends on its top-up rate. Input, output and cache prices in each row come from the same plan. Several sites run by the same company take one place in the ranking: its cheapest plan, with the other sites listed under it. We judge “same company” by identical prices, status pages or homepage code; this is not a legal finding. To see every site’s prices, choose “All plans” or filter by provider.
“Self-declared unofficial channel” means the plan name itself says “reverse-engineered” or similar. We have not verified their source or quality. Minimum and median only count regular plans.
Sources not accepted this cycle and reasons
FAQ
Which API is cheapest for OpenAI · gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct?
go.sbgpt.site, group "az-3", 0.9 USD credit per million total tokens, observed 2026-10-16. 42 sites have comparable prices.
What is the official price for OpenAI · gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct?
Input 1.5, output 2 USD per million tokens, checked 2026-10-17. Lowest inference provider: OpenRouter, input 1.5, output 2 USD per million tokens. Input 0% higher than official.
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