API PRICES
OpenAI · gpt-5-mini
Provider prices, cheapest first
Price comparison
- Official (cash)
- Input 0.25 / output 2 USD/million tokensOpenAI ·
- Lowest inference provider (cash)
- Input 0.25 / output 2 USD/million tokensOpenRouter · Aggregator · same as official ·
- Lowest relay (credit)
- 0.06875 USD credit/million total tokenslanxiu.cc "default" ·
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-5-mini official price: input 0.25, output 2 USD per million tokens (OpenAI, observed 2026-10-17). Cheapest inference provider: OpenRouter, input 0.25, output 2 USD per million tokens. Cheapest relay: lanxiu.cc, group "default" 0.06875 USD_CREDIT per million total tokens (credit price, not cash, observed 2026-10-16). 112 sites have comparable prices; 185 sites list this model.Relay blended price uses 75% input and 25% output.
Price ranges per million tokens
Official cash prices · Lowest 0.6875 · median 0.6875 · highest 0.6875 · 1 quotes USD / per million tokens
Inference provider cash prices · Lowest 0.6875 · median 0.6875 · highest 0.6875 · 1 quotes USD / per million tokens
Relay USD credit prices · Lowest 0.06875 · median 1.0313 · highest 13.75 · 246 quotes USD / per million tokens, site credit
Relay CNY credit prices · Lowest 0.48125 · median 1.8047 · highest 8.2949 · 46 quotes CNY / per million tokens, site credit
Official price
| Provider | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | 0.25 | 2 | 0.025 | — | 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 | 0.25 | 2 | 0.025 | — | 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 0.06875 · median 1.0313 · highest 13.75 (246 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recent price | |||||||
| 224 | ai.comfly.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 plans 1 more site of the same companyBasis: identical quotes. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | origin Name on site: gpt-5-mini-medium Enterprise group (origin)-OpenAI&Claude official price [machine translation]Original: 企业分组(origin)-OpenAI&Claude官方原价 Operator pending verification | 1.825 | 14.6 | — | 5.0188Median price ÷ this price: 0.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 224 | api.bltcy.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 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 Name on site: gpt-5-mini-minimal Enterprise group (origin)-OpenAI&Claude official price [machine translation]Original: 企业分组(origin)-OpenAI&Claude官方原价 Operator pending verification | 1.825 | 14.6 | — | 5.0188Median price ÷ this price: 0.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 224 | api.bltcy.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 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 Name on site: gpt-5-mini-medium Enterprise group (origin)-OpenAI&Claude official price [machine translation]Original: 企业分组(origin)-OpenAI&Claude官方原价 Operator pending verification | 1.825 | 14.6 | — | 5.0188Median price ÷ this price: 0.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 224 | api.bltcy.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 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 | 1.825 | 14.6 | 0.1825 | 5.0188Median price ÷ this price: 0.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 224 | ai.t8star.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 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 Name on site: gpt-5-mini-medium Enterprise group (origin)-OpenAI&Claude official price [machine translation]Original: 企业分组(origin)-OpenAI&Claude官方原价 Operator pending verification | 1.825 | 14.6 | — | 5.0188Median price ÷ this price: 0.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 224 | ai.t8star.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 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 | 1.825 | 14.6 | 0.1825 | 5.0188Median price ÷ this price: 0.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 224 | ai.t8star.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 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 Name on site: gpt-5-mini-minimal Enterprise group (origin)-OpenAI&Claude official price [machine translation]Original: 企业分组(origin)-OpenAI&Claude官方原价 Operator pending verification | 1.825 | 14.6 | — | 5.0188Median price ÷ this price: 0.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 224 | api.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 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 | 1.825 | 14.6 | 0.1825 | 5.0188Median price ÷ this price: 0.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 224 | api.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 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 Name on site: gpt-5-mini-medium Enterprise group (origin)-OpenAI&Claude official price [machine translation]Original: 企业分组(origin)-OpenAI&Claude官方原价 Operator pending verification | 1.825 | 14.6 | — | 5.0188Median price ÷ this price: 0.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 224 | api.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 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 Name on site: gpt-5-mini-minimal Enterprise group (origin)-OpenAI&Claude official price [machine translation]Original: 企业分组(origin)-OpenAI&Claude官方原价 Operator pending verification | 1.825 | 14.6 | — | 5.0188Median price ÷ this price: 0.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 224 | one-api.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 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 | 1.825 | 14.6 | 0.1825 | 5.0188Median price ÷ this price: 0.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 224 | one-api.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 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 Name on site: gpt-5-mini-medium Enterprise group (origin)-OpenAI&Claude official price [machine translation]Original: 企业分组(origin)-OpenAI&Claude官方原价 Operator pending verification | 1.825 | 14.6 | — | 5.0188Median price ÷ this price: 0.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 224 | one-api.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 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 Name on site: gpt-5-mini-minimal Enterprise group (origin)-OpenAI&Claude official price [machine translation]Original: 企业分组(origin)-OpenAI&Claude官方原价 Operator pending verification | 1.825 | 14.6 | — | 5.0188Median price ÷ this price: 0.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 239 | deepkey.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans | gpt-azure4 gpt-azure4-high-tier pool-supports astra [machine translation]Original: gpt-azure4-高等级池-支持astra Operator pending verification | 2 | 10 | 0.2 | 4Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 239 | 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 | 2 | 16 | 0.2 | 5.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 239 | api.aabao.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 9 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 | 2 | 16 | 0.2 | 5.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 239 | api.aabao.vipAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 9 plans 1 more site 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 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 | 2 | 16 | 0.2 | 5.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 243 | deepkey.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans | gpt-azure-18 gpt-azure-1.8-enterprise exclusive supply [machine translation]Original: gpt-azure-1.8-企业专供 Operator pending verification | 2.25 | 11.25 | 0.225 | 4.5Median price ÷ this price: 0.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 244 | xinsuanai.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans | Official relay Claude [machine translation]Group on site: 官转克劳德 Official relay Claude [machine translation]Original: 官转克劳德 Operator pending verification | 2.5 | 20 | — | 6.875Median price ÷ this price: 0.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 245 | deepkey.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans | gpt-openai2 gpt-openai-official KEY-channel 2 [machine translation]Original: gpt-openai-官KEY-渠道2 Operator pending verification | 5 | 25 | 0.5 | 10Median price ÷ this price: 0.1× | Full prices and sources |
| 245 | api.luoqianyi.qzz.ioAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | default Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 5 | 40 | — | 13.75Median price ÷ this price: 0.1× | Full prices and sources |
| Older price | |||||||
| 01 | api.openai-ch.topAsk or discussCollected: Carried previous price Not updated this time; showing the previous price View 5 plans | Azure-Ⅰ Azure 0.2x rate multiplier group [machine translation]Original: Azure 0.2倍率分组 Operator pending verification | 0.05 | 0.4 | 0.006 | 0.1375Median price ÷ this price: 7.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 02 | api.openai-ch.topAsk or discussCollected: Carried previous price Not updated this time; showing the previous price View 5 plans | Azure-Ⅲ Azure 0.3x rate multiplier group [machine translation]Original: Azure 0.3倍率分组 Operator pending verification | 0.075 | 0.6 | 0.009 | 0.20625Median price ÷ this price: 5× | Full prices and sources |
| 03 | api.openai-ch.topAsk or discussCollected: Carried previous price Not updated this time; showing the previous price View 5 plans | Azure-VIP 5.1,5.2,sora2,image advanced model group [machine translation]Original: 5.1,5.2,sora2,image高级模型分组 Operator pending verification | 0.125 | 1 | 0.015 | 0.34375Median price ÷ this price: 3× | Full prices and sources |
| 04 | api.openai-ch.topAsk or discussCollected: Carried previous price Not updated this time; showing the previous price View 5 plans | Azure Azure group [machine translation]Original: Azure分组 Operator pending verification | 0.25 | 2 | 0.03 | 0.6875Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
Special groups · 1 rows · not ranked
These plans are marked as test, internal, disabled, gated by top-up or membership, or have a near-zero ratio. They may not be purchasable or stable, so they are listed separately and left out of the ranking and statistics.
- test or debug group: 1 rows
- test-api.apiqik.online · openai · gpt-5-mini · Input 0.075 / Output 0.6 USD credits / 1M
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 586 recorded prices; 314 can be compared directly (313 ranked, 1 listed separately). Not comparable yet: price not parsed yet 192, scope of the official doc price not confirmed 32, tiered by rules (see Tiered prices) 21, display unit not confirmed 17, billed per request or another unit 2, ratio looks unset 2, new price under review; showing the previous one 1
248 recent · 18 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-5-mini?
lanxiu.cc, group "default", 0.06875 USD credit per million total tokens, observed 2026-10-16. 112 sites have comparable prices.
What is the official price for OpenAI · gpt-5-mini?
Input 0.25, output 2 USD per million tokens, checked 2026-10-17. Lowest inference provider: OpenRouter, input 0.25, output 2 USD per million tokens. Input 0% higher than official.
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