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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 119 | yinli.oneAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 plans | Claude-Kior-low price-90% stability [machine translation]Group on site: Claude-Kior-低价-90%稳定性 Mainly for model distillation, must use the openai official relay channel, streaming first token 1-3s [machine translation]Original: 主要用于模型蒸馏，一定需要用openai官转渠道，流式输出首字1-3s Operator pending verification | 0.375 | 3 | 0.0375 | 1.0313Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 119 | yinli.oneAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 plans | GPT-Azure-low price-90% stability [machine translation]Group on site: GPT-Azure-低价-90%稳定性 Personal use/small experiments/model distillation, streaming first token 5-10s [machine translation]Original: 个人使用/小型实验使用/模型蒸馏使用，流式输出首字5-10s Operator pending verification | 0.375 | 3 | 0.0375 | 1.0313Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 119 | yinli.oneAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 plans | Gemini-low price-90% stability [machine translation]Group on site: Gemini-低价-90%稳定性 Personal use/small experiments/claude code, streaming first token 3-5s [machine translation]Original: 个人使用/小型实验使用/claude code，流式输出首字3-5s Operator pending verification | 0.375 | 3 | 0.0375 | 1.0313Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 119 | 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. | AZ-premium quality [machine translation]Group on site: AZ-优质 Pure Azure-premium quality, supports o1, o3 [machine translation]Original: 纯Azure-优质，支持o1、o3 Operator pending verification | 0.375 | 3 | 0.0375 | 1.0313Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 119 | 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. | AZ-premium quality [machine translation]Group on site: AZ-优质 Pure Azure-premium quality, supports o1, o3 [machine translation]Original: 纯Azure-优质，支持o1、o3 Operator pending verification | 0.375 | 3 | 0.0375 | 1.0313Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 119 | 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. | AZ-premium quality [machine translation]Group on site: AZ-优质 Pure Azure-premium quality, supports o1, o3 [machine translation]Original: 纯Azure-优质，支持o1、o3 Operator pending verification | 0.375 | 3 | 0.0375 | 1.0313Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 119 | poloapi.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. | az Microsoft Azure account pool resources [machine translation]Original: 微软Azure号池资源 Operator pending verification | 0.375 | 3 | 0.0375 | 1.0313Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 119 | xy.poloapi.comAsk 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. | az Microsoft Azure account pool resources [machine translation]Original: 微软Azure号池资源 Operator pending verification | 0.375 | 3 | 0.0375 | 1.0313Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 134 | sub2api.closeapi.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | defualt defualt Operator pending verification | 0.4 | 3.2 | 0.04 | 1.1Median price ÷ this price: 0.9× | Full prices and sources |
| 134 | vakv.cnAsk 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. | az-6-sol exclusively supplied [machine translation]Group on site: az-6-sol专供 az-all models-enterprise only [machine translation]Original: az-全模型-企业专供 Operator pending verification | 0.4 | 3.2 | 0.04 | 1.1Median price ÷ this price: 0.9× | Full prices and sources |
| 136 | aws.babyAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans | Az GPT text, all models [machine translation]Group on site: Az GPT 文本全模型 All text models, no image generation [machine translation]Original: 文本全模型不带生图 Operator pending verification | 0.45 | 3.6 | 0.054 | 1.2375Median price ÷ this price: 0.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 136 | vakv.cnAsk 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. | az-gpt-enterprise only [machine translation]Group on site: az-gpt-企业专供 High-concurrency capable-distillation allowed [machine translation]Original: 可高并发-可蒸 Operator pending verification | 0.45 | 3.6 | 0.045 | 1.2375Median price ÷ this price: 0.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 136 | www.cybersol.netAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | GPT Advance Openai official Tier5 account direct connection, high availability. Too much image generation abuse will cause errors and disabling. [machine translation]Original: Openai官方Tier5账号直连，高可用。出图滥用过多会报错禁用。 Operator pending verification | 0.45 | 3.6 | 0.045 | 1.2375Median price ÷ this price: 0.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 139 | aws.babyAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans | Az GPT all [machine translation]Group on site: Az GPT 全 Azure GPT all models, supports oai image2.5 [machine translation]Original: Azure GPT 全模型 支持 oai image2.5 Operator pending verification | 0.4975 | 3.98 | 0.0597 | 1.3681Median price ÷ this price: 0.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 140 | api.ai-gaochao.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 19 plans | svip svip Operator pending verification | 0.5 | 4 | 0.06 | 1.375Median price ÷ this price: 0.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 140 | poloai.topAsk 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. | Relay low price | one key calls all models [machine translation]Group on site: 中转低价｜一key调用全模型 ✨️All-model relay, low price, stable, fast [machine translation]Original: ✨️全模型中转，低价稳定、快速 Operator pending verification | 0.5 | 4 | 0.05 | 1.375Median price ÷ this price: 0.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 140 | yinli.oneAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 8 plans | Model aggregated group stability 90% [machine translation]Group on site: 模型聚合分组稳定性90% claude, gpt, deepseek, gemini available channel [machine translation]Original: claude、gpt、deepseek、gemini可用渠道 Operator pending verification | 0.5 | 4 | 0.05 | 1.375Median price ÷ this price: 0.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 140 | poloapi.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. | Relay low price | one key calls all models [machine translation]Group on site: 中转低价｜一key调用全模型 ✨️All-model relay, low price, stable, fast [machine translation]Original: ✨️全模型中转，低价稳定、快速 Operator pending verification | 0.5 | 4 | 0.05 | 1.375Median price ÷ this price: 0.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 140 | xy.poloapi.comAsk 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. | Relay low price | one key calls all models [machine translation]Group on site: 中转低价｜一key调用全模型 ✨️All-model relay, low price, stable, fast [machine translation]Original: ✨️全模型中转，低价稳定、快速 Operator pending verification | 0.5 | 4 | 0.05 | 1.375Median price ÷ this price: 0.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 145 | api.vibelearning.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | azure-gpt Independent official line, not a subscription-account reverse proxy, consistently stable, 2000 RPM, distillation allowed [machine translation]Original: 独立官方线路，非订阅账号反代，持续稳定，2000 RPM，可蒸馏 Operator pending verification | 0.55 | 4.4 | 0.055 | 1.5125Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 145 | apijing.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | azude with images [machine translation]Group on site: azude带图片 azude with images [machine translation]Original: azude带图片 Operator pending verification | 0.55 | 4.4 | 0.055 | 1.5125Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 147 | poloai.topAsk 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. | fast-az Microsoft Azure stable resources [machine translation]Original: 微软Azure稳定资源 Operator pending verification | 0.575 | 4.6 | 0.0575 | 1.5813Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 147 | poloapi.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. | fast-az Microsoft Azure stable resources [machine translation]Original: 微软Azure稳定资源 Operator pending verification | 0.575 | 4.6 | 0.0575 | 1.5813Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 147 | xy.poloapi.comAsk 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. | fast-az Microsoft Azure stable resources [machine translation]Original: 微软Azure稳定资源 Operator pending verification | 0.575 | 4.6 | 0.0575 | 1.5813Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 150 | www.cybersol.netAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | GPT Premium Openai official enterprise account direct connection, high availability. Images unaffected. [machine translation]Original: Openai官方企业账号直连，高可用。出图无影响。 Operator pending verification | 0.6 | 4.8 | 0.06 | 1.65Median price ÷ this price: 0.6× | 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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