API PRICES
OpenAI · o3-mini
Provider prices, cheapest first
Price comparison
- Official (cash)
- Input 1.1 / output 4.4 USD/million tokensOpenAI ·
- Lowest inference provider (cash)
- Input 1.1 / output 4.4 USD/million tokensOpenRouter · Aggregator · same as official ·
- Lowest relay (credit)
- 1.001 CNY credit/million total tokensproaiapi.tech "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 · o3-mini official price: input 1.1, output 4.4 USD per million tokens (OpenAI, observed 2026-10-17). Cheapest inference provider: OpenRouter, input 1.1, output 4.4 USD per million tokens. Cheapest relay: proaiapi.tech, group "default" 1.001 CNY_CREDIT per million total tokens (credit price, not cash, observed 2026-10-16). 74 sites have comparable prices; 135 sites list this model.Relay blended price uses 75% input and 25% output.
Price ranges per million tokens
Official cash prices · Lowest 1.925 · median 1.925 · highest 1.925 · 1 quotes USD / per million tokens
Inference provider cash prices · Lowest 1.925 · median 1.925 · highest 1.925 · 1 quotes USD / per million tokens
Relay USD credit prices · Lowest 0.9625 · median 1.925 · highest 11.55 · 44 quotes USD / per million tokens, site credit
Relay CNY credit prices · Lowest 1.001 · median 2.5638 · highest 21.619 · 8 quotes CNY / per million tokens, site credit
Official price
| Provider | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | 1.1 | 4.4 | 0.55 | — | 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 | 1.1 | 4.4 | 0.55 | — | USD / 1M tokens | Official source | Input 0% · Output 0% |
Unit: CNY credits per 1M tokens. These are site-credit prices; actual cost depends on each site’s top-up rate.
Price range: lowest 1.001 · median 2.5638 · highest 21.619 (8 quotes, CNY credits per million total tokens)
Relays
Prices below are in site credit, not cash.
| # | Provider | Plan / conditions | Input ↑CNY credits / 1M | Output CNY credits / 1M | Cache readCNY credits / 1M | BlendedCNY credits / 1M | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recent price | |||||||
| 01 | proaiapi.techAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | default Default group (for simple tasks, debugging, trial, personal learning, entry-level work tasks, etc.; low cost) [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 (适合简单任务、调试、体验、个人学习、初级工作任务等场景，成本低) Operator pending verification | 0.572 | 2.288 | 0.286 | 1.001Median price ÷ this price: 2.6× | Full prices and sources |
| 02 | pro.gemai.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | Azure All Azure group [machine translation]Original: Azure 分组 Operator pending verification | 0.77 | 3.08 | 0.385 | 1.3475Median price ÷ this price: 1.9× | Full prices and sources |
| 03 | i.v1api.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans | default Default group, supports all common models, top value-for-money choice, 20% of list price, rate multiplier 1.0 [machine translation]Original: 默认分组，支持所有常用模型，性价比首选，2折，倍率1.0 Operator pending verification | 1.1 | 4.4 | — | 1.925Median price ÷ this price: 1.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 04 | api.34ku.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | default Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 1.43 | 5.72 | 0.715 | 2.5025Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 05 | www.ggwk1.onlineAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans | a all-model combined group-1x rate multiplier [machine translation]Group on site: a全模型综合组-1倍率 a all-model combined group-1x rate multiplier [machine translation]Original: a全模型综合组-1倍率 Operator pending verification | 1.5 | 6 | 0.75 | 2.625Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 06 | paw.v1chat.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | default Standard channel, Gemini stability average, about 2.5/10 of the official price [machine translation]Original: 标准渠道，Gemini稳定性一般，约官方2.5折 Operator pending verification | 3 | 12 | 3 | 5.25Median price ÷ this price: 0.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 07 | hboom.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | GPT-Top GPT-Top Operator pending verification | 6.732 | 26.928 | 3.366 | 11.781Median price ÷ this price: 0.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 08 | api.tacklekey.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | default Name on site: openai/o3-mini-high Default group Operator pending verification | 12.354 | 49.415 | 6.1769 | 21.619Median price ÷ this price: 0.1× | 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 1277 recorded prices; 602 can be compared directly (601 ranked, 1 listed separately). Not comparable yet: price not parsed yet 426, scope of the official doc price not confirmed 104, billed per request or another unit 75, display unit not confirmed 32, ratio looks unset 23, tiered by rules (see Tiered prices) 9
16 recent · 0 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 · o3-mini?
proaiapi.tech, group "default", 1.001 CNY credit per million total tokens, observed 2026-10-16. 74 sites have comparable prices.
What is the official price for OpenAI · o3-mini?
Input 1.1, output 4.4 USD per million tokens, checked 2026-10-17. Lowest inference provider: OpenRouter, input 1.1, output 4.4 USD per million tokens. Input 0% higher than official.
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