API PRICES
OpenAI · o3-mini
Provider prices, cheapest first
OpenAI · o3-mini official price: input 1.10, output 4.40 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: deepkey.top, group "gpt-azure" 1.925 USD_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
USD_CREDIT · Lowest 1.925 · median 3.08 · highest 7.7 · 14 quotes USD / per million tokens, site credit
Official price
| Provider | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | 1.10 | 4.40 | 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: USD credits per 1M tokens. These are site-credit prices; actual cost depends on each site’s top-up rate.
Price range: lowest 1.925 · median 3.08 · highest 7.7 (14 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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| 01 | deepkey.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 14 plans | gpt-azure gpt-azure Operator pending verification | 1.1 | 4.4 | 0.55 | 1.925Median price ÷ this price: 1.6× | Full prices and sources |
| 01 | deepkey.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 14 plans | gpt-azure Name on site: o3-mini-low gpt-azure Operator pending verification | 1.1 | 4.4 | — | 1.925Median price ÷ this price: 1.6× | Full prices and sources |
| 01 | deepkey.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 14 plans | gpt-azure Name on site: o3-mini-high gpt-azure Operator pending verification | 1.1 | 4.4 | — | 1.925Median price ÷ this price: 1.6× | Full prices and sources |
| 01 | deepkey.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 14 plans | gpt-azure Name on site: o3-mini-medium gpt-azure Operator pending verification | 1.1 | 4.4 | — | 1.925Median price ÷ this price: 1.6× | Full prices and sources |
| 05 | deepkey.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 14 plans | gpt-azure4 Name on site: o3-mini-low gpt-azure4-high-tier pool-supports astra [machine translation]Original: gpt-azure4-高等级池-支持astra Operator pending verification | 1.76 | 7.04 | — | 3.08Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 05 | deepkey.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 14 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 | 1.76 | 7.04 | 0.88 | 3.08Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 05 | deepkey.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 14 plans | gpt-azure4 Name on site: o3-mini-medium gpt-azure4-high-tier pool-supports astra [machine translation]Original: gpt-azure4-高等级池-支持astra Operator pending verification | 1.76 | 7.04 | — | 3.08Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 05 | deepkey.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 14 plans | gpt-azure4 Name on site: o3-mini-high gpt-azure4-high-tier pool-supports astra [machine translation]Original: gpt-azure4-高等级池-支持astra Operator pending verification | 1.76 | 7.04 | — | 3.08Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 09 | deepkey.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 14 plans | gpt-azure-18 Name on site: o3-mini-medium gpt-azure-1.8-enterprise exclusive supply [machine translation]Original: gpt-azure-1.8-企业专供 Operator pending verification | 1.98 | 7.92 | — | 3.465Median price ÷ this price: 0.888888888888888888888888888888888889× | Full prices and sources |
| 09 | deepkey.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 14 plans | gpt-azure-18 Name on site: o3-mini-high gpt-azure-1.8-enterprise exclusive supply [machine translation]Original: gpt-azure-1.8-企业专供 Operator pending verification | 1.98 | 7.92 | — | 3.465Median price ÷ this price: 0.888888888888888888888888888888888889× | Full prices and sources |
| 09 | deepkey.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 14 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 | 1.98 | 7.92 | 0.99 | 3.465Median price ÷ this price: 0.888888888888888888888888888888888889× | Full prices and sources |
| 09 | deepkey.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 14 plans | gpt-azure-18 Name on site: o3-mini-low gpt-azure-1.8-enterprise exclusive supply [machine translation]Original: gpt-azure-1.8-企业专供 Operator pending verification | 1.98 | 7.92 | — | 3.465Median price ÷ this price: 0.888888888888888888888888888888888889× | Full prices and sources |
| 13 | deepkey.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 14 plans | gpt-openai2 Name on site: o3-mini-high gpt-openai-official KEY-channel 2 [machine translation]Original: gpt-openai-官KEY-渠道2 Operator pending verification | 4.4 | 17.6 | — | 7.7Median price ÷ this price: 0.4× | Full prices and sources |
| 13 | deepkey.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 14 plans | gpt-openai2 gpt-openai-official KEY-channel 2 [machine translation]Original: gpt-openai-官KEY-渠道2 Operator pending verification | 4.4 | 17.6 | 2.2 | 7.7Median price ÷ this price: 0.4× | 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.
- near-zero-ratio group: 1 rows
- zen-ai.top · free · o3-mini · Input 0.0011 / Output 0.0044 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 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
14 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.
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FAQ
Which API is cheapest for OpenAI · o3-mini?
deepkey.top, group "gpt-azure", 1.925 USD 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.
How do I use OpenAI · o3-mini in Claude Code or Codex?
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