API PRICES
OpenAI · o4-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)
- 0.9625 USD credit/million total tokensllm.kagu.one "大杂烩" ·
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 · o4-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: llm.kagu.one, group "Hodgepodge [machine translation] (on site: 大杂烩)" 0.9625 USD_CREDIT per million total tokens (credit price, not cash, observed 2026-10-16). 74 sites have comparable prices; 134 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 2.8875 · highest 19.25 · 195 quotes USD / per million tokens, site credit
Relay CNY credit prices · Lowest 0.77 · median 3.2148 · highest 21.619 · 26 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 | 0.275 | — | 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 | 0.275 | — | 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 0.9625 · median 2.8875 · highest 19.25 (195 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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| 14 | api.nekoapi.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans 1 more site of the same company
Basis: identical homepage assets, identical quotes. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | default Default (Azure + base models) | Azure + Other Base Models [machine translation]Original: 默认（Azure + 基础模型）| Azure + Other Base Models Operator pending verification | 1.1 | 4.4 | — | 1.925Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 14 | api1.zhiyunai168.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 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. | Azure Azure gpt series all models, normal concurrency t1key pool, gpt-5.5 not yet supported, gpt-image-2 not yet supported [machine translation]Original: Azure gpt系列全模型，普通并发t1key池，暂不支持gpt-5.5，暂不支持gpt-image-2 Operator pending verification | 1.1 | 4.4 | — | 1.925Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 14 | api2.aigcbest.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 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. | default ⭐ Recommended | all-model automatic load optimization [machine translation]Original: ⭐ 推荐 | 全模型自动负载优化 Operator pending verification | 1.1 | 4.4 | 0.275 | 1.925Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 14 | cn.happyapi.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 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. | default Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 1.1 | 4.4 | — | 1.925Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 14 | cn.happyapi.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 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. | vip vip group [machine translation]Original: vip分组 Operator pending verification | 1.1 | 4.4 | — | 1.925Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 14 | one-api.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 6 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. | default Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 1.1 | 4.4 | — | 1.925Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 14 | one-api.bltcy.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 6 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. | svip Pure Azure [machine translation]Original: 纯Azure Operator pending verification | 1.1 | 4.4 | — | 1.925Median price ÷ this price: 1.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 83 | xrok.devAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | AZ-GPT AZ GPT supports high concurrency [machine translation]Original: AZ GPT支持高并发 Operator pending verification | 1.21 | 1.21 | — | 1.21Median price ÷ this price: 2.4× | Full prices and sources |
| 84 | api.zhiyunai168.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 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. | Azure premium [machine translation]Group on site: Azure高级 All models stably supplied, key pool, high concurrency, supports, gpt-5.6.gpt-6-astra, gpt-image-2 native 4k [machine translation]Original: 全模型稳定供应，key池，高并发，支持，gpt-5.6.gpt-6-astra，gpt-image-2原生4k Operator pending verification | 1.32 | 5.28 | — | 2.31Median price ÷ this price: 1.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 84 | cnapi.kksj.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans | azpro More az concurrency group (azpro) [machine translation]Original: 更多的az并发分组(azpro) Operator pending verification | 1.32 | 5.28 | — | 2.31Median price ÷ this price: 1.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 84 | api1.zhiyunai168.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 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. | Azure premium [machine translation]Group on site: Azure高级 All models stably supplied, key pool, high concurrency, supports, gpt-5.6.gpt-6-astra, gpt-image-2 native 4k [machine translation]Original: 全模型稳定供应，key池，高并发，支持，gpt-5.6.gpt-6-astra，gpt-image-2原生4k Operator pending verification | 1.32 | 5.28 | — | 2.31Median price ÷ this price: 1.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 87 | 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. | 1848 1848 Operator pending verification | 1.375 | 5.5 | 0.34375 | 2.4063Median price ÷ this price: 1.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 88 | nexaxis.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans | ChatGPT_AZ ChatGPT_AZ Operator pending verification | 1.43 | 5.72 | 0.3575 | 2.5025Median price ÷ this price: 1.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 88 | 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. | Azure-gpt Azure all models (image generation models long fully booked, remaining concurrency is low) [machine translation]Original: Azure全模型（生图模型长期被包，剩余并发不高） Operator pending verification | 1.43 | 5.72 | 0.3575 | 2.5025Median price ÷ this price: 1.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 90 | cnapi.kksj.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans | azplus Pure az stable group, az only (azplus) [machine translation]Original: 纯az稳定分组，只有az(azplus) Operator pending verification | 1.54 | 6.16 | — | 2.695Median price ÷ this price: 1.1× | Full prices and sources |
| 91 | go.sbgpt.siteAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | ai-paint Name on site: o4-mini-high ai-paint-1.5x rate multiplier [machine translation]Original: ai-paint-1.5倍率 Operator pending verification | 1.65 | 1.65 | — | 1.65Median price ÷ this price: 1.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 91 | xrok.devAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | AZ-GPT-1.3 AZ GPT supports high concurrency, channel 2 [machine translation]Original: AZ GPT支持高并发，渠道2 Operator pending verification | 1.65 | 1.65 | — | 1.65Median price ÷ this price: 1.8× | Full prices and sources |
| 91 | ai.comfly.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 6 plans 1 more site of the same companyBasis: 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 | 1.65 | 6.6 | — | 2.8875Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 91 | api.bltcy.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 6 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. | 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 | 1.65 | 6.6 | — | 2.8875Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 91 | aws.babyAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans | Az GPT text [machine translation]Group on site: Az GPT 文本 Commonly used text models [machine translation]Original: 常用文本模型 Operator pending verification | 1.65 | 6.6 | 0.42 | 2.8875Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 91 | learn-ai.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | openai 1.5 Operator pending verification | 1.65 | 6.6 | — | 2.8875Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 91 | 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. | az Microsoft Azure account pool resources [machine translation]Original: 微软Azure号池资源 Operator pending verification | 1.65 | 6.6 | 0.4125 | 2.8875Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 91 | sg.uiuiapi.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 9 plans | 🚀OpeniAI-VIP Name on site: o4-mini-high 🚀OpenAI/premium quality-official special-price channel | *1.5 [machine translation]Original: 🚀OpenAI/优质-官特价渠道 | *1.5 Operator pending verification | 1.65 | 6.6 | — | 2.8875Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 91 | sg.uiuiapi.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 9 plans | 🚀OpeniAI-VIP Name on site: o4-mini-medium 🚀OpenAI/premium quality-official special-price channel | *1.5 [machine translation]Original: 🚀OpenAI/优质-官特价渠道 | *1.5 Operator pending verification | 1.65 | 6.6 | — | 2.8875Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 91 | sg.uiuiapi.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 9 plans | 🚀OpeniAI-VIP 🚀OpenAI/premium quality-official special-price channel | *1.5 [machine translation]Original: 🚀OpenAI/优质-官特价渠道 | *1.5 Operator pending verification | 1.65 | 6.6 | — | 2.8875Median price ÷ this price: 1× | 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 · o4-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 507 recorded prices; 242 can be compared directly (241 ranked, 1 listed separately). Not comparable yet: price not parsed yet 175, ratio looks unset 34, scope of the official doc price not confirmed 24, display unit not confirmed 19, tiered by rules (see Tiered prices) 5, billed per request or another unit 2
196 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.
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FAQ
Which API is cheapest for OpenAI · o4-mini?
llm.kagu.one, group "大杂烩 (Hodgepodge)", 0.9625 USD credit per million total tokens, observed 2026-10-16. 74 sites have comparable prices.
What is the official price for OpenAI · o4-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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