API PRICES
OpenAI · gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct
Provider prices, cheapest first
Price comparison
- Official (cash)
- Input 1.5 / output 2 USD/million tokensOpenAI ·
- Lowest inference provider (cash)
- Input 1.5 / output 2 USD/million tokensOpenRouter · Aggregator · same as official ·
- Lowest relay (credit)
- 0.9 USD credit/million total tokensgo.sbgpt.site "az-3" ·
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-3.5-turbo-instruct official price: input 1.5, output 2 USD per million tokens (OpenAI, observed 2026-10-17). Cheapest inference provider: OpenRouter, input 1.5, output 2 USD per million tokens. Cheapest relay: go.sbgpt.site, group "az-3" 0.9 USD_CREDIT per million total tokens (credit price, not cash, observed 2026-10-16). 42 sites have comparable prices; 65 sites list this model.Relay blended price uses 75% input and 25% output.
Price ranges per million tokens
Official cash prices · Lowest 1.625 · median 1.625 · highest 1.625 · 1 quotes USD / per million tokens
Inference provider cash prices · Lowest 1.625 · median 1.625 · highest 1.625 · 1 quotes USD / per million tokens
Relay USD credit prices · Lowest 0.9 · median 1.875 · highest 15 · 22 quotes USD / per million tokens, site credit
Relay CNY credit prices · Lowest 0.28125 · median 4.5937 · highest 18.25 · 4 quotes CNY / per million tokens, site credit
Official price
| Provider | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | 1.5 | 2 | — | — | 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 | 1.5 | 2 | — | — | 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 0.9 · median 1.875 · highest 15 (22 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 | go.sbgpt.siteAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 10 plans | az-3 az no moderation all models-0.48x rate multiplier [machine translation]Original: az无审核全模型-0.48倍率 Operator pending verification | 0.72 | 1.44 | — | 0.9Median price ÷ this price: 2.1× | Full prices and sources |
| 02 | cnapi.kksj.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans | default Default group, AZ channel plus official reverse-engineered channel for some models, AZ first, reverse-engineered as fallback, auto-tuning (default) [machine translation]Original: 默认分组,AZ渠道加部分模型官方逆向渠道,优先AZ,保底逆向,自动调优(default) Operator pending verification | 1.35 | 2.7 | — | 1.6875Median price ÷ this price: 1.1× | Full prices and sources |
| 03 | 35.aigcbest.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | default ⭐ Recommended | all-model automatic load optimization, highest availability [machine translation]Original: ⭐ 推荐 | 全模型自动负载优化最高可用性 Operator pending verification | 1.5 | 1.995 | — | 1.6238Median price ÷ this price: 1.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 03 | aigcbest.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 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. | default ⭐ Recommended | all-model automatic load optimization [machine translation]Original: ⭐ 推荐 | 全模型自动负载优化 Operator pending verification | 1.5 | 1.995 | — | 1.6238Median price ÷ this price: 1.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 03 | api.ai-gaochao.cnAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | temp temp Operator pending verification | 1.5 | 1.995 | — | 1.6238Median price ÷ this price: 1.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 03 | 123api.coAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | default Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 1.5 | 2 | — | 1.625Median price ÷ this price: 1.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 03 | new.yihubang.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 3 plans | GPT relay [machine translation]Group on site: GPT 中转 GPT relay [machine translation]Original: GPT 中转 Operator pending verification | 1.5 | 2 | — | 1.625Median price ÷ this price: 1.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 03 | zen-ai.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | default ✨az official relay + others, 1 yuan per dao (US dollar) [machine translation]Original: ✨az官转+其他模型, 1元一刀 Operator pending verification | 1.5 | 2 | — | 1.625Median price ÷ this price: 1.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 03 | ai.comfly.orgAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 5 plans 1 more site of the same companyBasis: identical quotes. Counted as one company in the ranking; this is not a legal finding. | svip Pure Azure [machine translation]Original: 纯Azure Operator pending verification | 1.5 | 3 | — | 1.875Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 03 | api.bianxie.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | default default Operator pending verification | 1.5 | 3 | — | 1.875Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 03 | api.eido.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | default Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 1.5 | 3 | — | 1.875Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 03 | api.hopeai.ccAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | default Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 1.5 | 3 | — | 1.875Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 13 | api.bltcy.aiAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 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 | 2.25 | 4.5 | — | 2.8125Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 13 | apilio.aiAsk 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-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 | 2.25 | 4.5 | — | 2.8125Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| 15 | api.xhuoai.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | default Default group, supports all common models, OpenAI special-price channel (AZ Microsoft channel) Claude Code, Gemini stable channel (GCP/Velax), 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,OpenAI特价渠道(AZ微软渠道)Claude Code,Gemini稳定渠道(GCP/Velax),性价比首选,2折,倍率1.0 Operator pending verification | 3 | 4 | — | 3.25Median price ÷ this price: 0.6× | Full prices and sources |
| 15 | api.xistree.hkAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | default Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 3 | 4 | — | 3.25Median price ÷ this price: 0.6× | Full prices and sources |
| 15 | api.chatgptid.netAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 2 plans | default Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 3 | 6 | — | 3.75Median price ÷ this price: 0.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 15 | xinsuanai.comAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 4 plans | default Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Operator pending verification | 3 | 6 | — | 3.75Median price ÷ this price: 0.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 19 | deepkey.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | gpt-openai2 gpt-openai-official KEY-channel 2 [machine translation]Original: gpt-openai-官KEY-渠道2 Operator pending verification | 6 | 7.8 | — | 6.45Median price ÷ this price: 0.3× | Full prices and sources |
| 20 | yinli.oneAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans | GPT-Azure-high price-99% stability [machine translation]Group on site: GPT-Azure-高价-99%稳定性 Personal use/small experiments/commercial APP use, streaming first token 3-5s [machine translation]Original: 个人使用/小型实验使用/商业APP使用,流式输出首字3-5s Operator pending verification | 7.5 | 9.75 | — | 8.0625Median price ÷ this price: 0.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 21 | gptapi.asiaAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 plans 2 more sites 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. | enterprise Enterprise channel [machine translation]Original: 企业通道 Operator pending verification | 10.5 | 13.965 | — | 11.366Median price ÷ this price: 0.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 22 | api.aabao.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 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 | 12 | 24 | — | 15Median price ÷ this price: 0.1× | Full prices and sources |
| Older price | |||||||
| 01 | newapi.prorisehub.comAsk or discussCollected: Carried previous price Not updated this time; showing the previous price View 3 plans | default ⚠️ Default general group: can call every model on the site, don't use it if you don't understand!!! Billing is very expensive!!! [machine translation]Original: ⚠️ 默认通用分组:可调用全站所有模型,不懂别用!!!计费很贵!!! Operator pending verification | 1.5 | 2 | — | 1.625Median price ÷ this price: 1.2× | Full prices and sources |
| 02 | kg-api.cloudAsk or discussCollected: Carried previous price Not updated this time; showing the previous price View 4 plans | 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 | 2.25 | 4.5 | — | 2.8125Median price ÷ this price: 0.7× | Full prices and sources |
| Flagged · not ranked · Recent price | |||||||
| — | api.xty.appAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 1 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. | default Default group [machine translation]Original: 默认分组 Note: number precision issue. This price is not ranked or counted. Operator pending verification | 1.5 | 2 | — | 1.625Median price ÷ this price: 1.2× | 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 176 recorded prices; 97 can be compared directly. Not comparable yet: price not parsed yet 54, scope of the official doc price not confirmed 16, ratio looks unset 3, tiered by rules (see Tiered prices) 1
85 recent · 7 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-3.5-turbo-instruct?
go.sbgpt.site, group "az-3", 0.9 USD credit per million total tokens, observed 2026-10-16. 42 sites have comparable prices.
What is the official price for OpenAI · gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct?
Input 1.5, output 2 USD per million tokens, checked 2026-10-17. Lowest inference provider: OpenRouter, input 1.5, output 2 USD per million tokens. Input 0% higher than official.
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