API PRICES
OpenAI · gpt-4.1
Provider prices, cheapest first
OpenAI · gpt-4.1 official price: input 2.00, output 8.00 USD per million tokens (OpenAI, observed 2026-10-17). Cheapest inference provider: OpenRouter, input 2, output 8 USD per million tokens. Cheapest relay: api.aabao.top, group "OpenAI special price [machine translation] (on site: OpenAI特价)" 2.1 USD_CREDIT per million total tokens (credit price, not cash, observed 2026-10-16). 104 sites have comparable prices; 177 sites list this model.Relay blended price uses 75% input and 25% output.
Price ranges per million tokens
Official cash prices · Lowest 3.5 · median 3.5 · highest 3.5 · 1 quotes USD / per million tokens
Inference provider cash prices · Lowest 3.5 · median 3.5 · highest 3.5 · 1 quotes USD / per million tokens
USD_CREDIT · Lowest 2.1 · median 10.5 · highest 28 · 10 quotes USD / per million tokens, site credit
Official price
| Provider | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Unit | Observed | Conditions and source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | 2.00 | 8.00 | 0.50 | — | 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 | 2 | 8 | 0.5 | — | 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 2.1 · median 10.5 · highest 28 (10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recent price | |||||||
| 01 | api.aabao.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 10 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 special price [machine translation]Group on site: OpenAI特价 OpenAI special price (0.6x rate multiplier) [machine translation]Original: OpenAI特价(0.6倍率) Operator pending verification | 1.2 | 4.8 | — | 2.1Median price ÷ this price: 5× | Full prices and sources |
| 02 | api.aabao.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 10 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. | default Default group (1.0x rate multiplier) [machine translation]Original: 默认分组(1.0倍率) Operator pending verification | 2 | 8 | — | 3.5Median price ÷ this price: 3× | Full prices and sources |
| 03 | api.aabao.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 10 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. | Azure Azure third-party (3.0x rate multiplier) [machine translation]Original: Azure第三方(3.0倍率) Operator pending verification | 6 | 24 | — | 10.5Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 03 | api.aabao.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 10 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. | Azure-1 Azure direct connection (3.0x rate multiplier) [machine translation]Original: Azure直连(3.0倍率) Operator pending verification | 6 | 24 | — | 10.5Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 03 | api.aabao.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 10 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. | Azure-2 Azure direct connection 2 (3.0x rate multiplier) [machine translation]Original: Azure直连2(3.0倍率) Operator pending verification | 6 | 24 | — | 10.5Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 03 | api.aabao.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 10 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 OpenAI official relay (3.0x rate multiplier) [machine translation]Original: OpenAI官转(3.0倍率) Operator pending verification | 6 | 24 | — | 10.5Median price ÷ this price: 1× | Full prices and sources |
| 07 | api.aabao.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 10 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-2 OpenAI official relay - 2 (4.0 rate multiplier) [machine translation]Original: OpenAI官转-2(4.0倍率) Operator pending verification | 8 | 32 | — | 14Median price ÷ this price: 0.75× | Full prices and sources |
| 08 | api.aabao.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 10 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 premium quality [machine translation]Group on site: OpenAI优质 OpenAI premium quality (4.5 rate multiplier) [machine translation]Original: OpenAI优质(4.5倍率) Operator pending verification | 9 | 36 | — | 15.75Median price ÷ this price: 0.666666666666666666666666666666666667× | Full prices and sources |
| 09 | api.aabao.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 10 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 premium quality-1 [machine translation]Group on site: OpenAI优质-1 OpenAI premium quality-1 (6.0x rate multiplier) [machine translation]Original: OpenAI优质-1(6.0倍率) Operator pending verification | 12 | 48 | — | 21Median price ÷ this price: 0.5× | Full prices and sources |
| 10 | api.aabao.topAsk or discussCollected: Collected this cycle View 10 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 | 16 | 64 | — | 28Median price ÷ this price: 0.375× | Full prices and sources |
Special groups · 2 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
- test or debug group: 1 rows
- zen-ai.top · free · gpt-4.1 · Input 0.002 / Output 0.008 USD credits / 1M
- test-api.apiqik.online · openai · gpt-4.1 · Input 0.6 / Output 2.4 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 568 recorded prices; 290 can be compared directly (287 ranked, 3 listed separately). Not comparable yet: price not parsed yet 195, scope of the official doc price not confirmed 29, display unit not confirmed 20, tiered by rules (see Tiered prices) 17, billed per request or another unit 6, ratio looks unset 2
10 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 · gpt-4.1?
api.aabao.top, group "OpenAI特价 (OpenAI special price)", 2.1 USD credit per million total tokens, observed 2026-10-16. 104 sites have comparable prices.
What is the official price for OpenAI · gpt-4.1?
Input 2, output 8 USD per million tokens, checked 2026-10-17. Lowest inference provider: OpenRouter, input 2, output 8 USD per million tokens. Input 0% higher than official.
How do I use OpenAI · gpt-4.1 in Claude Code or Codex?
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