OpenAI
GPT-4o Mini Pricing
OpenAI's budget model. Extremely cheap for high-volume, low-complexity tasks. The cheapest mainstream option.
Token Pricing
Last updated: March 2026Input (per 1M tokens)
$0.15
Output (per 1M tokens)
$0.60
Best For
High-volume classificationSimple chatbotsRouting layersData extraction
Cost Scenarios
Light (50 convos/day)
5 turns/convo
$5-10/mo
Medium (500 convos/day)
5 turns/convo
$50-100/mo
Heavy (5K convos/day)
5 turns/convo
$500-1,000/mo
Compared To
6.7x cheaper on input. But Haiku is more capable for complex tasks. Use Mini for the cheapest possible routing.
Slightly cheaper than DeepSeek on input, but DeepSeek has better output pricing. Comparable for budget workloads.
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