gpt-5-mini pricing

gpt-5-mini by OpenAI is sold on OpenAI API and Microsoft Foundry (Azure). It costs $0.25 per million input tokens and $2.00 per million output tokens on OpenAI API; $0.25 per million input tokens and – per million output tokens on Microsoft Foundry (Azure) (global deployment).

Price on each platform

PlatformInputOutputCached inputBatch input / output
OpenAI API$0.25$2.00$0.025$0.125 / $1.00
Microsoft Foundry (Azure)$0.25–$0.025$0.125 / –

The lowest standard price on each platform, in USD per 1M tokens.

OpenAI API

TierRuns inInputOutputCached input
StandardAnywhere$0.25$2.00$0.025
BatchAnywhere$0.125$1.00$0.0125
FlexAnywhere$0.125$1.00$0.0125
PriorityAnywhere$0.45$3.60$0.045

Microsoft Foundry (Azure)

TierRuns inInputOutputCached input
StandardGlobal (28 regions)$0.25–$0.025
StandardGeography (data zone) (15 regions)$0.275–$0.0275
BatchGlobal (23 regions)$0.125–$0.0125
BatchGeography (data zone) (12 regions)$0.1375–$0.0138
PriorityGlobal (25 regions)$0.45$3.60$0.045
PriorityGeography (data zone) (14 regions)$0.495$3.96$0.0495

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Prices in USD per 1 million tokens, from OpenAI and Anthropic's pricing pages, the AWS Price List API (Bedrock) and the Azure Retail Prices API (Microsoft Foundry). Cloud prices are the lowest in any region; global deployments can run anywhere.

Prices as of 12 Nov 2026. All AI models