Ways to buy 1
| Way to buy | Input | Output | In / out per 1M | Cached | Vs list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 OpenAI APIThe lab's own API | $1.5 | $2 | $1.5 / $2List price | n/a | List price |
USD per 1M tokens. Regions are separate routes.
Through a gateway
Your own numbers100M input and 20M output tokens a month: $190.00 direct.
Helicone$190.00+0%
Kong AI Gateway$190.00+0%
LiteLLM$190.00+0%
Vercel AI Gateway$190.00+0%
Cloudflare AI Gateway$199.50+5%
Requesty$199.50+5%
Eden AI$200.45+5.5%
OpenRouter$200.45+5.5%
No published token fee: Martian Gateway, Portkey, TrueFoundry AI Gateway.
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About GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct
This model is a variant of GPT-3.5 Turbo tuned for instructional prompts and omitting chat-related optimizations.
Takes text in and returns text. First listed Mar 26, 2024. Up to 4K output tokens. Blended price $1.63 per 1M tokens at 3 input to 1 output. Model id gpt-3-5-turbo-instruct.
Price history
List price since Mar 26, 2024, from Internet Archive snapshots of the OpenRouter catalog, then daily reads.
Questions
How much does GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct cost?
$1.5 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct?
4K tokens, with up to 4K tokens of output.
Sources: OpenRouter's public model catalog and each provider's own pricing page, read every morning at 05:00 UTC; gateway fees re-read every Monday. List prices: your contract may differ. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners.