Ways to buy 1
| Way to buy | Input | Output | In / out per 1M | Cached | Vs list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The lab's own API | $2.5 | $10 | $2.5 / $10List 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: $450.00 direct.
Helicone$450.00+0%
Kong AI Gateway$450.00+0%
LiteLLM$450.00+0%
Vercel AI Gateway$450.00+0%
Cloudflare AI Gateway$472.50+5%
Requesty$472.50+5%
Eden AI$474.75+5.5%
OpenRouter$474.75+5.5%
No published token fee: Martian Gateway, Portkey, TrueFoundry AI Gateway.
Related models
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OpenAI · 1.05MCheapest: $0.1 on OpenAI (flex) | $0.1 | $0.5 | $0.1 / $0.5 | $0.2 | 1.05M | $0.1 on OpenAI (flex) | · |
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OpenAI · 1.05MCheapest: $2 on OpenAI (flex) | $2 | $10 | $2 / $10 | $4 | 1.05M | $2 on OpenAI (flex) | · |
OpenAI · 1.05MCheapest: $2 on OpenAI (flex) | $2 | $10 | $2 / $10 | $4 | 1.05M | $2 on OpenAI (flex) | · |
Anthropic · 1M | $4 | $20 | $4 / $20 | $8 | 1M | Lab list price | · |
Meta · 1M | $1.25 | $4.25 | $1.25 / $4.25 | $2 | 1M | Lab list price | · |
Google · 1MCheapest: $2.25 on Google Vertex AI (global-flex) | $2 | $12 | $2 / $12 | $4.5 | 1M | $2.25 on Google Vertex AI (global-flex) | · |
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About GPT Audio
The gpt-audio model is OpenAI's first generally available audio model.
Takes text, audio in and returns text, audio. First listed Jan 23, 2026. Up to 16K output tokens. Blended price $4.38 per 1M tokens at 3 input to 1 output. Model id gpt-audio.
Price history
List price since Jan 23, 2026, from Internet Archive snapshots of the OpenRouter catalog, then daily reads.
Questions
How much does GPT Audio cost?
$2.5 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of GPT Audio?
128K tokens, with up to 16K 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.