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2026-08-27 10:32 UTC · openai/api-pricing · live page

Reduced gpt-5.6-sol pricing and added a promotional pricing end date of November 21, 2026.

Summary by gemma-4-12b. It may be wrong; the diff below is what actually changed. Raw: 64cd83f834-openai-api-pricing.diff · commit 64cd83f834

diff --git a/snapshots/openai/api-pricing.md b/snapshots/openai/api-pricing.mdindex b677689..f0dab6b 100644--- a/snapshots/openai/api-pricing.md+++ b/snapshots/openai/api-pricing.md@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ Standard |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Model | Input | Cached input | Cache writes | Output | Input | Cached input | Cache writes | Output |-| gpt-5.6-sol | $5.00 | $0.50 | $6.25 | $30.00 | $10.00 | $1.00 | $12.50 | $45.00 |+| gpt-5.6-sol | $4.00 | $0.40 | $5.00 | $20.00 | $8.00 | $0.80 | $10.00 | $30.00 | | gpt-5.6-terra | $2.00 | $0.20 | $2.50 | $12.00 | $4.00 | $0.40 | $5.00 | $18.00 | | gpt-5.6-luna | $0.20 | $0.02 | $0.25 | $1.20 | $0.40 | $0.04 | $0.50 | $1.80 | -Regional processing (data residency) endpoints are charged a 10% uplift for models released on or after March 5, 2026, that are eligible for data residency. See our Your data guide for supported regions and processing details. OpenAI models in Amazon Bedrock are billed through AWS and may differ from direct OpenAI pricing.  Priority processing was renamed Fast mode on July 30, 2026. You can use either `service_tier: "priority"` or `service_tier: "fast"` in your API requests. Learn more about Fast mode.+Regional processing (data residency) endpoints are charged a 10% uplift for models released on or after March 5, 2026, that are eligible for data residency. See our Your data guide for supported regions and processing details. OpenAI models in Amazon Bedrock are billed through AWS and may differ from direct OpenAI pricing.  Priority processing was renamed Fast mode on July 30, 2026. You can use either `service_tier: "priority"` or `service_tier: "fast"` in your API requests. Learn more about Fast mode.  GPT-5.6 Sol's promotional pricing is available at least through November 21, 2026.  Our latest Daybreak models.@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ Prices per 1M tokens. |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Model | Input | Cached input | Cache writes | Output | Input | Cached input | Cache writes | Output |-| gpt-5.6-sol | $5.00 | $0.50 | $6.25 | $30.00 | $10.00 | $1.00 | $12.50 | $45.00 |+| gpt-5.6-sol | $4.00 | $0.40 | $5.00 | $20.00 | $8.00 | $0.80 | $10.00 | $30.00 | | gpt-5.6-cyber | $12.50 | $1.25 | $15.625 | $75.00 | - | - | - | - |  `daybreak-blue-latest` and `daybreak-red-latest` are aliases that currently point to `gpt-5.6-sol` and `gpt-5.6-cyber`, respectively. As new frontier models are released through the Daybreak program, these aliases will be updated to point to the latest models, with pricing adjusted to match each underlying model. +To estimate vision model input costs, use the image input cost calculator.+ Prices per 1M tokens unless noted. 

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