o4 Mini pricing & price history
o4 Mini by OpenAI costs $1.10 per 1M input tokens and $4.40 per 1M output tokens, with a 200K token context window.
Price history
No price changes since tracking began on 2026-09-24. We check every 10 minutes.
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About o4 Mini
OpenAI o4-mini is a compact reasoning model in the o-series, optimized for fast, cost-efficient performance while retaining strong multimodal and agentic capabilities. It supports tool use and demonstrates competitive reasoning...
FAQ
How much does o4 Mini cost?
o4 Mini by OpenAI costs $1.10 per 1M input tokens and $4.40 per 1M output tokens, with a 200K token context window. A typical request with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens costs about $0.0044.
What is the context window of o4 Mini?
o4 Mini supports up to 200,000 tokens of context and up to 100,000 output tokens per request.
Has o4 Mini’s price changed?
No price changes recorded since ModelBank started tracking it on 2026-09-24.
Is o4 Mini being deprecated?
No retirement date has been announced for o4 Mini as of 2026-11-12.
What are cheaper alternatives to o4 Mini?
Cheaper options include GLM 5.3 Flash ($0.0399/$0.0784), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash ($0.022/$0.40), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 ($0.098/$0.29), Llama 4 Scout ($0.10/$0.30).