Calculate the cost of using o4-mini from OpenAI for your AI applications
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Mode: Chat
Max: 200,000 tokens
Max: 100,000 tokens
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o4-mini is a chat model from OpenAI, one of 98 chat models they offer. It is priced at $1.10 per 1M input tokens and $4.40 per 1M output tokens, ranking 2315 out of 3501 chat models by cost and cheaper than 33% of models in this category. o4-mini supports vision, function calling, reasoning, web search, prompt caching, structured output. It accepts up to 200K input tokens.
Note: Use the interactive calculator above to estimate costs for your specific usage patterns.
Use the maximum token limits shown above to understand the model's capacity. This model can handle up to 200,000 input tokens. The maximum output length is 100,000 tokens.
At $1.10 per 1M input tokens and $4.40 per 1M output tokens, o4-mini ranks 2315 out of 3501 chat models by input cost. It is more expensive compared to the median of $0.60 for chat models, and is cheaper than 33% of models in this category.
o4-mini is one of 98 OpenAI chat models, with support for vision, function calling, reasoning, web search, prompt caching, structured output.
| Model | Provider | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens | vs o4-mini |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0 | AWS Bedrock | $1.00 | $5.00 | -9% |
| grok-4.3 | Azure | $1.25 | $2.50 | +14% |
| claude-haiku-4-5 | Anthropic | $1.00 | $5.00 | -9% |
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No. o4-mini costs $1.10 per 1M input tokens while anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0 costs $1.00 per 1M input tokens, making anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0 9% more affordable for input. However, o4-mini may offer different capabilities or performance characteristics that justify the price difference.
o4-mini input pricing is $1.10 per 1M tokens, which is 83% above the median of $0.60 for chat models. It ranks 2315 out of 3501 chat models by input cost, making it cheaper than 33% of models in this category. For output, it costs $4.40 per 1M tokens compared to the median of $1.71.
Among OpenAI's 98 chat models, o4-mini ranks 30 by input cost.
The most comparable chat models to o4-mini are: anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0 from AWS Bedrock ($1.00/1M input tokens); grok-4.3 from Azure ($1.25/1M input tokens); claude-haiku-4-5 from Anthropic ($1.00/1M input tokens); gemini-2.5-pro from Vertex AI ($1.25/1M input tokens). These alternatives were selected based on similar capabilities, pricing, and provider diversity. You can compare any of these models in detail using the Bifrost Model Library.
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o4-mini is priced based on input and output tokens. Use the interactive calculator at the top of this page to estimate costs for your specific workload. Enter your expected input and output tokens volume and the calculator will show the total cost breakdown. For reference, processing 1M input tokens costs $1.10 and generating 1M output tokens costs $4.40.