Calculate the cost of using o3-mini from OpenRouter for your AI applications
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Max: 200,000 tokens
Max: 100,000 tokens
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o3-mini is a chat model from OpenRouter, one of 480 chat models they offer. It is priced at $1.10 per 1M input tokens and $4.40 per 1M output tokens, ranking 2317 out of 3501 chat models by cost and cheaper than 33% of models in this category. o3-mini supports function calling, reasoning, web search, prompt caching, structured output — one of only 8 chat models with this combination. 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, o3-mini ranks 2317 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.
o3-mini is one of 480 OpenRouter chat models, one of only 8 chat models combining function calling, prompt caching, reasoning, structured output, web search.
| Model | Provider | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens | vs o3-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. o3-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, o3-mini may offer different capabilities or performance characteristics that justify the price difference.
o3-mini input pricing is $1.10 per 1M tokens, which is 83% above the median of $0.60 for chat models. It ranks 2317 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 OpenRouter's 480 chat models, o3-mini ranks 309 by input cost. Its combination of function calling, prompt caching, reasoning, structured output, web search is shared by only 7 other chat models.
The most comparable chat models to o3-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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o3-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.