o4-mini pricing
o4-mini costs $1.10 per 1M input tokens and $4.40 per 1M output tokens as of September 2026. Tracked daily since 14 June 2026 across 89 snapshots.
Current rates
- Input: $1.10 per 1M tokens
- Output: $4.40 per 1M tokens
- Context window: 200,000 tokens
No price movement recorded for o4-mini over the tracked period — the rate has held steady.
Cheaper alternatives to o4-mini
Ranked by blended cost assuming a 3:1 input-to-output ratio, which is typical of chat and agent workloads. Only currently callable models with a comparable context window are listed.
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Cheaper by |
|---|---|---|---|
| o4-mini Deep Research | $1.00 | $4.00 | 9% |
| Kimi K2.6 | $0.95 | $4.00 | 11% |
| Grok 4.3 | $1.25 | $2.50 | 19% |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | $0.75 | $3.75 | 22% |
| Mistral Large 3 | $0.50 | $1.50 | 61% |