OpenAI API
Pricing & Billing

Pricing & Billing

Pricing is more than a model table. Compare model prices, understand what each plan includes, and see exactly how usage translates into spend.

Pricing & Billing

Clear Pricing Before You Route Production Traffic

Every plan ships the same OpenAI-compatible endpoint, request-level billing visibility, and spend controls. Pick the monthly request volume that matches your traffic.

Starter

$9 / month
For prototypes, side projects, and first production calls.
Cancel anytime.

Includes

  • 1,000,000 included tokens per month
  • OpenAI GPT-5.x, GPT-4.x, o-series and image models
  • OpenAI-compatible endpoint at api.openaiapi.lol/v1
  • Request-level usage tracking per API key
  • Email support
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Pro

$29 / month
For products in production that need headroom and failover.
Most teams start here.

Everything in Starter, plus

  • 10,000,000 included tokens per month
  • Automatic failover across approved routes
  • Spending limits and budget alerts
  • Team keys with per-key attribution
  • Priority email support

Scale

$99 / month
For high-volume workloads and multi-team governance.
Volume pricing available.

Everything in Pro, plus

  • 50,000,000 included tokens per month
  • Cost-aware routing with approved model baskets
  • Full request audit trail and activity export
  • Organization roles and shared visibility
  • Dedicated onboarding support

What to review before you approve budget

Use the model catalog, confirm what each plan includes, and connect usage accounting to your billing workflow before you move meaningful traffic.

Model Catalog

Browse model-by-model pricing, context windows, and capabilities before you decide on a routing strategy.

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Usage Accounting

Track every request as auditable cost data with detailed usage breakdowns, activity analytics, and billing reconciliation.

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Transparent Pricing

Compare current OpenAI model pricing for every model in the catalog on one page.

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Secure checkout

Payments are processed through Stripe Checkout.

Available card and wallet options vary by region and eligibility. The final payment methods are shown in checkout before you confirm the purchase.

Pricing FAQ

Compare model costs and see how billing works before you scale traffic.

How should a team estimate spend before switching production traffic?

Start from your current monthly token mix, price it with the model catalog, and compare it with the included allowance of each plan. Usage above the allowance is billed at the published model rates, so you can model both cases before you switch.

Does a bring-your-own-key setup change what I pay?

No. Plans cover the platform features — the OpenAI-compatible endpoint, request-level accounting, spend controls and governance. Your model costs stay on the account you already pay.

Where can I verify what was actually billed?

Every request is recorded as auditable cost data in Activity, with baseline charge, selected route and realized savings, and it reconciles with the invoices in your billing settings.

Is the pricing page enough to make a finance decision?

Yes. The catalog, the plan allowances and the billing export are designed to be read together, so finance and engineering work from the same numbers.

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