Estimates assume medium reasoning effort, no batch discounts and no prompt caching. Turn on
prompt caching and the input side typically drops 50–90% —
run your own mix in the free calculator preloaded with o3-mini.
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Prices were last verified on August 20, 2026 against OpenAI's official pricing page. Providers reprice
frequently — see our methodology for exactly how estimates are computed,
and always confirm final rates with the provider before budgeting.
o3-mini FAQ
How much does o3-mini cost?
o3-mini charges $1.10 per million input tokens and $4.40 per million output tokens, with cached input reads at $0.55/M. Batch mode cuts both rates by 50% for asynchronous workloads.
What is the context window of o3-mini?
o3-mini supports a context window of 200,000 tokens (200K) — roughly 150,000 English words or about 300 pages of text in a single request.
A typical workload of 10K input and 2K output tokens costs about $0.0286 per call with o3-mini. At 1,000 requests per day that is roughly $870.51 per month. Use the free AITokenCalculator to run your exact numbers.
