GPT Audio API pricing
OpenAI · Mid-range price tier · Proprietary · released 2026-01. Prices in USD per 1 million tokens. Data snapshot: 2026-11-12.
A support ticket workload of 100K requests a month costs $875.00 on GPT Audio; the next cheaper model in the Mid-range price tier for this workload, GLM 5.3 Prime, does it for $860.00. GPT Audio has held the same list price since 2026-08-15 and is the 100th cheapest of 113 models in the Mid-range price tier. Only one host, OpenAI, sells it, so there is no second price to shop. No Arena score is published for it, so it carries no Efficiency score and cannot hold the FinOps Friendly badge.
- Input: $2.50 per 1M tokens
- Output: $10.00 per 1M tokens
- Batch API (in/out): Not published
- Prompt-cache read: Not published
- Context window: 128K tokens
- Arena ELO: Not published
Market position
On blended price ($7.75 per 1M tokens at 30% input, 70% output) it is cheaper than 9% of models in the Mid-range price tier: 100th cheapest of 113, tied with 3 others. Across every price tier it is cheaper than 13% of priced text models in the catalogue: 260th cheapest of 303, tied with 3 others. No Arena score has been published for GPT Audio, so this page does not rank it on quality and OptimNow's quality bars do not apply to it. 66 of the 113 models we list in the Mid-range price tier carry one. An unranked model is unmeasured, not poor: the benchmark needs votes, and a recent release has not had time to collect them.
Licence, size and capabilities
GPT Audio is recorded here as proprietary: access is through an API, priced by the token. Its parameter count is not published. Listed capabilities: Text, Audio, Agents. Filling its 128K context window once costs $0.32 in input tokens at list price.
Pricing by host
A host is a company that runs the model and sells it by the token: the model maker, a cloud platform like Amazon Bedrock, Azure or Vertex, or an independent host. One model, several hosts, and often several prices. This model is sold by 1 host. The price we quote elsewhere on this page is marked. We quote one host's rate so that models stay comparable; it is not a recommendation to buy there.
OpenAI is the only host with a published rate, $2.50 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote.
| Host | Input $/1M | Output $/1M |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI (model maker, price we quote) | $2.50 | $10.00 |
List prices as published on 2026-11-12, via OpenRouter. Negotiated rates, committed-use discounts and provisioned capacity are not shown.
Monthly cost at 100K requests, by business use case
From the after-discounts figure (prompt caching on the cached input share, batch API for async workloads, only where OpenAI publishes those rates), which assumes you implement both, to the list price. One figure means no discount is published.
| Use case | Tokens (in/out) | Monthly (after discounts – list) |
|---|---|---|
| Support Ticket | 1,500 / 500 | $875 |
| Knowledge Q&A | 2,000 / 800 | $1.3K |
| Meeting Summary | 10,000 / 1,200 | $3.7K |
| Marketing Content | 2,500 / 1,800 | $2.4K |
| Coding Task | 3,000 / 2,000 | $2.8K |
| Invoice Processing | 1,500 / 600 | $975 |
| Call Summary | 2,000 / 700 | $1.2K |
| Agent Workflow | 6,000 / 3,000 | $4.5K |
Price history
GPT Audio has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $2.50 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
Alternatives to GPT Audio
GPT Audio carries no Arena score, so this page cannot place it against models of comparable quality. The alternatives below are its nearest neighbours on price in the Mid-range price tier.
- Next cheaper model in the Mid-range price tier: Claude Sonnet 5 (Anthropic) at $7.60 blended, 2% less.
- Next more expensive: Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (Google) at $9.00 blended, 16% more.
Other models from OpenAI
The 8 nearest to GPT Audio in price, of 48 other OpenAI models in the catalogue. Prices per 1M tokens, input then output.
- GPT-6 Sol: $2.00 / $10.00
- GPT-6 Sol Pro: $2.00 / $10.00
- GPT-6.1 Sol: $2.00 / $10.00
- GPT-6.1 Sol Pro: $2.00 / $10.00
- GPT-4o: $2.50 / $10.00
- GPT-5.6 Terra: $2.00 / $12.00
- GPT-5.6 Terra Pro: $2.00 / $12.00
- GPT-5 Image: $10.00 / $10.00
All 49 OpenAI models and prices
Common questions about GPT Audio pricing
- How much does GPT Audio cost?
- GPT Audio costs $2.50 per 1M input tokens and $10.00 per 1M output tokens. That is the model maker's own rate (OpenAI). Prices as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Which host is cheapest for GPT Audio?
- OpenAI is the only host with a published rate, $2.50 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens, which is the price we quote. Host rates as listed on 2026-11-12.
- Does GPT Audio offer batch or cached pricing?
- No. Neither a batch rate nor a prompt-cache rate is published for GPT Audio as of 2026-11-12.
- What would GPT Audio cost per month?
- With the Support Ticket profile (1,500 input and 500 output tokens per request), 100,000 requests a month cost about $875 on GPT Audio at the list price quoted on 2026-11-12.
- Can GPT Audio be self-hosted?
- No, as far as this site records. GPT Audio is recorded here as proprietary: access is through an API, priced by the token.
- Has the price of GPT Audio changed?
- GPT Audio has been in our daily price archive since tracking began on 2026-08-15, when it listed at $2.50 input / $10.00 output per 1M tokens. No list price change since tracking began on 2026-08-15. Last checked against the 2026-11-12 snapshot.
For what the scores, the Efficiency figure and the quality bars on this page mean: how the models are scored.
These are list prices. Your real cost also depends on caching and batching, negotiated discounts, marketplace agreements, and the contracts you already have. OptimNow audits exactly that.
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