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OpenAIPricing change · Price decrease · Plan removed · New plan · Jul 6 → Oct 4, 2025

OpenAI API Introduces GPT-5 Mini and Nano Models with Significantly Lower Pricing, Enhancing Accessibility for Users

Verified Jan 12, 2026AI & Machine LearningDirection: down
The changePrice — price decrease.
Before · Jul 6$2.50/1M
After · Oct 4$0.40/1M
−84%
14 changes2 capturesJul 6, 2025 → Oct 4, 2025

What happened

Between the Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 4, 2025 captures of OpenAI's pricing page, Pulse recorded 14 changes: Realtime API audio cached input decreased from $2.50/1M to $0.40/1M; GPT-4.1 mini model discontinued ($0.40/1M input, $0.10/1M cached input, $1.60/1M output); GPT-5 mini model introduced ($0.250/1M input, $0.025/1M cached input, $2.000/1M output); Realtime API text output decreased from $20.00/1M to $16.00/1M; Realtime API audio input decreased from $40.00/1M to $32.00/1M; GPT-5 model introduced ($1.250/1M input, $0.125/1M cached input, $10.000/1M output); Realtime API text cached input decreased from $2.50/1M to $0.40/1M; Realtime API text input decreased from $5.00/1M to $4.00/1M; GPT-5 nano model introduced ($0.050/1M input, $0.005/1M cached input, $0.400/1M output); GPT-4.1 model discontinued ($2.00/1M input, $0.50/1M cached input, $8.00/1M output); Realtime API audio output decreased from $80.00/1M to $64.00/1M; GPT-4.1 nano model discontinued ($0.100/1M input, $0.025/1M cached input, $0.400/1M output); Realtime API text model changed from GPT-4o to gpt-realtime; Image modality added to Realtime API with gpt-realtime ($5.00/1M input, $0.50/1M cached input). Pulse files it as a pricing change (price decrease, plan removed, new plan, plan renamed, feature added) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 5, 2026) lists gpt-image-2.5-flare at $2 per 1M cached image input tokens + $30 per 1M image output tokens, gpt-6.1-sol at $0.2 per 1M cached input tokens (long context) + $2 per 1M input tokens (short context), gpt-6-luna at $0.25 per 1M cache write tokens (long context) + $0.2 per 1M input tokens (long context), gpt-5.6-sol at $30 per 1M output tokens (long context) + $8 per 1M input tokens (long context) and gpt-6-astra at $20 per 1M input tokens (long context) + $1 per 1M cached input tokens (short context).

This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for OpenAI. OpenAI has been tracked since 2023-11-14.

In the same window Metabase and Anthropic also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.

  • — · Price−84%
    $2.50/1M$0.40/1M
  • — · PlanPlan removed

    GPT-4.1 mini model discontinued ($0.40/1M input, $0.10/1M cached input, $1.60/1M output)

  • — · PlanNew plan

    GPT-5 mini model introduced ($0.250/1M input, $0.025/1M cached input, $2.000/1M output)

  • — · Price−20%
    $20.00/1M$16.00/1M
  • — · Price−20%
    $40.00/1M$32.00/1M
  • — · PlanNew plan

    GPT-5 model introduced ($1.250/1M input, $0.125/1M cached input, $10.000/1M output)

  • — · Price−84%
    $2.50/1M$0.40/1M
  • — · Price−20%
    $5.00/1M$4.00/1M
  • — · PlanNew plan

    GPT-5 nano model introduced ($0.050/1M input, $0.005/1M cached input, $0.400/1M output)

  • — · PlanPlan removed

    GPT-4.1 model discontinued ($2.00/1M input, $0.50/1M cached input, $8.00/1M output)

  • — · Price−20%
    $80.00/1M$64.00/1M
  • — · PlanPlan removed

    GPT-4.1 nano model discontinued ($0.100/1M input, $0.025/1M cached input, $0.400/1M output)

  • — · PlanChanged
    GPT-4ogpt-realtime
  • — · FeatureAdded
    No Image modalityImage modality

Values as written on OpenAI's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.

Evidence

The two captures Pulse compared

Full-page captures of OpenAI's pricing page (openai.com) from Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 4, 2025; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where price reads $2.50/1M and then $0.40/1M.

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OpenAI, pricing history

Full history
  1. Mar 11, 2026packagingOpenai API launches GPT-5.4, adds 10% data residency surcharge
  2. Feb 18, 2026increaseOpenai API shifts Containers to per-session billing starting March 31
  3. Jan 12, 2026packagingOpenai API Implements 40% Price Increase for GPT-5.2 Output and Input Tokens, Renames GPT-5 to GPT-5.2
  4. Q3 2025packagingOpenAI API Introduces GPT-5 Mini and Nano Models with Significantly Lower Pricing, Enhancing Accessibility for Users · this change

Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window

All AI & Machine Learning changes
  1. MetabaseJan 12Metabase Introduces SCIM Account Provisioning for Pro and Enterprise Plans
  2. AnthropicJan 10Anthropic API Introduces Tiered Pricing and Prompt Caching for Sonnet 4.5, Restructuring Costs Based on Token Length
  3. MetabaseJan 12Metabase Unifies Pricing Structure with Monthly/Annual Toggle and 'Save 10%' Offer
  4. MetabaseJan 12Metabase Cuts Storage Add-On Pricing by 53% for 500K and 1M Rows, Now Just $35 and $70/Month
  5. MetabaseJan 12Metabase Raises Enterprise Plan Minimum Annual Price by 33% to $20k, Alongside Other Price Increases Across Plans and Add-ons

Questions about this change

Did OpenAI raise prices in October 2025?

No — prices went down. Between Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 4, 2025 OpenAI's pricing page showed 6 price cuts: $2.50/1M → $0.40/1M (−84%); $20.00/1M → $16.00/1M (−20%); $40.00/1M → $32.00/1M (−20%); $2.50/1M → $0.40/1M (−84%); $5.00/1M → $4.00/1M (−20%); $80.00/1M → $64.00/1M (−20%).

What changed on OpenAI's pricing page between Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 4, 2025?

Price: $2.50/1M → $0.40/1M (−84%); GPT-4.1 mini model discontinued ($0.40/1M input, $0.10/1M cached input, $1.60/1M output); GPT-5 mini model introduced ($0.250/1M input, $0.025/1M cached input, $2.000/1M output); price: $20.00/1M → $16.00/1M (−20%); price: $40.00/1M → $32.00/1M (−20%); GPT-5 model introduced ($1.250/1M input, $0.125/1M cached input, $10.000/1M output); price: $2.50/1M → $0.40/1M (−84%); price: $5.00/1M → $4.00/1M (−20%); GPT-5 nano model introduced ($0.050/1M input, $0.005/1M cached input, $0.400/1M output); GPT-4.1 model discontinued ($2.00/1M input, $0.50/1M cached input, $8.00/1M output); price: $80.00/1M → $64.00/1M (−20%); GPT-4.1 nano model discontinued ($0.100/1M input, $0.025/1M cached input, $0.400/1M output); plan: GPT-4o → gpt-realtime, changed; feature: No Image modality → Image modality, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 4, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.

How often does OpenAI change its pricing?

Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for OpenAI in the 90 days before this one; OpenAI has been tracked since 2023-11-14.