OpenAI API Implements 40% Price Increase for GPT-5.2 Output and Input Tokens, Renames GPT-5 to GPT-5.2
What happened
Between the Oct 4, 2025 and Jan 5, 2026 captures of OpenAI's pricing page, Pulse recorded 11 changes: AgentKit platform added - Build, deploy, and optimize production-grade agents with Agent Builder, ChatKit, and Evals. 1GB free tier for storage, $0.10/GB-day beyond free tier, billing begins November 1, 2025; GPT-5.2 output price increased from $10.000/1M tokens to $14.000/1M tokens (40% increase); GPT-5 nano removed - The fastest, cheapest version priced at $0.050/1M input tokens and $0.400/1M output tokens; GPT-image-1-mini model added for image generation at $2.00/1M input tokens (text), $2.50/1M input tokens (image), and $8.00/1M output tokens (image); Sora Video API added - Richly detailed, dynamic video generation with models sora-2 and sora-2-pro, pricing from $0.10 to $0.50 per second based on resolution; GPT-image-1.5 model added for image generation with text input at $5.00/1M input tokens, $10.00/1M output tokens and image input at $8.00/1M input tokens, $32.00/1M output tokens; GPT-5.2 input price increased from $1.250/1M tokens to $1.750/1M tokens (40% increase); GPT-5 renamed to GPT-5.2; gpt-realtime-mini text cached input price decreased from $0.30/1M tokens to $0.06/1M tokens (80% decrease); GPT-5.2 cached input price increased from $0.125/1M tokens to $0.175/1M tokens (40% increase); GPT-5.2 pro plan added - The smartest and most precise model at $21.00/1M input tokens and $168.00/1M output tokens. Pulse files it as a pricing change (feature added, price increase, plan removed, plan renamed, price decrease, new plan) with a neutral 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).
OpenAI's previous recorded change was "Openai API Introduces GPT-5 Mini and Nano Models with Significantly Lower Pricing, Enhancing Accessibility for Users" (Q3 2025). 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.
- — · FeatureAddedNo - Build- Build
- — · PriceChanged$10.000/1M tokens$14.000/1M tokens
- — · PlanRemoved- The fastestNo - The fastest
- — · FeatureAdded
BeforeNo GPT-image-1-mini model
AfterGPT-image-1-mini model
- — · Feature+400%$0.10$0.50 per second
- — · FeatureAddedNo GPT-image-1.5 modelGPT-image-1.5 model
- — · PriceChanged$1.250/1M tokens$1.750/1M tokens
- — · PlanRenamedGPT-5GPT-5.2
- — · PriceChanged$0.30/1M tokens$0.06/1M tokens
- — · PriceChanged$0.125/1M tokens$0.175/1M tokens
- — · PlanAdded
BeforeNot listed
After- The smartest and most precise model
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Feature | No - Build | - Build | Added |
| — | Price | $10.000/1M tokens | $14.000/1M tokens | Changed |
| — | Plan | - The fastest | No - The fastest | Removed |
| — | Feature | No GPT-image-1-mini model | GPT-image-1-mini model | Added |
| — | Feature | $0.10 | $0.50 per second | +400% |
| — | Feature | No GPT-image-1.5 model | GPT-image-1.5 model | Added |
| — | Price | $1.250/1M tokens | $1.750/1M tokens | Changed |
| — | Plan | GPT-5 | GPT-5.2 | Renamed |
| — | Price | $0.30/1M tokens | $0.06/1M tokens | Changed |
| — | Price | $0.125/1M tokens | $0.175/1M tokens | Changed |
| — | Plan | Not listed | - The smartest and most precise model | Added |
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 comparedFull-page captures of OpenAI's pricing page (openai.com) from Oct 4, 2025 and Jan 5, 2026; the change is marked in the lower part of the page, where "$10.000/1M tokens" becomes "$14.000/1M tokens".
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OpenAI, pricing history
Full history- Mar 18, 2026improvedOpenai API adds Sora-2-pro HD video tier at $0.70/second
- Mar 11, 2026packagingOpenai API launches GPT-5.4, adds 10% data residency surcharge
- Feb 18, 2026increaseOpenai API shifts Containers to per-session billing starting March 31
- Jan 12, 2026packagingOpenAI API Implements 40% Price Increase for GPT-5.2 Output and Input Tokens, Renames GPT-5 to GPT-5.2 · this change
- Q3 2025packagingOpenai API Introduces GPT-5 Mini and Nano Models with Significantly Lower Pricing, Enhancing Accessibility for Users
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- MetabaseJan 12Metabase Introduces SCIM Account Provisioning for Pro and Enterprise Plans
- AnthropicJan 10Anthropic API Introduces Tiered Pricing and Prompt Caching for Sonnet 4.5, Restructuring Costs Based on Token Length
- MetabaseJan 12Metabase Unifies Pricing Structure with Monthly/Annual Toggle and 'Save 10%' Offer
- MetabaseJan 12Metabase Cuts Storage Add-On Pricing by 53% for 500K and 1M Rows, Now Just $35 and $70/Month
- 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 January 2026?
No — prices went down. Between Oct 4, 2025 and Jan 5, 2026 OpenAI's pricing page showed 1 price cut: $0.30/1M tokens → $0.06/1M tokens (changed).
What changed on OpenAI's pricing page between Oct 4, 2025 and Jan 5, 2026?
Feature: No - Build → - Build, added; price: $10.000/1M tokens → $14.000/1M tokens, changed; plan: - The fastest → No - The fastest, removed; feature: No GPT-image-1-mini model → GPT-image-1-mini model, added; feature: $0.10 → $0.50 per second (+400%); feature: No GPT-image-1.5 model → GPT-image-1.5 model, added; price: $1.250/1M tokens → $1.750/1M tokens, changed; plan: GPT-5 → GPT-5.2, renamed; price: $0.30/1M tokens → $0.06/1M tokens, changed; price: $0.125/1M tokens → $0.175/1M tokens, changed; plan: Not listed → - The smartest and most precise model, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 4, 2025 and Jan 5, 2026; 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; the previous change was "Openai API Introduces GPT-5 Mini and Nano Models with Significantly Lower Pricing, Enhancing Accessibility for Users" in Q3 2025; OpenAI has been tracked since 2023-11-14.