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OpenAIPricing change · Package change · New plan · Price increase · Mar 2 → Mar 9, 2026

OpenAI API launches GPT-5.4, adds 10% data residency surcharge

Verified Mar 11, 2026AI & Machine LearningDirection: up
The changeSurcharge — added.
Before · Mar 2No surcharge
After · Mar 910% surcharge
added
3 changes2 capturesMar 2, 2026 → Mar 9, 2026

What happened

Between the Mar 2, 2026 and Mar 9, 2026 captures of OpenAI's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: Flagship model lineup restructured: GPT-5.2 and GPT-5.2 pro replaced by GPT-5.4 [GPT-5.2 input $1.75/1M, output $14/1M; GPT-5.2 pro input $21/1M, output $168/1M; GPT-5.4 input $2.50/1M, output $15/1M; GPT-5.2 pro eliminated entirely]; gpt-realtime-1.5 model added to Realtime API with same pricing as gpt-realtime [Text: $4/1M input, $0.40/1M cached, $16/1M output; Audio: $32/1M input, $0.40/1M cached, $64/1M output; Image: $5/1M input, $0.50/1M cached]; Pricing caveat expanded: standard rates now specified for context lengths under 270K; 10% surcharge added for data residency and regional processing on GPT 5.4 models. Pulse files it as a pricing change (package change, new plan, price increase) with an upward 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).

It lands 20 days after OpenAI's previous change, "Openai API shifts Containers to per-session billing starting March 31" (Feb 18, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Openai API Implements 40% Price Increase for GPT-5.2 Output and Input Tokens, Renames GPT-5 to GPT-5.2" (Jan 12, 2026). OpenAI has been tracked since 2023-11-14.

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

  • — · PackagingRemoved
    GPT-5.2 proNo GPT-5.2 pro
  • — · PlanAdded

    BeforeNo gpt-realtime-1.5 model

    Aftergpt-realtime-1.5 model

  • GPT · PriceAdded
    No surcharge10% surcharge

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 Mar 2, 2026 and Mar 9, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where 10% surcharge now appears.

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OpenAI, the last 90 days

Full history
  1. Mar 24, 2026packagingOpenai API triples GPT-5 mini pricing, launches budget nano tier
  2. Apr 6, 2026packagingOpenai API launches GPT-5.4 at $2.50/M tokens, adds Containers tool
  3. Mar 18, 2026improvedOpenai API adds Sora-2-pro HD video tier at $0.70/second
  4. Mar 11, 2026packagingOpenAI API launches GPT-5.4, adds 10% data residency surcharge · this change
  5. Feb 18, 2026increaseOpenai API shifts Containers to per-session billing starting March 31
  6. Jan 12, 2026packagingOpenai API Implements 40% Price Increase for GPT-5.2 Output and Input Tokens, Renames GPT-5 to GPT-5.2

Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window

All AI & Machine Learning changes
  1. AnthropicMar 9Anthropic moves conversation memory from Pro plan to Free tier
  2. MetabaseFeb 23Metabase reveals Advanced Transforms add-on at $250/mo for 72K runs
  3. XFeb 18X adds real-time voice AI, drops structured outputs from API
  4. MicrosoftJan 20Microsoft Copilot Transforms Copilot Pro into Family-Oriented 365 Premium Subscription with Enhanced AI Features and Increased Cloud Storage

Questions about this change

Did OpenAI raise prices in March 2026?

Yes. Pulse captured OpenAI's pricing page on Mar 2, 2026 and again on Mar 9, 2026 and recorded 1 price increase: GPT: No surcharge → 10% surcharge (added).

What changed on OpenAI's pricing page between Mar 2, 2026 and Mar 9, 2026?

Packaging: GPT-5.2 pro → No GPT-5.2 pro, removed; plan: No gpt-realtime-1.5 model → gpt-realtime-1.5 model, added; GPT price: No surcharge → 10% surcharge, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Mar 2, 2026 and Mar 9, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.

How often does OpenAI change its pricing?

Pulse recorded 2 other pricing-page changes for OpenAI in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Openai API shifts Containers to per-session billing starting March 31" on Feb 18, 2026; OpenAI has been tracked since 2023-11-14.