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OpenAI: GPT-4.1 API Pricing — $2.00 Input / $8.00 Output per 1M Tokens

OpenAI: GPT-4.1 by OpenAI — $2.00 input / $8.00 output per 1M tokens via OpenRouter. Context: 1.0M tokens. Pricing last updated Oct 29, 2026.

Input / 1M tokens
$2.00
Output / 1M tokens
$8.00
Provider
OpenAI
Context window
1.0M tokens
Via
OpenRouter

Cost at common usage volumes

Usage Daily Monthly
Chatbot (100/day)$1.10$33.00
Small app (1K/day)$6.00$180.00
Mid-scale (10K/day)$80.00$2400.00
Large scale (100K/day)$1800.00$54000.00
Model ID: openai/gpt-4.1
Data source: OpenRouter public API — updated Oct 29, 2026.
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About OpenAI: GPT-4.1

OpenAI: GPT-4.1 is an LLM developed by OpenAI. Input costs $2.00 per million tokens and output costs $8.00 per million tokens via OpenRouter. It supports a context window of 1.0M tokens.

Pricing Details

Via the OpenRouter API:

  • Input tokens: $2.00 per 1 million tokens
  • Output tokens: $8.00 per 1 million tokens

A token is roughly 0.75 words. For context: a typical user message of 100 words is approximately 133 tokens; a 500-word system prompt is about 650 tokens.

How Much Does OpenAI: GPT-4.1 Cost?

For a typical chatbot application (1,000 requests/day, 1,000 prompt tokens and 500 output tokens per request):

  • Daily cost: $6.0000
  • Monthly cost: $180.000

Accessing OpenAI: GPT-4.1 via OpenRouter

OpenRouter provides a unified API for 200+ LLMs including OpenAI: GPT-4.1. You can use it with any OpenAI-compatible SDK by setting the base URL to https://openrouter.ai/api/v1 and using your OpenRouter API key. The model ID is openai/gpt-4.1.

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