OpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (batch) by OpenAI — $0.024 input / $0.112 output per 1M tokens via OpenRouter. Context: 131K tokens. Pricing last updated Oct 29, 2026.
| Usage | Daily | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| Chatbot (100/day) | $0.015 | $0.46 |
| Small app (1K/day) | $0.080 | $2.40 |
| Mid-scale (10K/day) | $1.04 | $31.20 |
| Large scale (100K/day) | $23.20 | $696.00 |
openai/gpt-oss-20b:batchOpenAI: gpt-oss-20b (batch) is an LLM developed by OpenAI. Input costs $0.024 per million tokens and output costs $0.112 per million tokens via OpenRouter. It supports a context window of 131K tokens.
Via the OpenRouter API:
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.
For a typical chatbot application (1,000 requests/day, 1,000 prompt tokens and 500 output tokens per request):
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