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OpenAI: o4 Mini (batch) API Pricing — $0.550 Input / $2.20 Output per 1M Tokens

OpenAI: o4 Mini (batch) by OpenAI — $0.550 input / $2.20 output per 1M tokens via OpenRouter. Context: 200K tokens. Pricing last updated Oct 29, 2026.

Input / 1M tokens
$0.550
Output / 1M tokens
$2.20
Provider
OpenAI
Context window
200K tokens
Via
OpenRouter

Cost at common usage volumes

Usage Daily Monthly
Chatbot (100/day)$0.303$9.08
Small app (1K/day)$1.65$49.50
Mid-scale (10K/day)$22.00$660.00
Large scale (100K/day)$495.00$14850.00
Model ID: openai/o4-mini:batch
Data source: OpenRouter public API — updated Oct 29, 2026.
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About OpenAI: o4 Mini (batch)

OpenAI: o4 Mini (batch) is an LLM developed by OpenAI. Input costs $0.550 per million tokens and output costs $2.20 per million tokens via OpenRouter. It supports a context window of 200K tokens.

Pricing Details

Via the OpenRouter API:

  • Input tokens: $0.550 per 1 million tokens
  • Output tokens: $2.20 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: o4 Mini (batch) Cost?

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

  • Daily cost: $1.6500
  • Monthly cost: $49.500

Accessing OpenAI: o4 Mini (batch) via OpenRouter

OpenRouter provides a unified API for 200+ LLMs including OpenAI: o4 Mini (batch). 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/o4-mini:batch.

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