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GPT-4o-mini (batch) Pricing
OpenAI · openai-gpt-4o-mini-batch
Input / 1M tokens
$0.075
Output / 1M tokens
$0.300
Context window
128k tokens
≈ 171 pages of text
Max output
16,384 tokens
What it costs in practice
Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out tokens)$0.0002
1,000 requests / month$0.21/mo10,000 requests / month$2.10/mo100,000 requests / month$21.00/moEstimate your own workloadOpens the calculator with GPT-4o-mini (batch) preloaded — adjust volume and token counts there.
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What it excels at
Handles high-volume classification, extraction, and basic vision tasks efficiently via batch API.
The business tradeoff
Lower reasoning depth on complex or multi-step problems than GPT-4o; batch processing adds latency and lacks real-time interactivity.
Cheaper from OpenAI
Head-to-head
Vendor list rates, as of Jul 22, 2026 · source: openrouter · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.