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o3 (batch) Pricing
OpenAI · openai-o3-batch
Input / 1M tokens
$1.00
Output / 1M tokens
$4.00
Context window
200k tokens
≈ 267 pages of text
Max output
100k tokens
What it costs in practice
Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out tokens)$0.0028
1,000 requests / month$2.80/mo10,000 requests / month$28.00/mo100,000 requests / month$280.00/moEstimate your own workloadOpens the calculator with o3 (batch) preloaded — adjust volume and token counts there.
Price history
Only one price point recorded so far.
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What it excels at
Strong multi-step reasoning on coding, math, and structured data tasks when processed in batch.
The business tradeoff
Batch-only access adds latency; output token cost remains high relative to non-reasoning models.
Cheaper from OpenAI
Head-to-head
Vendor list rates, as of Aug 6, 2026 · source: openrouter · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.