GPT-5: API pricing, providers and specs
GPT-5 is a text model by OpenAI. 26 providers serve it, from $8 to $11.01 /1M; the lowest price is at APIMart.
A newer version is out: GPT-5.6
How GPT-5 compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Pricey for its class: at $8 /1M, its lowest price is above 83% of comparable models (median $1.10).
- Its 400K-token context window is larger than 62% of them (median 262K), about 600 pages of text.
- On LMArena's WebDev board it ranks #58 of the 64 comparable models scored there.
- 26 providers serve it; 93% of comparable models have fewer.
GPT-5 prices by provider
Every provider's list price, read from its own price page or API. A price marked “from” changes with context length, resolution or mode.
| Provider | Input | Output | Prompt caching | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APIMart | $1/1M | $8/1M | — | — |
 CometAPI | $1/1M | $8/1M | $0.10/1M | — |
| OpenCode | $1.07/1M | $8.50/1M | $0.107/1M | — |
 Poe | $1.14/1M | $9.09/1M | $0.114/1M | 400K |
 Jiekou.AI | $1.19/1M | $9.50/1M | $0.119/1M | — |
| OpenAIOfficial | $1.25/1M | From$10/1M | $0.125/1M | — |
| ZenMux | $1.25/1M | $10/1M | $0.125/1M | 400K |
 Ofox | $1.25/1M | $10/1M | $0.13/1M | 256K |
 FastRouter | $1.25/1M | $10/1M | $0.125/1M | 400K |
 DigitalOcean | $1.25/1M | $10/1M | $0.125/1M | — |
 OrcaRouter | $1.25/1M | $10/1M | $0.125/1M | 400K |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $1.25/1M | From$10/1M | $0.125/1M | 400K |
 NEAR AI Cloud | $1.25/1M | $10/1M | $0.125/1M | 400K |
 Helicone | $1.25/1M | From$10/1M | $0.125/1M | — |
 Prime Inference | $1.25/1M | $10/1M | — | — |
 AIHubMix | $1.25/1M | $10/1M | $0.125/1M | 400K |
| AI/ML API | $1.25/1M | $10/1M | $0.125/1M | — |
 Impossibl | $1.25/1M | $10/1M | $0.125/1M | — |
| OpenRouter | $1.25/1M | From$10/1M | $0.125/1M | 400K |
| DevPass (LLM Gateway) | $1.25/1M | From$10/1M | $0.125/1M | — |
| Replicate | $1.25/1M | $10/1M | — | — |
 APIYI | $1.25/1M | $10/1M | — | — |
 LaoZhang API | $1.25/1M | $10/1M | — | — |
 CrazyRouter | $1.25/1M | $10/1M | — | — |
 Requesty | $1.25/1M | From$10/1M | $0.125/1M | 400K |
 Cortecs | $1.38/1M | $11.01/1M | $0.157/1M | — |
- APIMart$8
- CometAPI$8
- OpenCode$8.50
- Poe$9.09
- Jiekou.AI$9.50
- ZenMux$10
- Ofox$10
- FastRouter$10
- DigitalOcean$10
- OrcaRouter$10
- NEAR AI Cloud$10
- Prime Inference$10
Specs
- Type
- Text
- Maker
- OpenAI
- Inputs
- Image, Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- 400K≈ 600 pages of text
- Max output
- 128K
- Capabilities
- Prompt caching, JSON, Reasoning, Tool calling, Vision
- Released
- Aug 7, 2025
- License
- proprietary
- Open weights
- No, API only
- Arena score
- 1418WebDev
- Monthly searches
- 35K
Alternatives to GPT-5
Same kind of model from other makers, at a similar price.
| Model | Lowest price | Context | Arena | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-5this model | $8/1M | 400K | 1418 | 26 |
 Gemini 4 Argon | $8/1M | 1.05M | 1673 | 26 |
| Kimi K3 | $8.28/1M | 1.05M | 1655 | 47 |
 Muse Wonder | $16/1M | 1.05M | — | 14 |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | $16/1M | 1M | 1807 | 33 |
 Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B | $4.11/1M | 1M | — | 22 |
| Grok 4.7 | $4.80/1M | 500K | 1637 | 28 |
| Muse Spark 1.3 | $4.25/1M | 1.05M | 1657 | 11 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | $8/1M | 1M | 1767 | 32 |
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GPT-5 FAQ
APIMart, at $8 /1M. 26 providers serve GPT-5; the table above lists every one with its price.
GPT-5 reads up to 400K tokens per request and writes up to 128K.
No. GPT-5 is only available through an API; OpenAI does not publish its weights.
26 API providers serve GPT-5. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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