O1 Mini: API pricing, providers and specs
O1 Mini is a text model by OpenAI. 7 providers serve it, from $3.52 to $12 /1M; the lowest price is at APIMart.
A newer version is out: O4 Mini · released Apr 16, 2025
How O1 Mini compares
Against the 737 text models on the site priced the same way.
- Pricey for its class: at $3.52 /1M, its lowest price is above 73% of comparable models (median $1.10).
- On LMArena's Text board it ranks #79 of the 120 comparable models scored there.
- 7 providers serve it; 71% of comparable models have fewer.
O1 Mini 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 | $0.88/1M | $3.52/1M | — | — |
 Helicone | $1.10/1M | From$4.40/1M | $0.55/1M | — |
| Replicate | $1.10/1M | $4.40/1M | — | — |
 APIYI | $1.10/1M | $4.40/1M | — | — |
 LaoZhang API | $1.10/1M | $4.40/1M | — | — |
 Azure | $1.10/1M | From$4.40/1M | $0.55/1M | — |
 AIHubMix | $3/1M | $12/1M | $1.50/1M | — |
Specs
- Type
- Text
- Maker
- OpenAI
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- —
- Max output
- —
- Capabilities
- —
- Released
- —
- License
- —
- Open weights
- —
- Arena score
- 1317Text
Alternatives to O1 Mini
Same kind of model from other makers, at a similar price.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| O1 Minithis model | $3.52/1M | — | 1317 | 7 |
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| Grok 4.7 | $4.80/1M | 500K | 1637 | 28 |
| Gemini 3 Flash | $2.40/1M | 1.05M | 1466 | 5 |
 Mistral Large 4 | $2.09/1M | 1.05M | 1543 | 13 |
 Muse Spark 1.3 | $4.25/1M | 1.05M | 1657 | 11 |
 GLM-5.2 | $1.80/1M | 1M | 1604 | 44 |
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O1 Mini FAQ
The lowest price for O1 Mini is $3.52 /1M, at APIMart.
APIMart, at $3.52 /1M. 7 providers serve O1 Mini; the table above lists every one with its price.
We have not found O1 Mini's weights published by its maker.
7 API providers serve O1 Mini. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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