OpenAI: GPT OSS Safeguard 20B
GPT OSS Safeguard 20B is a reasoning model from OpenAI released on Oct 29, 2025. It reads text and writes text, with a 128K token context window and up to 16K tokens per reply.
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It costs $0.07 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens.
It supports tool calling and structured JSON output, and its weights are open, so you can host it yourself.
9 providers serve it, including Amazon Bedrock, Vercel AI Gateway and Groq.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $0.07 / $0.20 per 1M
- Context
- 128K
- Max output
- 16K
- Released
- Oct 29, 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- n/a
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
GPT OSS Safeguard 20B pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $0.07 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $0.20 / 1M tokens |
GPT OSS Safeguard 20B providers
9 providers serve it, including Amazon Bedrock, Vercel AI Gateway and Groq. Each host sets its own price and limits, so the cheapest one is not always the one with the longest context.
| Provider | Input /M | Output /M | Cache read /M | Context | Max output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Bedrock | $0.07 | $0.20 | – | 128K | 16K |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.07 | $0.20 | – | 128K | 16K |
| Groq | $0.075 | $0.30 | – | 131K | 66K |
| Merge Gateway | $0.07 | $0.20 | $0 | 4K | 4K |
| Eden AI | $0.075 | $0.30 | $0.0375 | 131K | 131K |
| Kilo Gateway | $0.075 | $0.30 | $0.0375 | 131K | 66K |
| NanoGPT | $0.075 | $0.30 | – | 128K | 16K |
| LowRouter | $0.08 | $0.24 | – | 131K | 131K |
| AI/ML API | $0.1032 | $0.4126 | $0.0516 | 131K | 66K |
What GPT OSS Safeguard 20B costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
Supported request parameters
What you can set when you call GPT OSS Safeguard 20B through an OpenAI compatible API.
- Tools
tools - Structured outputs
structured_outputs - Reasoning
reasoning - Temperature
temperature
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GPT OSS Safeguard 20B questions
How much does the GPT OSS Safeguard 20B API cost?
$0.07 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of GPT OSS Safeguard 20B?
128,000 tokens of input, and it can write up to 16,384 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Which providers serve GPT OSS Safeguard 20B?
9 providers serve it, including Amazon Bedrock, Vercel AI Gateway and Groq. Prices differ by host, so the Providers table on this page lists each one with its input and output price.
Does GPT OSS Safeguard 20B support tool calling?
Yes. It accepts tool definitions and can return JSON that matches a schema, which is what an agent needs to call your APIs.
Is GPT OSS Safeguard 20B open source?
Its weights are published, so you can run it on your own hardware or a cloud of your choice. Read the license before commercial use.
When was GPT OSS Safeguard 20B released?
Oct 29, 2025.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. The summary is written from these facts.
Building on GPT OSS Safeguard 20B?
I test your real tasks on it and the two closest alternatives, then ship the agent on whichever wins on cost and accuracy.
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