OpenAI o4-mini
OpenAI o4-mini is a reasoning model from OpenAI released on Jun 1, 2024. It reads text and writes text, with a 200K token context window and up to 100K tokens per reply.
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It costs $1.10 per million input tokens and $4.40 per million output tokens. Cached input bills at $0.55, 50% less than fresh input.
It supports tool calling, structured JSON output and prompt caching.
18 providers serve it, including Vercel AI Gateway, Poe and Abacus. The lowest input price is $0.99 per million tokens at Poe.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $1.10 / $4.40 per 1M
- Context
- 200K
- Max output
- 100K
- Released
- Jun 1, 2024
- Knowledge cutoff
- May 2024
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
OpenAI o4-mini 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 | $1.10 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $4.40 / 1M tokens | |
| Cached input (read) | $0.55 / 1M tokens | 50% off input |
OpenAI o4-mini providers
18 providers serve it, including Vercel AI Gateway, Poe and Abacus. The lowest input price is $0.99 per million tokens at Poe. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel AI Gateway | $2 | $8 | $0.50 | 200K | 100K |
| Poe | $0.99 | $4 | $0.25 | 200K | 100K |
| Abacus | $1.10 | $4.40 | – | 200K | 100K |
| AIHubMix | $1.10 | $4.40 | $0.275 | 200K | 100K |
| Cloudflare AI Gateway | $1.10 | $4.40 | $0.275 | 200K | 100K |
| DevPass (LLM Gateway) | $1.10 | $4.40 | $0.275 | 200K | 100K |
| Eden AI | $1.10 | $4.40 | $0.275 | 200K | 100K |
| Helicone | $1.10 | $4.40 | $0.275 | 200K | 100K |
| Impossibl | $1.10 | $4.40 | $0.275 | 200K | 100K |
| Jiekou.AI | $1.10 | $4.40 | – | 200K | 100K |
| Kilo Gateway | $1.10 | $4.40 | $0.275 | 200K | 100K |
| LLM Gateway | $1.10 | $4.40 | $0.275 | 200K | 100K |
Showing 12 of 18 providers: the lab first, then the major clouds, then the cheapest resellers.
What OpenAI o4-mini costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
Supported request parameters
What you can set when you call OpenAI o4-mini through an OpenAI compatible API.
- Tools
tools - Structured outputs
structured_outputs - Reasoning
reasoning
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OpenAI o4-mini questions
How much does the OpenAI o4-mini API cost?
$1.10 per million input tokens and $4.40 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.55. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of OpenAI o4-mini?
200,000 tokens of input, and it can write up to 100,000 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Which providers serve OpenAI o4-mini?
18 providers serve it, including Vercel AI Gateway, Poe and Abacus. The lowest input price is $0.99 per million tokens at Poe. Prices differ by host, so the Providers table on this page lists each one with its input and output price.
Does OpenAI o4-mini 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 OpenAI o4-mini open source?
No. OpenAI serves it through an API only, so you cannot download the weights or host it yourself.
When was OpenAI o4-mini released?
Jun 1, 2024, with training data up to May 2024.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. The summary is written from these facts.
Building on OpenAI o4-mini?
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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