GPT-5.6 Terra API pricing (OpenAI)

$2.0 input / $12.0 output per 1M tokens. Context —; our tier 3; verified; last checked 2026-10-15.

Input $/1MOutput $/1MContextTierVerifiedChecked
$2.0$12.0—3verified2026-10-15

Official source: https://platform.openai.com/docs/pricing. Provider page: OpenAI API pricing.

Note: ≤272K input; long context $4/$18

Example monthly bills by job

JobExample volumeThis model
Simple Q&A / chat10M in / 2M out$44.00
Coding20M in / 5M out$100.00
Long documents100M in / 2M outDoes not qualify (needs tier ≥2, context ≥500,000)
Hard reasoning10M in / 10M out$140.00

Cost only, not quality. “Tier” is our rough capability judgment (1 = light, 4 = frontier), not a benchmark. Standard pay-as-you-go text prices only.

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