OpenAI
gpt-4.1-nano API Pricing
OpenAI charges $0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.40 per 1M output tokens. Verified 2026-08-11 against the official OpenAI pricing page.
Input / 1M tokens
$0.10
Output / 1M tokens
$0.40
Context window
Not published
What it costs to run
| Workload | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Single short call | 2K in, 500 out | $0.00040 |
| Typical chat turn | 10K in, 1K out | $0.00140 |
| Long document pass | 100K in, 2K out | $0.011 |
| 1,000 chat turns | 10M in, 1M out | $1.40 |
Price history
No price move recorded for gpt-4.1-nano since tracking began on 2026-08-11. Every future change lands here with the before and after.
How it compares
Ranked on the blended cost of a typical chat turn (10K in, 1K out), not the input rate alone.
| OpenAI | gpt-5-nano | $0.00090 per turn |
| gemini-2.0-flash-lite | $0.00105 per turn | |
| OpenAI | gpt-4.1-nano | $0.00140 per turn |
| OpenAI | gpt-6-luna | $0.00150 per turn |
| DeepSeek | deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp | $0.00210 per turn |
| DeepSeek | deepseek-v4-flash | $0.00210 per turn |
| OpenAI | gpt-4o-mini | $0.00210 per turn |
| OpenAI | gpt-5.6-luna | $0.00320 per turn |
TechFastForward coverage of gpt-4.1-nano
What we wrote when this model, or the rest of its line, was news.
- OpenAI Kills GPT-4.5 to Signal the GPT-5 Era in 20262026-06-08
- Microsoft Polaris Ends OpenAI Reliance in Copilot 20262026-06-04
- GitHub Copilot App Builds Autonomous Coding Agents2026-06-03
- OpenAI Ends GPT-4.5 in ChatGPT to Force GPT-5.5 Upgrade2026-06-03
- OpenAI GPT-5.5 Instant Replaces ChatGPT Default 20262026-06-03
- Microsoft Build 2026 Cuts the OpenAI Cord With Polaris2026-06-02
Free JSON API
Every tracked model, including this one, is available as JSON. Free to use with attribution and a link back.
curl https://techfastforward.com/api/data/llm-pricingMaintained by Jordan Hale, TechFastForward. Prices are read daily from the official provider page and recorded only when they move. See every tracked model on the LLM API Pricing Tracker.