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API for OpenAI's GPT and reasoning models, image, audio and embeddings.
Use it when…
You want the broadest model lineup and ecosystem.
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You need open weights.
Score breakdown
Initial editorial estimate from public info; not yet hands-on tested. How we score →
Details
- Pricing
- Pay-per-token; pricing varies by modelUnverified. Unverified: editorial summary. We couldn't confirm this on an official pricing page (JS-rendered, no public pricing, or usage-based) as of Oct 18, 2026.
- Free tier
- No (unverified)
- Platforms
- API
- Open source
- No
- Official URL
- https://platform.openai.com
- URL verified
- Oct 18, 2026 (headless Chrome render (curl got bot-protection 403))
- Last reviewed
- Oct 18, 2026 by agent
- Sources
Changelog
- Oct 18, 2026: Initial listing; score 88 (S) as editorial estimate.
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87/100 free tier
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