Frequently asked questions
How much does the GPT-5.6 Terra API cost?
GPT-5.6 Terra costs $2 per million input tokens and $12 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.2 per million (90% off).
How much does a typical chat message cost with GPT-5.6 Terra?
A short chat message (about 500 input and 250 output tokens) costs roughly $0.0040 with GPT-5.6 Terra. At 1,000 such requests a day, that is about $120.00 per month.
Is GPT-5.6 Terra cheap compared to similar models?
GPT-5.6 Terra has the #17 cheapest input rate of the 26 models we track. On a mixed workload (10K input / 2K output), it costs $0.044 per request, versus $0.033 for Gemini 2.5 Pro.
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Last updated 2026-08-03. Prices verified againstOpenAI's official pricing page; see themethodology.