Input tokens
Catalog row in Vendor License Metrics · Cited
- Unit
- Other
- Aliases
- Input; input token
- Definition
- API list price column "Input", stated in USD "Prices per 1M tokens." per model and processing mode (Standard, Batch, Flex, Fast mode).
- Counting rules
- Billed per token at the chosen model rate; the pricing page states that Responses, Chat Completions, Realtime, Batch and Assistants APIs "are not priced separately. Tokens are billed at the chosen model's input and output rates." Some models have separate short-context and long-context rates. Playground usage is billed like API usage.
- Floors / minimums
- None. Pay-as-you-go; spend is capped by usage-tier monthly limits (Rate limits guide).
- Applies to products
- OpenAI API
- Related metrics
- Product category