Scale Tier 30-day minimum and PAYG overage
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- Scale Tier (as published on 2026-09-26): "Each token unit is purchased for a minimum of 30 days." For billing, TPM is averaged over 15-minute intervals aligned to the top of the hour; usage within the entitlement is not billed and tokens beyond it "are billed at pay-as-you-go (PAYG) rates on Fast mode." Scale Tier is available on models released before GPT-5.6.
- Applies when
- Sizing reserved API capacity and computing overage.
- Applies to
- OpenAI API Enterprise customers with Scale Tier token units.
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