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Feb 5, 2025Maya Chen

OpenAI Pricing Explained
Quick OpenAI pricing rundown you can paste into a leadership update.
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Why teams ask

Leaders want one slide that shows which OpenAI tier keeps quality high without blowing up margin. This is the fast answer.

Pricing snapshot

  • GPT-5 - $0.012 input / $0.036 output per 1K tokens. Use when the pitch has to be flawless.
  • GPT-4.1 - $0.0045 input / $0.0135 output. Default choice for revenue, support, and ops flows.
  • GPT-4o mini - $0.0006 input / $0.0012 output. Perfect for experiments and background jobs.

Three-step approval play

  1. Drop last week's prompts into the LLM cost calculator to confirm average size.
  2. Model GPT-5 vs. GPT-4.1 vs. GPT-4o mini inside the LLM cost calculator.
  3. Export the PDF and send it with one line: "Here's the mix that protects quality and margin."

Talking points to borrow

  • Use GPT-4.1 for day-to-day work, promote GPT-5 for exec demos and premium deals.
  • Let GPT-4o mini prep data or summarise threads before you pay premium rates.
  • Set Friday alerts in LLM Cost Optimizer so finance sees results without asking.

Next step

Contact our team and we'll package this comparison into a short note ready for finance and product sign-off.

Need numbers to back this up? The LLM Cost Calculator shows the price per token and per request for each model mentioned here.

Questions? Contact our team and we'll send a short reply with next steps.

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