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gpt-5-search-api

gpt-5-search-api costs $1.25 per 1M input tokens, $0.125 cached input and $10.00 per 1M output tokens.

Updated September 21, 2026

Input / 1M

$1.25

Output / 1M

$10.00

Cached Input

$0.125

Context Window

272K

Standard Input

$1.25 / 1M

Base prompt input rate

Standard Output

$10.00 / 1M

Completion output rate

Prompt Caching -50%

$0.125 / 1M

Cached prompt context

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All rates listed in USD per 1 Million (1M) tokens unless noted

Standard

Pricing Metric / Parameter	Standard RATE (per 1M)
Category	Search
Input	$1.25
Cached input	$0.125
Output	$10.00

Source: OpenAI official pricing page, verified 2026-09-21. Prices in USD per 1M tokens.

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