OpenAI

Default when you want maximum capability and ecosystem glue. Multi-home critical paths behind OpenAI-compat…

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Default when you want maximum capability and ecosystem glue. Multi-home critical paths behind OpenAI-compat so Anthropic/Gemini remain exit ramps. Strengths: Broadest API surface (tools, multimodal, embeddings, realtime); Best ecosystem/docs/SDK gravity; Fast model cadence and enterprise ZDR options.

Overall

8.2

curated_estimate

confidence: high · as of 2026-09-14

Capability fit

9.6

Price / performance

6.2

Latency / reliability

8.8

Developer & agent DX

9.5

Privacy / data retention

7.8

Lock-in risk (higher = worse)

7.2

Maturity / track record

9.8

Lock-in risk: higher = more lock-in (worse). Overall already inverts this dimension.

Sources: OpenAI GPT-5.6 announcement: https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-6/ · OpenAI API: https://platform.openai.com

Default when you want maximum capability and ecosystem glue. Multi-home critical paths behind OpenAI-compat so Anthropic/Gemini remain exit ramps.

Strengths

· Broadest API surface (tools, multimodal, embeddings, realtime)
· Best ecosystem/docs/SDK gravity
· Fast model cadence and enterprise ZDR options

Weaknesses

· Premium pricing vs open-model hosts
· Rate limits and capacity can bite at scale
· Policy/safety refusals sometimes block agent flows

Pricing notes

GPT-5.6 tiers (Sol/Terra/Luna) roughly $5/$30 to $1/$6 per 1M tokens; prompt caching with explicit breakpoints; batch discounts. Media (images/audio) billed separately.

Regions: global, usLast reviewed: 2026-09-14Status: active

Sourced pricing

Contract status ambiguous · input_output_split_not_a_single_rate. Single normalized $/1M: null. Machine list: /api/pricing?provider=openai

gpt-6-astra · usd_per_million_input_tokens · $10 · sourced_token_price
gpt-6-astra · usd_per_million_output_tokens · $50 · sourced_token_price
gpt-6-astra · usd_per_million_input_tokens · $20 · sourced_token_price
gpt-6-astra · usd_per_million_output_tokens · $75 · sourced_token_price
gpt-6.1-sol · usd_per_million_input_tokens · $2 · sourced_token_price
gpt-6.1-sol · usd_per_million_output_tokens · $10 · sourced_token_price
gpt-6.1-sol · usd_per_million_input_tokens · $4 · sourced_token_price
gpt-6.1-sol · usd_per_million_output_tokens · $15 · sourced_token_price
gpt-6-luna · usd_per_million_input_tokens · $0.1 · sourced_token_price
gpt-6-luna · usd_per_million_output_tokens · $0.5 · sourced_token_price
gpt-6-luna · usd_per_million_input_tokens · $0.2 · sourced_token_price
gpt-6-luna · usd_per_million_output_tokens · $0.75 · sourced_token_price

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