OpenAI API publishes 1 tier and no free plan. The cheapest paid tier is $0/mo and the top published tier is —/mo. In LLM Providers the median entry price is $20/mo, so OpenAI API sits outside the measured band. Verified 2026-04-26 from the vendor pricing page.
Source: ComparEdge (CC BY 4.0). Verified 2026-04-26. Prices change — confirm on the vendor page before quoting.
Pay per use $0/mo The entry paid tier is $0/mo, verified 2026-04-26.
No. OpenAI API has no free tier, which puts it in the minority: 75% of LLM Providers products offer one.
Against the LLM Providers median entry price of $20/mo, OpenAI API at $0/mo is at or below the market. The category range runs from $9 to $20.
Paid only. Skipping the free tier trades top-of-funnel volume for buyer quality. Entry prices here sit above the dataset median because price itself is the qualifier.
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