Whisper
Shuts down 2027-02-26.
Data checked 2026-09-06
OpenAI
deprecated
whisper-1
- Context window
- —
- Max output
- —
- Input
- — per 1M tokens
- Output
- — per 1M tokens
- Released
- 2023-03
- Licence
- proprietary (hosted); open-weights Whisper released under MIT separately
A What it is for
Billed at $0.006 per minute; gpt-transcribe is both cheaper and more accurate. Note the hosted whisper-1 endpoint is distinct from the MIT-licensed open Whisper weights on GitHub.
B Capabilities
Not documented.
| Input modalities | audio |
|---|---|
| Output modalities | text |
C Others from OpenAI
| Model | Context | Max out | In $/M | Out $/M | Blended | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GPT-6 Astra
gpt-6-astra
|
1.1M | 128K | $10.00 | $50.00 | $20.00 | ga |
GPT-5.6 Sol
gpt-5.6-sol
|
1.1M | 128K | $4.00 | $20.00 | $8.00 | ga |
GPT-5.6 Terra
gpt-5.6-terra
|
1.1M | 128K | $2.00 | $12.00 | $4.50 | ga |
GPT-5.6 Luna
gpt-5.6-luna
|
1.1M | 128K | $0.20 | $1.20 | $0.45 | ga |
GPT-5.6 Cyber
gpt-5.6-cyber
|
400K | 128K | $12.50 | $75.00 | $28.13 | ga |
Daybreak Blue (alias)
gpt-daybreak-blue-latest
|
1.1M | 128K | $4.00 | $20.00 | $8.00 | ga |
Daybreak Red (alias)
gpt-daybreak-red-latest
|
400K | 128K | $12.50 | $75.00 | $28.13 | ga |
GPT-5.5 Cyber
gpt-5.5-cyber
|
— | — | $12.50 | $75.00 | $28.13 | deprecated |
GPT-5.5
gpt-5.5
|
1.1M | 128K | $5.00 | $30.00 | $11.25 | ga |
GPT-5.5 Pro
gpt-5.5-pro
|
1.1M | 128K | $30.00 | $180.00 | $67.50 | ga |
GPT-5.4
gpt-5.4
|
1.1M | 128K | $2.50 | $15.00 | $5.63 | ga |
GPT-5.4 Mini
gpt-5.4-mini
|
400K | 128K | $0.75 | $4.50 | $1.69 | ga |
D Verify before you commit
Model pricing changes without notice and this page is a snapshot. Confirm against the vendor's own page before you build a budget on it.
Source: developers.openai.com · checked 2026-09-06 · OpenAI pricing · API docs