gpt-5.6-sol pricing
gpt-5.6-sol costs $4.50 per 1M input tokens and $18.00 per 1M output tokens as of 2026-09-12. A workload of 10M input and 2M output tokens per month runs $81.00. The cheapest comparable alternative is grok-3 at $15.00 per 1M output tokens.
gpt-5.6-sol is priced at $4.50 per 1M input tokens and $18.00 per 1M output tokens, with roughly 220 ms to first token and about 240 tokens/sec output throughput.
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Price per 1M tokens
Input $4.50 · Output $18.00 · Output/input ratio 4.0x.
- 1M input + 1M output tokens: $22.50
- 10M input + 2M output tokens/month: $81.00
- 100M input + 20M output tokens/month: $810.00
Cheaper alternatives to gpt-5.6-sol
Same workload, lower output price. Validate quality before switching.
- gpt-4o — $15.00/1M output (17% cheaper)
- claude-sonnet-4 — $15.00/1M output (17% cheaper)
- claude-3.5-sonnet — $15.00/1M output (17% cheaper)
- grok-3 — $15.00/1M output (17% cheaper)
How much are you wasting on gpt-5.6-sol?
Price lists are the easy part. Run the free waste scanner on your usage export to see which calls should have run on a cheaper tier, which prompts are oversized, and which retries you paid for twice — with dollars recoverable per finding.
Frequently asked questions
How much does gpt-5.6-sol cost per million tokens?
$4.50 per 1M input tokens and $18.00 per 1M output tokens, as listed on 2026-09-12.
What does gpt-5.6-sol cost per month at typical usage?
At 10M input and 2M output tokens per month, gpt-5.6-sol costs about $81.00. At 100M input and 20M output tokens it costs about $810.00.
Is there a cheaper alternative to gpt-5.6-sol?
Yes. gpt-4o at $15.00/1M output, claude-sonnet-4 at $15.00/1M output, claude-3.5-sonnet at $15.00/1M output, grok-3 at $15.00/1M output. Validate quality on your own evaluation set before switching.
How fast is gpt-5.6-sol?
Roughly 220 ms to first token and about 240 output tokens per second.