GPT-5.6 Terra pricing
OpenAI ·
gpt-5.6-terra ·
922K context
· 68th cheapest of 89 current models
Estimate GPT-5.6 Terra for your workload Source and check date
Rates last checked against the vendor’s own published pricing on 2026-11-10.
What GPT-5.6 Terra costs
| Rate | Per 1M tokens | Per 1K tokens | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | $2 | $0.002 | Every token you send: prompt, history, documents. |
| Output | $12 | $0.012 | Every token the model generates, including hidden reasoning tokens. |
| Cached input | $0.2 | $0.0002 | Input served from the provider’s prompt cache. |
| Cache write | $2.5 | $0.0025 | Charged once, to put a prefix into the cache. |
| Cache storage / hour | $4.5 | $0.0045 | Separate residency charge per 1M cached tokens; not included without a retention duration. |
| Input above 272K | $4 | $0.004 | Requests past the threshold are billed entirely at this rate, not just the excess. |
| Output above 272K | $18 | $0.018 |
What that means in practice
The same three workloads are costed on every model page, so these numbers are directly comparable across the catalog. No prompt caching and no batch discount is assumed — the figures are what you pay before you optimize anything.
Support chatbot
2,500 six-turn conversations a day
$8,865 / month
$0.118 per conversation · $106,380 a year
An 800-token system prompt, 400-token questions and 900-token answers, over six turns — each turn re-sending everything before it.
Document summarizer
1,000 single-shot summaries a day
$1,020 / month
$0.034 per conversation · $12,240 a year
One 12,000-token document in, an 800-token summary out, no conversation history. The case where input dominates the bill.
Coding agent
200 twelve-turn sessions a day
$5,976 / month
$0.996 per conversation · $71,712 a year
A 3,000-token system prompt, 1,500-token instructions and 2,500-token responses over twelve turns. Long sessions are where the quadratic cost of re-sent history stops being theoretical.
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Cheaper, and scored at least as capable
Every model below costs less on a blended rate and carries a capability score at least as high as GPT-5.6 Terra’s. The score is a rough estimate, not a benchmark — treat it as a shortlist, not a verdict.
| Model | Input | Output | Blended saving | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | $2 | $10 | 11% | |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | $2 | $10 | 11% | |
| GPT-6 Sol | $2 | $10 | 11% | |
| Kimi K3.1 Pro | $2 | $10 | 11% | |
| GPT-6.1 Terra | $1 | $5 | 56% |
Head to head
- GPT-5.6 Terra vs Claude Opus 4.6
- GPT-5.6 Terra vs Claude Opus 4.7
- GPT-5.6 Terra vs Claude Opus 4.8
- GPT-5.6 Terra vs Claude Sonnet 4.6
- GPT-5.6 Terra vs Qwen 3.8 Max
- GPT-5.6 Terra vs Gemini 3.1 Pro
Specification
| Context window | 922K tokens |
|---|---|
| Maximum output | 128K tokens |
| Provider | OpenAI |
| Status | Current |
| Reasoning model | Yes |
| Vision | Yes |
| Token counting | Exact, via o200k_base |
| Batch API | 50% off both rates for non-interactive work |
Price history
PromptSpend has recorded GPT-5.6 Terra since 2026-08-02, and none of its rates has changed in that time. Tracking began on 2026-08-02, so anything the vendor did before then is not on record here.
Every row, with the commit that published it, is in the price-history dataset; price news is also available as an Atom feed.
Where these numbers come from
Last checked against its source on 2026-11-10. Source of record: the vendor’s own published pricing.
The vendor page a human checked
Regional and data-residency premiums, priority tiers, server-side tool fees and negotiated discounts are not included. Prices change without notice; this page is rebuilt every time the catalog does.
Common questions
How much does GPT-5.6 Terra cost?
GPT-5.6 Terra costs $2 per 1M input tokens and $12 per 1M output tokens at the standard tier, as last checked against the vendor’s own published pricing on 2026-11-10.
How much does GPT-5.6 Terra cost to run for a month?
On PromptSpend's three standard workloads, GPT-5.6 Terra costs about $8,865 for a support chatbot, $1,020 for a document summarizer and $5,976 for a coding agent each month. No prompt caching and no batch discount is assumed, and the same workloads are costed on every model page, so the figures compare directly.
Is there a cheaper alternative to GPT-5.6 Terra?
Yes. Claude Sonnet 5.5 ($2 in, $10 out), GPT-6.1 Sol ($2 in, $10 out) and GPT-6 Sol ($2 in, $10 out) cost less on a blended rate and carry a capability score at least as high. The score is a rough estimate, not a benchmark, so treat the list as a shortlist.
How large is the context window of GPT-5.6 Terra?
GPT-5.6 Terra accepts up to 922K tokens of context and can produce up to 128K tokens of output.
Has the price of GPT-5.6 Terra changed?
No vendor change is on record. PromptSpend has recorded GPT-5.6 Terra since 2026-08-02 and none of its rates has moved. PromptSpend began tracking prices on 2026-08-02, so earlier changes are not on record.
Where do the prices for GPT-5.6 Terra come from?
They come from the vendor’s own published pricing and were last checked on 2026-11-10. Regional and data-residency premiums, priority tiers, server-side tool fees and negotiated discounts are not included.