tokevenGPT · Flagship · 200K context window
o3 Pro pricing for bug detection
$0.2600 per call at 5,000 input / 2,000 output tokens.
Per call
$0.2600
10K calls/mo
$2,600
Cache savings
0% off input
Batch savings
50% off all
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Adjust token counts, volume, and discount toggles to model your bug detection spend. Prices verified daily against provider pricing pages.
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Estimated cost
Quick start
Call o3 Pro with the OpenAI Python SDK:
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="o3-pro",
max_tokens=2000,
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Your prompt here"}]
)
# Cost: ~$0.2600 per call at standard rates
# Input: $20.00/MTok
# Output: $80.00/MTokHow o3 Pro compares on cost
Per-call cost for all models scoring 50+ on bug detection benchmarks. Hover for details.
Cheapest viable option: Claude Sonnet 5 at $0.0300/call (88% less, 96/100 quality).
What drives bug detection cost
Bug detection sends a file and gets back a short list of suspected defects, so input dominates and output stays small. That makes it cheap per call and tempting to run continuously, which is the real cost driver: frequency, not per-call price. Caching the unchanged parts of the codebase and running only on changed files is worth more than switching models.
For o3 Pro specifically, that means output tokens cost 4.0x more than input, at $80.00 vs $20.00 per MTok. At this use case’s 5,000/2,000 token split, output accounts for 62% of the $0.2600 per-call cost.
Complete o3 Pro pricing breakdown
Standard token rates
| Direction | $/MTok | Tokens per call |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $20.00 | 5,000 |
| Output | $80.00 | 2,000 |
Prompt caching: 0% off input tokens
Caching drops input cost from $20.00 to $20.00/MTok. For repeated system prompts, that saves $0.0000 per call.
Batch API: 50% off all tokens
Submit requests asynchronously and receive 50% off all token costs. This works best for offline pipelines where latency requirements are flexible.
Monthly cost projections
| Monthly volume | Cost per call | Standard monthly | Cached monthly | You save with caching |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 calls | $0.2600 | $2,600 | $2,600 | $0.0000 |
| 50,000 calls | $0.2600 | $13,000 | $13,000 | $0.0000 |
| 100,000 calls | $0.2600 | $26,000 | $26,000 | $0.0000 |
| 500,000 calls | $0.2600 | $130,000 | $130,000 | $0.0000 |
| 1,000,000 calls | $0.2600 | $260,000 | $260,000 | $0.0000 |
o3 Pro quality benchmarks for bug detection
Benchmark data for bug detection is pending for o3 Pro. Test against your own evaluation suite before moving to production.
Performance across all task types
o3 Pro scores by task type. Bug Detection highlighted.
| Task type | Confidence score | Rank out of 72 |
|---|
Confidence scores are a third-party benchmark snapshot from week 29 of 2026. This snapshot is 10 weeks old, so treat the scores as directional and validate against your own evals.
Alternative models for bug detection
6 models score 80+ on bug detection benchmarks, sorted by input rate. Cheapest: Claude Sonnet 5 (88% less, 96/100 quality).
| Model | Provider | Input $/MTok | Output $/MTok | Quality | Per call | vs o3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Sonnet 5 | Claude | $2.00 | $10.00 | 96/100 | $0.0300 | 88% cheaper |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Claude | $3.00 | $15.00 | 95/100 | $0.0450 | 83% cheaper |
| GPT 5.6 Sol | GPT | $4.00 | $20.00 | 92/100 | $0.0600 | 77% cheaper |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | Claude | $5.00 | $25.00 | 94/100 | $0.0750 | 71% cheaper |
| GPT 5.5 | GPT | $5.00 | $30.00 | 90/100 | $0.0850 | 67% cheaper |
| Claude Fable 5 | Claude | $10.00 | $50.00 | 95/100 | $0.1500 | 42% cheaper |
About o3 Pro
Provider
GPT
Tier
Flagship
Context
200K tokens
Released
Not published
Backfilled on 2026-09-23. Prices confirmed by the provider pricing page and the LiteLLM cross-check. Release date not published in a machine-readable source. Not yet benchmarked, so never recommended.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT 5.5 | Flagship | $5.00 | $30.00 | 1,050K |
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| GPT 4 Turbo (2024-04-09) | Flagship | $10.00 | $30.00 | 128K |
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| GPT 4.1 Mini | Fast / Budget | $0.40 | $1.60 | 1,047.576K |
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| GPT 4o (2024-05-13) | Flagship | $5.00 | $15.00 | 128K |
| GPT 4o Mini | Fast / Budget | $0.15 | $0.60 | 128K |
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| GPT 5 Mini | Fast / Budget | $0.25 | $2.00 | 272K |
| GPT 5 Nano | Fast / Budget | $0.05 | $0.40 | 272K |
| GPT 5 Pro | Flagship | $15.00 | $120.00 | 400K |
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| GPT 5.2 | Mid-tier | $1.75 | $14.00 | 272K |
| GPT 5.2 Pro | Flagship | $21.00 | $168.00 | 272K |
| GPT 5.4 Mini | Fast / Budget | $0.75 | $4.50 | 272K |
| GPT 5.4 Nano | Fast / Budget | $0.20 | $1.25 | 272K |
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| GPT 5.5 Pro | Flagship | $30.00 | $180.00 | 1,050K |
| GPT 6 Astra | Flagship | $10.00 | $50.00 | 922K |
| GPT 6 Luna | Fast / Budget | $0.10 | $0.50 | 922K |
| GPT 6 Sol | Flagship | $2.00 | $10.00 | 922K |
| o1 | Flagship | $15.00 | $60.00 | 200K |
| o1 Pro | Flagship | $150.00 | $600.00 | 200K |
| o3 | Mid-tier | $2.00 | $8.00 | 200K |
| o3 Mini | Fast / Budget | $1.10 | $4.40 | 200K |
| o4 Mini | Fast / Budget | $1.10 | $4.40 | 200K |
You can compare o3 Pro head-to-head against any other model on our model comparison pages, or track how pricing has changed over time on the pricing history tracker.
o3 Pro pricing for other use cases
See how o3 Pro costs change across different workload types.
Code Generation
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Unit Test Generation
$0.4600/call
SQL Generation
$0.1100/call
API Generation
$0.5400/call
Code Refactoring
$0.4000/call
Code Review
$0.2600/call
PR Review
$0.4000/call
Security Review
$0.3200/call
Document Summarization
$0.2800/call
PDF Summarization
$0.4200/call
Meeting Notes
$0.3200/call
Email Summarization
$0.1000/call
Chatbot
$0.1200/call
RAG Pipeline
$0.2400/call
Customer Support Bot
$0.1400/call
FAQ Bot
$0.0940/call
Data Extraction
$0.1600/call
JSON Extraction
$0.1240/call
Invoice Parsing
$0.0880/call
Resume Parsing
$0.1140/call
Chain of Thought
$0.4600/call
Legal Analysis
$0.5200/call
Math Reasoning
$0.2700/call
Financial Analysis
$0.4800/call
Content Moderation
$0.0180/call
Sentiment Analysis
$0.0180/call
Categorization
$0.0280/call
Intent Detection
$0.0140/call
Copywriting
$0.1700/call
Blog Writing
$0.6600/call
Marketing Copy
$0.2560/call
Product Descriptions
$0.1300/call
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Frequently asked questions
How much does o3 Pro cost for bug detection per API call?
A typical bug detection call using o3 Pro costs about $0.2600 per call. This estimate uses 5,000 input tokens and 2,000 output tokens at standard rates. Standard rates are $20.00 per million input tokens and $80.00 per million output tokens.
Is o3 Pro the best model for bug detection?
Our benchmark data does not yet include a bug detection ranking for o3 Pro. We recommend testing it against your own evaluation criteria before production usage.
What is the cheapest model for bug detection with good quality?
The most affordable model for bug detection above 80/100 quality is Claude Sonnet 5. It comes from Claude at $2.00 per million input tokens. Output costs $10.00 per million tokens with a quality score of 96/100. Switching from o3 Pro to Claude Sonnet 5 saves about 88% per API call.
How can I reduce my o3 Pro costs for bug detection?
Three strategies lower o3 Pro costs for this task type effectively. Prompt caching gives a 0% discount on input tokens when reusing system prompts. The batch API gives 50% off all tokens for asynchronous processing workloads. Prompt optimization reduces token counts through more concise instructions and context windows. Combining caching with batching brings your cost from $0.2600 to about $0.1300 per call.
How does o3 Pro pricing compare to other GPT models?
GPT has 34 other models alongside o3 Pro today: GPT 5.5 at $5.00/$30.00 per million tokens (flagship), GPT 5.4 at $2.50/$15.00 per million tokens (mid-tier), GPT 5.6 Sol at $4.00/$20.00 per million tokens (flagship), GPT 5.6 Terra at $2.00/$12.00 per million tokens (mid-tier), GPT 5.6 Luna at $0.20/$1.20 per million tokens (fast / budget), GPT 3.5 Turbo at $0.50/$1.50 per million tokens (fast / budget), GPT 3.5 Turbo (0125) at $0.50/$1.50 per million tokens (fast / budget), GPT 4 (0613) at $30.00/$60.00 per million tokens (flagship), GPT 4 Turbo (2024-04-09) at $10.00/$30.00 per million tokens (flagship), GPT 4.1 at $2.00/$8.00 per million tokens (mid-tier), GPT 4.1 Mini at $0.40/$1.60 per million tokens (fast / budget), GPT 4.1 Nano at $0.10/$0.40 per million tokens (fast / budget), GPT 4o at $2.50/$10.00 per million tokens (mid-tier), GPT 4o (2024-05-13) at $5.00/$15.00 per million tokens (flagship), GPT 4o Mini at $0.15/$0.60 per million tokens (fast / budget), GPT 5 at $1.25/$10.00 per million tokens (mid-tier), GPT 5 Mini at $0.25/$2.00 per million tokens (fast / budget), GPT 5 Nano at $0.05/$0.40 per million tokens (fast / budget), GPT 5 Pro at $15.00/$120.00 per million tokens (flagship), GPT 5.1 at $1.25/$10.00 per million tokens (mid-tier), GPT 5.2 at $1.75/$14.00 per million tokens (mid-tier), GPT 5.2 Pro at $21.00/$168.00 per million tokens (flagship), GPT 5.4 Mini at $0.75/$4.50 per million tokens (fast / budget), GPT 5.4 Nano at $0.20/$1.25 per million tokens (fast / budget), GPT 5.4 Pro at $30.00/$180.00 per million tokens (flagship), GPT 5.5 Pro at $30.00/$180.00 per million tokens (flagship), GPT 6 Astra at $10.00/$50.00 per million tokens (flagship), GPT 6 Luna at $0.10/$0.50 per million tokens (fast / budget), GPT 6 Sol at $2.00/$10.00 per million tokens (flagship), o1 at $15.00/$60.00 per million tokens (flagship), o1 Pro at $150.00/$600.00 per million tokens (flagship), o3 at $2.00/$8.00 per million tokens (mid-tier), o3 Mini at $1.10/$4.40 per million tokens (fast / budget), o4 Mini at $1.10/$4.40 per million tokens (fast / budget). The right choice depends on whether your bug detection workload prioritizes quality, cost, or speed.
What context window does o3 Pro support?
o3 Pro supports a context window of 200K tokens per API call. This sets the maximum combined length of your input prompt and generated response. For bug detection, typical calls use 5,000 input and 2,000 output tokens. That is well within this limit, leaving room for longer prompts or multi-turn conversations.
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