babbage-002 pricing
babbage-002 from OpenAI costs $0.400 per 1M input tokens and $0.400 per 1M output tokens.
API id babbage-002 · OpenAI · source · updated 2026-09-26 · general-purpose
$0.400
Input / 1M tokens
$0.400
Output / 1M tokens
—
Cached input / 1M
—
Context window
babbage-002 specifications
- Provider
- OpenAI
- API id
babbage-002- Model type
- general-purpose
- Context window
- — tokens
- Max output
- not published
- Currency
- USD
- Price source
- First-party
- Last checked
- 2026-09-26
What babbage-002 costs in practice
| Workload | Input tokens | Output tokens | Estimated cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short chat turn | 1,000 | 500 | $0.0006 |
| Document summary | 50,000 | 2,000 | $0.02 |
| 1M tokens in, 200K out | 1,000,000 | 200,000 | $0.48 |
Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.
Common questions
- How much does babbage-002 cost per 1M tokens?
- babbage-002 costs $0.400 per 1M input tokens and $0.400 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier.
- What is babbage-002's context window?
- OpenAI does not publish a context window for babbage-002 on its pricing page.
- Is there a cheaper OpenAI model than babbage-002?
- Yes. omni-moderation-latest is free per 1M input tokens versus $0.400 for babbage-002.
- Where does this babbage-002 price come from?
- Directly from OpenAI's published pricing page, re-read every day and normalized to USD per 1,000,000 tokens.