tts-1 pricing
tts-1 from OpenAI costs $15.00 per 1M input tokens and not published per 1M output tokens.
API id tts-1 · OpenAI · source · updated 2026-08-12
$15.00
Input / 1M tokens
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Output / 1M tokens
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Cached input / 1M
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Context window
What tts-1 costs in practice
| Workload | Input tokens | Output tokens | Estimated cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short chat turn | 1,000 | 500 | $0.01 |
| Document summary | 50,000 | 2,000 | $0.75 |
| 1M tokens in, 200K out | 1,000,000 | 200,000 | $15.00 |
Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.
Common questions
- How much does tts-1 cost per 1M tokens?
- tts-1 costs $15.00 per 1M input tokens and not published per 1M output tokens on the standard tier.
- What is tts-1's context window?
- OpenAI does not publish a context window for tts-1 on its pricing page.
- Is there a cheaper OpenAI model than tts-1?
- Yes. gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18 is $0.300 per 1M input tokens versus $15.00 for tts-1, with a 128,000 token context window.
- Where does this tts-1 price come from?
- Directly from OpenAI's published pricing page, re-read every day and normalized to USD per 1,000,000 tokens.