How much does OpenAI: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b cost per 1M tokens?

OpenAI: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b costs $0.075 per 1M input tokens and $0.300 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier. Cached input is $0.037 per 1M.

What is OpenAI: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b's context window?

OpenAI: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b accepts up to 131,072 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 65,536 output tokens.

Is there a cheaper OpenRouter model than OpenAI: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b?

Yes. Mistral: Mistral Nemo is $0.019 per 1M input tokens versus $0.075 for OpenAI: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b, with a 131,072 token context window.

Where does this OpenAI: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b price come from?

From the OpenRouter catalogue, because OpenRouter does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from OpenRouter's own — verify before committing spend.

OpenAI: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b pricing

gpt-oss-safeguard-20b is a safety reasoning model from OpenAI built upon gpt-oss-20b. This open-weight, 21B-parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model offers lower latency for safety tasks like content classification, LLM filtering, and… OpenAI: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b from OpenRouter costs $0.075 per 1M input tokens and $0.300 per 1M output tokens. Cached input is $0.037 per 1M. Context window 131,072 tokens.

API id openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b · OpenRouter · source · updated 2026-09-25

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$0.075

Input / 1M tokens

$0.300

Output / 1M tokens

$0.037

Cached input / 1M

131K

Context window

OpenAI: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b specifications

Provider: OpenRouter
API id: openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b
Model type: unknown
Context window: 131K tokens
Max output: 66K tokens
Currency: USD
Price source: Provider API
Last checked: 2026-09-25

What OpenAI: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b costs in practice

Estimated cost at common usage volumes
Workload	Input tokens	Output tokens	Estimated cost
Short chat turn	1,000	500	$0.0002
Document summary	50,000	2,000	$0.0043
1M tokens in, 200K out	1,000,000	200,000	$0.14

Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.

Common questions

How much does OpenAI: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b cost per 1M tokens?: OpenAI: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b costs $0.075 per 1M input tokens and $0.300 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier. Cached input is $0.037 per 1M.
What is OpenAI: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b's context window?: OpenAI: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b accepts up to 131,072 tokens in a single request, and can return up to 65,536 output tokens.
Is there a cheaper OpenRouter model than OpenAI: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b?: Yes. Mistral: Mistral Nemo is $0.019 per 1M input tokens versus $0.075 for OpenAI: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b, with a 131,072 token context window.
Where does this OpenAI: gpt-oss-safeguard-20b price come from?: From the OpenRouter catalogue, because OpenRouter does not publish machine-readable pricing. OpenRouter is a reseller, so its rate can differ from OpenRouter's own — verify before committing spend.

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