Model

GPT-4.1 mini

Name: GPT-4.1 mini
Brand: openai

Affordable GPT-4.1 lane for fast coding help and structured extraction

25 providers · 28 listingsreleased Apr 14, 2025knowledge cutoff 2024-04closed weights

$0.36

lowest input /M · Poe

$1.40

lowest output /M · Poe

1.05M

context window

33K

max output

Compare providers (sorted by listed input price)

23 of 25 providers publish a price for GPT-4.1 mini. The cheapest full-context option is Poe at $0.36/$1.4 per M — 11% below OpenAI's own price. Listed prices span 2.0× for identical weights.

			Cache read /M	Cache write /M		Capabilities
Poe openai/gpt-4.1-mini	$0.36	$1.40	$0.09	—	1.05M	no reasoningtoolsno structuredvision	Apr 15, 2025
Heliconevariant gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14	$0.4	$1.60	$0.1	—	1.05M	no reasoningtoolsno structuredno vision	Apr 14, 2025
Heliconevariant gpt-4.1-mini	$0.4	$1.60	$0.1	—	1.05M	no reasoningtoolsno structuredno vision	Apr 14, 2025
NanoGPT openai/gpt-4.1-mini	$0.4	$1.60	$0.1	—	1.05M	no reasoningno toolsno structuredvision	Apr 14, 2025
Aixy openai/gpt-4.1-mini	$0.4	$1.60	$0.1	—	1.05M	no reasoningtoolsstructuredvision	Apr 14, 2025
Impossibl openai/gpt-4.1-mini	$0.4	$1.60	$0.1	—	1.05M	no reasoningtoolsstructuredvision	Apr 14, 2025
LLM Gatewayvariant azure/gpt-4.1-mini	$0.4	$1.60	$0.1	—	1M	no reasoningtoolsstructuredvision	Apr 14, 2025
LLM Gatewayvariant openai/gpt-4.1-mini	$0.4	$1.60	$0.1	—	1M	no reasoningtoolsstructuredvision	Apr 14, 2025
OrcaRouter openai/gpt-4.1-mini	$0.4	$1.60	$0.1	—	1.05M	no reasoningtoolsstructuredvision	Apr 14, 2025
SAP AI Core gpt-4.1-mini	$0.4	$1.60	$0.1	—	1.05M	no reasoningtoolsstructuredvision	Apr 14, 2025
Pioneer gpt-4.1-mini	$0.4	$1.60	$0.2	$0.4	1.05M	no reasoningtoolsstructuredvision	Apr 14, 2025
Vercel AI Gatewayvariant openai/gpt-4.1-mini	$0.4	$1.60	$0.1	—	1.05M	no reasoningtoolsstructuredvision	Apr 14, 2025
DevPass (LLM Gateway) gpt-4.1-mini	$0.4	$1.60	$0.1	—	1M	no reasoningtoolsstructuredvision	Apr 14, 2025
Cloudflare AI Gateway openai/gpt-4.1-mini	$0.4	$1.60	$0.1	—	1.05M	no reasoningtoolsstructuredvision	Apr 14, 2025
Kilo Gateway openai/gpt-4.1-mini	$0.4	$1.60	$0.1	—	1.05M	no reasoningtoolsstructuredvision	Apr 14, 2025
Merge Gateway openai/gpt-4.1-mini	$0.4	$1.60	$0.1	—	1.05M	no reasoningtoolsstructuredvision	Apr 14, 2025
Abacus gpt-4.1-mini	$0.4	$1.60	$0.1	—	1.05M	no reasoningtoolsstructuredvision	Apr 14, 2025
NEAR AI Cloud openai/gpt-4.1-mini	$0.4	$1.60	$0.1	—	1.05M	no reasoningtoolsstructuredvision	Apr 14, 2025
OpenRouter openai/gpt-4.1-mini	$0.4	$1.60	$0.1	—	1.05M	no reasoningtoolsstructuredvision	Apr 14, 2025
Ofox openai/gpt-4.1-mini	$0.4	$1.60	$0.1	—	1.05M	no reasoningtoolsstructuredvision	Apr 14, 2025

Best price history

Daily lowest published price across live providers. A lower line is better for the buyer.

Best input /M: $0.36unchanged
Best output /M: $1.40unchanged
Provider coverage: 28; 27 at the start · 24 snapshots

Published best prices are unchanged.

24 daily snapshots collected from Aug 21, 2026 through Sep 14, 2026. A price chart will appear after the first real move.

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Recent changes

Changelog →

contextvia cortecs · Sep 2, 2026
- output: 1.05M → 33K tokens
repricedvia requesty · Aug 28, 2026
- input: $0.396 → $0.44
- output: $1.58 → $1.76
- cache_read: $0.099 → $0.11
new providervia aixy · Aug 26, 2026

Benchmarks

Aider Polyglot ↗(percent correct)report ↗Independent32.4

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