Track your OpenAI API bills and renewals
The OpenAI API, launched in 2020, is OpenAI's developer platform for building on its GPT models, with endpoints for text and code, reasoning, image generation, realtime voice, transcription, embeddings and hosted agents. Usage is metered per million tokens, with cheaper Batch and Flex tiers, paid Fast and Ultrafast modes, and an uplift for data-residency and FedRAMP endpoints.
- Provider
- OpenAI API
- Website
- openai.com
- Category
- AI & Machine Learning
- Type
- LLM API
- Also searched as
- openai, openai platform
About OpenAI API
What people pay OpenAI API for
- GPT model API for text, code and reasoning
- Realtime voice and transcription models
- Image generation models
- Agents API with hosted sandboxes
- Fine-tuning
- Embeddings
- For
- Developers building applications on OpenAI models
- Since
- 2020
- Part of
- OpenAI
- Wikipedia
- OpenAI API
OpenAI API pricing and billing
- Pricing
- Usage-based
- Paid plans from
- $0.10 per 1M input tokens, Standard (gpt-6-luna)
Batch and Flex cost half the Standard token rate, Fast and Ultrafast cost more, and FedRAMP and, for newer models, data-residency endpoints add 10%.
As listed on OpenAI API's site on 12 October 2026 · official pricing. Prices change; confirm before you buy.
Tracking tip
OpenAI API bills for what you use, so the amount changes from month to month. Record what was actually charged when each payment lands; your payment history then shows real costs, and Insights (Pro) flags changes of 5% or more.
How to track OpenAI API in SysCost
SysCost keeps every OpenAI API subscription in one ledger with the rest of your tools, reminds your team before each renewal, and converts every currency into yours.
- Step 1
Pick OpenAI API
Add a subscription, choose OpenAI API as its provider and give it your own name.
- Step 2
Set the cycle
Enter the amount, currency, billing cycle and next payment date.
- Step 3
Get reminders
In Slack, Discord, Telegram or email, days before each renewal.
- Step 4
Record payments
Mark each one paid, failed or skipped; unpaid ones show as overdue.
Useful OpenAI API links
- Pricingdevelopers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing
- Status pagestatus.openai.com
Checked to load on 12 October 2026. Sources: openai.com, developers.openai.com, wikidata.org.
OpenAI API and SysCost: common questions
Can SysCost track my OpenAI API subscription?
Yes. OpenAI API is built into SysCost with its logo: pick it as the provider when you add a subscription.
Where can I check whether OpenAI API is down?
OpenAI API publishes a status page at status.openai.com.
Can I get a reminder before OpenAI API renews?
Yes. Choose the days, for example 7, 3 and 1, and SysCost reminds your team in Slack, Discord, Telegram or by email.
Does SysCost connect to my OpenAI API account?
No. You add OpenAI API subscriptions by hand, from a CSV file, or by pasting a receipt into AI smart-add (Pro). SysCost never asks for your OpenAI API login.
Is SysCost affiliated with OpenAI API?
No. SysCost is independent; OpenAI API and its logo belong to their owner.
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