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o4 Mini API

openai/o4-mini has a 200000 context window, costs $1.10 per 1M input tokens and $4.40 per 1M output tokens. Walk away if you do not need vision or long context. First-party CacheSafety is unpublished.

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ThinkingFunction CallingVision
Input price$1.10 / 1M tokens
Output price$4.40 / 1M tokens
Context length200k tokens
Max output8.2k tokens

What is o4 Mini API in NextModel?

openai/o4-mini has a 200000 context window, costs $1.10 per 1M input tokens and $4.40 per 1M output tokens. Walk away if you do not need vision or long context. First-party CacheSafety is unpublished.

O4 Mini via NextModel: 200k-token context; $1.10 / 1M tokens in / $4.40 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming, tool, json.

Best use cases

  • Buyers with vision workloads, long-context tasks, or agent use cases that need streaming, tool, json, and vision support.
  • You need the listed capabilities on this catalog entry.
  • The listed price fits the workload better than the siblings in the same family.

When not to use

  • Buyers who do not need vision or long context.
  • Buyers who require 400000 tokens of context, because openai/gpt-5 and openai/gpt-5.1 both offer 400000 tokens.
  • A required number is unpublished in the catalog snapshot.

OpenAI-compatible code example

request.sh
curl https://api.nextmodel.app/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NEXTMODEL_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model":"openai/o4-mini","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Reply with OK."}]}'

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GPT-4.1 Mini

GPT-4.1 Mini via NextModel: 1M-token context; $0.4 / 1M tokens in / $1.60 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming, tool, json.

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GPT-4.1 Nano

GPT-4.1 Nano via NextModel: 1M-token context; $0.1 / 1M tokens in / $0.4 / 1M tokens out per 1M tokens. Capabilities: streaming, tool, json.

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FAQ

O4 Mini API questions

What model id do I send for o4 Mini?

Send openai/o4-mini to https://api.nextmodel.app/v1 with your OpenAI SDK. If that id is missing from /v1/models, the page is stale.

What does the catalog list for price and context?

o4 Mini is listed at $1.10 / 1M tokens input and $4.40 / 1M tokens output. Context window: 200000 tokens.

What should I treat as unverified?

Buyers who do not need vision or long context. Buyers who require 400000 tokens of context, because openai/gpt-5 and openai/gpt-5.1 both offer 400000 tokens.

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