LLM Reference

GPT OSS Safeguard 20B

Released
2025-08-05
Last refreshed
2026-06-29
Status
Researched 44d ago
Open sourceCommercial use: permittedRAGAgentsLong contextClassificationJSON / Tool use

GPT OSS Safeguard 20B is worth evaluating for rag, agents, and long context when its provider route and context window match the workload.

Use it for

  • Teams evaluating rag, agents, and long context
  • Workloads that can use a 131k context window
  • Buyers comparing 4 tracked provider routes

Do not use it for

  • Vision or document-understanding workloads
Specifications
Family
GPT-OSS
Released
2025-08-05
Context
131k
Parameters
20B
Architecture
Decoder Only
Knowledge cutoff
2025-08
Specialization
safety
Openness
Open source
License
Apache 2.0OSI-approvedCommercial use: permitted
Training
Fine-tuned
Created by

Cutting-edge research and development.

San Francisco, California, United States
Founded 2015
Website
Pricing
Output / 1M
$0.200
Input / 1M
$0.070

Cheapest of 4 routes · AWS Bedrock

About

GPT OSS Safeguard 20B is OpenAI's GPT-OSS model focused on content moderation and safety classification. It offers a 128K-token context window with weights openly available for self-hosting.

GPT OSS Safeguard 20B is an open-source model in the GPT-OSS family. The structured metadata tracks a 131k-token context window, function calling, tool use, and structured outputs. This page tracks provider routes through GroqCloud, AWS Bedrock, OpenRouter, and 1 more, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $0.07 input and $0.2 output per 1M tokens. No headline benchmark score is tracked for GPT OSS Safeguard 20B yet.

Top use-case fit: coding, agents, and build tasks

RAG

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Agents

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Long context

Included by capability and metadata signals in the decision map.

Provider price ladder

Compare all 4

Compare API pricing across 4 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.

ProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1MCacheRoute
AWS Bedrock$0.070$0.200-
Serverless
GroqCloud$0.075$0.300-
Serverless
OpenRouter$0.075$0.300-
Serverless
Vercel AI Gateway$0.075$0.300read $0.037
Serverless

Available via routers & gateways(1)

Capabilities

Function CallingTool UseStructured Outputs

Benchmark peer barsfor RAG

No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.

Migration checks

No linked migration route is available for this model yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the context window of GPT OSS Safeguard 20B?

GPT OSS Safeguard 20B has a context window of 131k tokens.

How much does GPT OSS Safeguard 20B cost?

GPT OSS Safeguard 20B pricing ranges from $0.07/1M to $0.075/1M input tokens depending on the provider.

When was GPT OSS Safeguard 20B released?

GPT OSS Safeguard 20B was released on 2025-08-05.

Which providers offer GPT OSS Safeguard 20B?

GPT OSS Safeguard 20B is available from 4 providers: GroqCloud, AWS Bedrock, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway.