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Why use o3 Mini on OpenRouter?
OpenRouter offers o3 Mini with pay-as-you-go pricing at $1.10/1M input tokens. OpenRouter is a multi-provider LLM aggregator offering unified API access to 300+ models from all major labs and emerging providers, with automatic failover for reliability.
Compare o3 Mini across 3 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
Docs fallbackUse the provider REST API or SDKCreate a provider API keymodel: openai/o3-miniopenai/o3-miniRequest example
openai/o3-mini.Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "openai/o3-mini", not the LLMReference slug "o3-mini".
Compare o3 Mini Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | $1.10 | $4.40 |
| Azure OpenAI | — | — |
| OpenAI API | — | — |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $1.10 |
| Output tokens | $4.40 |
Capabilities
About o3 Mini
OpenAI o3-mini - cost-optimized reasoning model. Compact variant of reasoning model family.
FAQ
What does o3 Mini cost on OpenRouter?
On OpenRouter, o3 Mini costs $1.1 per 1M input tokens and $4.4 per 1M output tokens.
What is the context window for o3 Mini on OpenRouter?
o3 Mini supports a 200,000 token context window on OpenRouter.
How does OpenRouter compare to other o3 Mini providers?
o3 Mini is available from 3 providers. The cheapest input pricing is $1.1/1M tokens from OpenRouter.
What API model ID do I use for o3 Mini on OpenRouter?
Use the model ID openai/o3-mini when calling OpenRouter's API.
Who created o3 Mini?
o3 Mini was created by OpenAI as part of the o3 model family.
Is o3 Mini open source?
o3 Mini is not open source; the seed data lists it as proprietary.