91% offGPT-4o Mini API
OpenAI·Text· 100.0% success (7d)
GPT-4o Mini
Pricing
Cheapest live price, per 1 million tokens.
Input / 1M tokens
$0.150 OpenRouter
Output / 1M tokens
$0.600 OpenRouter
Cache read / 1M
Repeated prompt prefixes
Cache read is the discounted rate for repeated prompt prefixes (system prompts, agent context).
Capabilities · 11
Specifications
- Context window
- 128K
- Max output
- 16K
- Type
- Text
- Creator
- OpenAI
- Live sellers
- 366
- Requests / 24h
- 35,635
Price history · 60 days
Estimated monthly cost
30 days at the cheapest live price.
Quick start
OpenAI-compatible — change the base URL and key. Get a key from the dashboard.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.qubax.ai/v1",
api_key="YOUR_QUBAX_API_KEY",
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="gpt-4o-mini",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)About GPT-4o Mini
GPT-4o Mini is a language model developed by OpenAI. It's particularly well-suited for analyzing images, screenshots, and visual content, orchestrating tool-using agents that call APIs and external services, grounding responses in real-time web search results, producing structured outputs for reliable data extraction and handling large contexts of up to 128K tokens. Its 128K-token context window means you can pass in entire documents, codebases, or conversation histories without losing context. It can write up to 16K tokens in a single response.
As of Nov 4, 2026, GPT-4o Mini costs $0.013 per 1M input tokens and $0.053 per 1M output tokens on Qubax, versus $0.150 / $0.600 on OpenRouter (91% less on input). A typical 1,000 chat requests (2K tokens in, 500 out) come to about $0.05. Measured availability over the last 7 days: 100.0%. 366 independent compute providers currently serve it, so requests fail over automatically. It handled 35,635 requests on Qubax in the last 24 hours. Pay with USDC, USDT, BTC, ETH or 350+ other coins — no credit card required.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does the GPT-4o Mini API cost?
On Qubax, GPT-4o Mini costs $0.013 per 1M input tokens and $0.053 per 1M output tokens. This is 91% cheaper than OpenRouter's price of $0.150 per 1M input tokens.
Is the GPT-4o Mini API compatible with OpenAI?
Yes. Qubax provides an OpenAI-compatible API. You can use GPT-4o Mini as a drop-in replacement by changing your base URL to https://api.qubax.ai/v1 and using your Qubax API key. It works with Cline, Cursor, OpenCode, Hermes Agent, and any tool that supports OpenAI APIs.
Why is GPT-4o Mini cheaper on Qubax than OpenRouter?
Qubax sources AI inference from an open compute marketplace on the Base blockchain where GPU providers compete on price. We pass the savings to you — 91% cheaper than OpenRouter's price for GPT-4o Mini.
How do I pay for GPT-4o Mini API usage?
Qubax uses prepaid crypto credits. Top up with USDC, USDT, BTC, ETH, SOL or 350+ other coins and your balance is deducted as you use the API. No credit card or KYC required.
What is the context window of GPT-4o Mini?
GPT-4o Mini supports a context window of 128K tokens, allowing you to process large documents, codebases, or long conversations in a single request.
What can I build with GPT-4o Mini?
You can use GPT-4o Mini to analyze images and visual content, build autonomous agents that call external tools and APIs, answer questions with real-time web search, generate structured JSON output for data pipelines and process long documents and entire codebases. Because it's served through Qubax's OpenAI-compatible API, integration into existing apps, agents, or workflows takes just a few lines of code.
How fast and reliable is GPT-4o Mini on Qubax?
Measured time to first token (p95) on Qubax is 1.7s. Its 7-day success rate is 100.0%. Responses stream token by token. 366 sellers serve it, so if one is slow or down the request moves to the next.
GPT-4o Mini vs DeepSeek V4 Flash: which should I choose?
GPT-4o Mini by OpenAI and DeepSeek V4 Flash by DeepSeek are both strong models in a similar price tier. GPT-4o Mini and supports vision/image inputs. DeepSeek V4 Flash comes from a different lab and may have different strengths depending on your workload. On Qubax, GPT-4o Mini starts at $0.013/1M input tokens versus DeepSeek V4 Flash's $0.021/1M — making GPT-4o Mini the more cost-effective option for high-volume workloads. Both are available on Qubax with crypto payments and OpenAI-compatible APIs, so you can try each and switch freely.
Can I use GPT-4o Mini for commercial projects?
Yes. GPT-4o Mini on Qubax can be used for commercial purposes. You own the outputs you generate. Qubax provides the API infrastructure — you bring your use case.
Why use GPT-4o Mini on Qubax?
91% cheaper
Providers compete on price — you get the cheapest healthy seller.
Pay with crypto
350+ coins (BTC, ETH, SOL, USDT, USDC). No card, no KYC.
OpenAI & Anthropic compatible
Drop-in base URL. Works with Cline, Cursor, Claude Code, OpenAI and Anthropic SDKs.