Model record / OpenAI
Access gpt-5 from OpenAI through one OpenAI-compatible API with live market-linked pricing and usage-based billing.
See how much this model saves and when its recorded price has been lowest.
This model averaged 18.8% below comparable direct provider prices across the selected range. Its strongest observed window was 1:00 PM–9:00 AM in UTC.
Average saved
18.8%
Cheapest time
1:00 PM–9:00 AM
Hourly coverage
24/24
Signal quality
Growing
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Source buckets are UTC; labels are converted to UTC.
Last 24 hours
#140
of 373 ranked models
Last 7 days
#165
of 402 ranked models
Last 30 days
#168
of 402 ranked models
Ready when you are
Marketplace pricing, capped at list, optimized further.
POST /v1/chat/completions
curl https://api.cheaperinference.com/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer ci_live_YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "model": "gpt-5", "messages": [ { "role": "user", "content": "Reply with the single word OK." } ], "max_tokens": 64 }'POST /v1/responses
curl https://api.cheaperinference.com/v1/responses \ -H "Authorization: Bearer ci_live_YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "input": [ { "role": "user", POST /v1/messages
curl https://api.cheaperinference.com/v1/messages \ -H "Authorization: Bearer ci_live_YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "model": "gpt-5", "messages": [ { "role"