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GPT models billed per token.

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Counts, not a score. 5 of 8 things we look for are published by OpenAI API, and 3 we have not checked yet. A ratio would need a denominator from outside this site. A count does not.

What it costs you

What it really costs to startAll in, not the first-year promotional price.Billed per token from the first call, no plan fee listed: gpt-4o-mini costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.60 per 1M output tokens.Pay per token from call one · source · checked 2026-09-07

What it costs to keep alivePer year, once the introductory pricing is over.We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

The gate before the first cent

The gate before it pays anythingThe traffic, sales or balance you must reach before a single cent moves.We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

How long before the first paymentThe gap you have to fund out of your own pocket.We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Is it yours or theirs

Who owns what you buildYours, or a room you are allowed to sit in until the rules change?The customer owns all Output - OpenAI assigns to the customer all of its right, title and interest in the Output, and the customer keeps ownership of its Input.Customer owns the output · source · checked 2026-09-07

Can you take it with youThe domain, the list, the content. What actually leaves with you.Nothing is handed back on the way out: when the agreement terminates OpenAI deletes all Customer Content from its systems within thirty days.Content deleted, not exported · source · checked 2026-09-07

Can it be soldIs there a resale market, and what does it pay?The account cannot be sold on its own: the agreement is not assignable except as Section 16.7 allows, chiefly to a successor of substantially all the business.Not assignable on its own · source · checked 2026-09-07

What takes it all awayThe single rule, ban or dependency that ends it overnight.OpenAI may limit or suspend access if required by law or if the customer breaches the agreement or OpenAI Policies, without prior notice where necessary.Suspension at OpenAI's call · source · checked 2026-09-07

How to read this page

The ten things above are not our idea of what matters. They are what the checklists in twenty hand-written articles on this site already asked, counted up: country and eligibility came first in nineteen of them, waiting time and what you are paid in came next. The payout minimum, the number most people search for, barely appeared. It is one row here, not the headline.

A row marked not publishedmeans we opened the company's own pages looking for it and it was not there. That is a finding, and it is dated. A row marked not checked yet means we have not done the work. Those two are kept apart on purpose: an empty box because we were slow should never look like an empty box because they were quiet.

Found something that has moved? Tell us. It gets checked against the source and the change is dated on the corrections page.

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