GPT-5.6 Terra
Fresh input / cached input / output cost breakdown, active and scheduled rates, provenance, same-model deployment markup, and cost-comparable alternatives for this purchasable lane.
Illustrative workloads
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Workload and pricing scenario
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Workload cost calculator
Share of input tokens served from cache. Applied only to models with a cache meter.
Rows with a rate that changes by time of day, promo window or service tier are priced for this scenario instead of their flat listed rate; a brand-colored label under the model name names which one applies. Context size for band-priced rows uses the input-token count below.
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What this lane charges right now
Priced under the workload and scenario above. The full published schedule below always shows every variant regardless of which scenario is selected.
Where this workload's cost goes
60M input tokens (90% cache hit) and 210K output tokens, at the resolved rate above.
$12.00 + $10.80 + $2.52 = $25.32
How much to trust these numbers
Balanced production tier. GA 2026-07-09. Cut 20% from $2.50/$0.25/$15.00 — Foundry matched OpenAI's 2026-07-30 direct-API cut with a meter tranche effective 2026-08-01, restoring 1:1 parity. Cache write bills at $2.50/M (1.25x input).
Azure Retail Prices API 'Foundry Models', full paged sweep captured 2026-08-20: '5.6 terra ShortCo Inp Std Gl 1M Tokens' $2.00/M, 'Cd Inp Std Gl' $0.20/M, 'Cd Wr Std Gl' $2.50/M, 'Opt Std Gl' $12.00/M — all effective 2026-08-01, and the superseded 2026-07-01 tranche ($2.50/$0.25/$15.00) no longer appears for any terra meter. Matches OpenAI's direct rate exactly (developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing, read via raw DOM the same day). Data Zone meters moved with it, to $2.20/$0.22/$13.20 across 13 US/EU regions.
Same-model deployment markup
How much this Foundry lane costs over the same model's Direct API rate.
Not available — no Direct API listing exists for this exact model in the catalog.
Other lanes within ±25% of this workload's cost
Same provider first, then ranked by cost proximity, for 60M in / 210K out. This is a cost ranking only — never a quality recommendation.
- GPT-5.2 / CodexOpenAI / Azure OpenAISame providerFoundry ·Data Zone$25.18CHF 20.27-$0.141 (-1%) vs this lane
- GPT-5.2 / CodexOpenAI / Azure OpenAISame providerFoundry ·Global$22.89CHF 18.43-$2.43 (-10%) vs this lane
- GPT-5.3 Codex / ChatOpenAI / Azure OpenAISame providerFoundry ·Global$22.89CHF 18.43-$2.43 (-10%) vs this lane
- GLM 5.1GLM · Fireworks-hostedFoundry ·Data Zone$25.70CHF 20.69+$0.38 (+2%) vs this lane
- Claude Sonnet 5ClaudeDirect API$24.90CHF 20.04-$0.42 (-2%) vs this lane
- Claude Sonnet 5ClaudeFoundry ·Global$24.90CHF 20.04-$0.42 (-2%) vs this lane