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Cost anatomy

GPT-6 Sol Long Context

OpenAI / Azure OpenAI · OpenAI direct APIDirect API

Fresh input / cached input / output cost breakdown, active and scheduled rates, provenance, same-model deployment markup, and cost-comparable alternatives for this purchasable lane.

Start with a pattern

Illustrative workloads

Pick a useful starting shape, then fine-tune every input below.

Fine-tune

Workload and pricing scenario

Adjust the token shape, cache behavior, time window, and service tier. Every number below updates immediately.

Interactive

Workload cost calculator

60M
210K
90%

Share of input tokens served from cache. Applied only to models with a cache meter.

Time

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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Rate state

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.

Input / 1M
$4.00
CHF 3.22
Cached input / 1M
$0.40
CHF 0.322
Output / 1M
$15.00
CHF 12.08
Full published schedule
Batch$2.00 / $0.20 / $7.50Flex$2.00 / $0.20 / $7.50Fast mode$8.00 / $0.80 / $30.00
Cost anatomy

Where this workload's cost goes

60M input tokens (90% cache hit) and 210K output tokens, at the resolved rate above.

$24.00
Fresh input · CHF 19.32
$21.60
Cached input · CHF 17.39
$3.15
Output · CHF 2.54
$48.75
Workload total · CHF 39.24

$24.00 + $21.60 + $3.15 = $48.75

Provenance

How much to trust these numbers

InputofficialCached inputofficialOutputofficial

Global Standard long-context rate for prompts above 272K input tokens. Batch and Flex are half price; Fast mode is 2x. OpenAI's optional regional-processing premium is not represented as a separate Direct lane.

OpenAI's official GPT-6 Sol model page (developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-6-sol), captured 2026-09-23: prompts with more than 272K input tokens use $4/M input, $0.40/M cached input, and $15/M output, with a 1,050,000-token context and 128,000 max output. Cache writes are outside this schema.

Direct vs Foundry

Same-model deployment markup

How much more Microsoft Foundry charges for this exact model, over this Direct rate.

LaneDeploymentWorkload costFoundry markup
GPT-6 Sol Long ContextFoundry ·Data Zone$53.63+$4.88 (+10%)
GPT-6 Sol Long ContextFoundry ·Global$48.75$0.00 (0%)
Cost-comparable

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-6 Sol Long Context
    OpenAI / Azure OpenAISame provider
    Foundry ·Global
    $48.75
    CHF 39.24
    $0.00 (0%) vs this lane
  • GPT-5.6 Terra Long Context
    OpenAI / Azure OpenAISame provider
    Foundry ·Global
    $49.38
    CHF 39.75
    +$0.63 (+1%) vs this lane
  • GPT-5.6 Sol
    OpenAI / Azure OpenAISame provider
    Foundry ·Global
    $49.80
    CHF 40.09
    +$1.05 (+2%) vs this lane
  • GPT-6 Sol Long Context
    OpenAI / Azure OpenAISame provider
    Foundry ·Data Zone
    $53.63
    CHF 43.17
    +$4.88 (+10%) vs this lane
  • GPT-5.6 Sol
    OpenAI / Azure OpenAISame provider
    Foundry ·Data Zone
    $54.78
    CHF 44.10
    +$6.03 (+12%) vs this lane
  • GPT-6.1 Sol Long Context
    OpenAI / Azure OpenAISame provider
    Foundry ·Data Zone
    $41.75
    CHF 33.60
    -$7.00 (-14%) vs this lane