How much does Whisper (audio) cost?

Whisper (audio) costs $0.0060 per 1M input tokens. Prices are sourced from official OpenAI documentation.

Is Whisper (audio) available via API?

Yes. Whisper (audio) is available via the ChatGPT API. Tickerr monitors its uptime and latency every 5 minutes.

Tickerr / Pricing / ChatGPT / Whisper (audio)

Operational· provider status page

Input

$0.0060

Output

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Cached input

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Batch input

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Effective from Apr 5, 2026. Source: official provider documentation.

Estimated monthly cost · 70% input / 30% output split

cheapestWhisper (audio)$0.0042

GPT-4o Mini$0.285

GPT-4.1 mini$0.760

GPT-4.1$3.80

o3$19.00