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GPT-6 Astra costs 12x less than o1 Pro, prompting pricing questions

The author contrasts o1 Pro's $150/$600 per-million-token pricing with GPT-6 Astra's $10/$50 and asks how AI labs actually set model prices.

Hany

@hany99devArchived 7 days agoOriginally posted 2026.10.22

Hany @hany99devOriginally posted 2026.10.22

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This might be a DUMB question. o1 Pro was once the most expensive model from OpenAI at $150 for input and $600 for output. Now their top model GPT 6 Astra is way smarter, yet it costs only $10 for input and $50 for output. So a much better model is 12 times cheaper than o1 Pro, which makes me wonder what the price is really based on. How do AI companies actually decide the price of a model?

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