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GPT-5.6 Sol API pricing
GPT-5.6 Sol (OpenAI) is priced at $5 / $30 per 1M input / output tokens. It ranks #15 of 17 models on Somnus by blended price. With Somnus credit (2× to 2.5× on every top-up) the effective price is $2.5 / $15 or lower.
GPT-5.6 Sol cost by workload
| Workload | Tokens per request (in / out) | Requests | List cost | With Somnus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support chatbot | 1,500 / 500 | 10,000 | $225.00 | $112.50 |
| Coding agent step | 12,000 / 1,500 | 2,000 | $210.00 | $105.00 |
| Document summary | 8,000 / 400 | 1,000 | $52.00 | $26.00 |
| Classification / tagging | 400 / 20 | 100,000 | $260.00 | $130.00 |
Effective cost uses the minimum 2× credit.
How GPT-5.6 Sol pricing works
You are charged per token: 5 USD per million tokens you send and 30 USD per million tokens ChatGPT writes back. Output is 6.0× the input rate for GPT-5.6 Sol, so answer length drives most of the bill.
Somnus bills usage at the list price and credits every top-up at 2× or more, which is how the effective $2.5 / $15 rate comes about.
At list price
$80.00 /mo
You pay with Somnus (2× credit)
$40.00 /mo
Cheapest models for this workload
- DeepSeek V4 Flash$6.60 /mo
- MiMo V2.5 Pro$10.95 /mo
- DeepSeek V4 Pro$19.80 /mo
- Gemini 3.8 Flash$30.00 /mo
- Claude Haiku 4.5$40.00 /mo
Estimate GPT-5.6 Sol cost from the usage field
from openai import OpenAI
import os
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["SOMNUS_API_KEY"],
base_url="https://gateway-production-c837.up.railway.app/v1",
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="claude-sonnet-5",
messages=[
{"role": "user", "content": "Count my tokens"}
],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)Multiply usage.prompt_tokens by 5/1e6 and usage.completion_tokens by 30/1e6.
Questions
How much does GPT-5.6 Sol cost per 1M tokens?
$5 / $30 list; $2.5 / $15 effective with Somnus credit.
Is there a free GPT-5.6 Sol tier?
New Somnus accounts get $5 free credit usable on GPT-5.6 Sol.
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