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GPT-6 Astra pricing: API price, cost per message and plans
What GPT-6 Astra costs, three ways: OpenAI's API price per token, what GPT-6 Astra's replies actually cost in our test runs, and how many GPT-6 Astra messages each llmwise plan includes. Every limit on GPT-6 Astra is on its model page.
API prices checked against OpenRouter's GPT-6 Astra page. Updated .
Short answer
GPT-6 Astra's API price is $10.00 per million input tokens and $50.00 per million output tokens (OpenAI's list price, September 2026). In our 50 test runs a GPT-6 Astra reply cost $0.0117 on average (median $0.0092), from $0.0068 a reply on agents and tool use to $0.0223 on coding. In llmwise you pay per message instead: up to 31 GPT-6 Astra messages a month on Pro ($20), 100 on Max ($50), 225 on Ultra ($100) and 500 on Studio ($200).
GPT-6 Astra API pricing
GPT-6 Astra through its API is billed per token: $10.00 in, $50.00 out per million tokens, as of September 2026.
| Input tokens | $10.00 per million |
|---|---|
| Output tokens | $50.00 per million |
| A typical GPT-6 Astra message (4,000 in, 700 out) | $0.0750 |
| 1,000 typical GPT-6 Astra messages | $75.00 |
| Typical GPT-6 Astra messages for $1 | 13 |
| Whose price | OpenAI's list price |
What a GPT-6 Astra reply cost in our test runs
We sent the same 50 test prompts to every model in llmwise on September 27, 2026, through OpenRouter with llmwise's own prompt and settings. Here's what each GPT-6 Astra reply cost, job by job.
| Job | GPT-6 Astra, per reply | Per 1,000 replies | Tokens in / out | Passed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | $0.0223 | $22.33 | 486 / 349 | 5 of 5 |
| Writing | $0.0111 | $11.11 | 398 / 143 | 5 of 5 |
| Math | $0.0085 | $8.54 | 395 / 92 | 5 of 5 |
| Summarization | $0.0109 | $10.91 | 497 / 119 | 5 of 5 |
| Data analysis | $0.0154 | $15.44 | 580 / 193 | 5 of 5 |
| Customer support | $0.0116 | $11.56 | 519 / 127 | 3 of 5 |
| Translation | $0.0126 | $12.56 | 435 / 164 | 5 of 5 |
| SQL | $0.0098 | $9.81 | 499 / 96 | 5 of 5 |
| RAG and answering from documents | $0.0079 | $7.88 | 645 / 29 | 5 of 5 |
| Agents and tool use | $0.0068 | $6.80 | 472 / 42 | 5 of 5 |
Across all 50 GPT-6 Astra replies: $0.0117 on average, $0.0092 at the median, $0.0058 for the cheapest and $0.0375 for the dearest. The GPT-6 Astra replies averaged 493 tokens in and 135 out, against the typical message's 4,000 in and 700 out: each test prompt starts a new chat, while a reply deep in a long chat rereads all of it.
GPT-6 Astra on each llmwise plan
In llmwise a GPT-6 Astra message is one of a published count, however long the reply runs, and you see what's left before you send.
Free: GPT-6 Astra isn't in the one-time trial of 5 messages; it takes a paid plan.
Pro, $20 a month: up to 31 GPT-6 Astra messages a month, which is $0.65 a GPT-6 Astra message if every message goes to GPT-6 Astra.
Max, $50 a month: up to 100 GPT-6 Astra messages a month, which is $0.50 a GPT-6 Astra message if every message goes to GPT-6 Astra.
Ultra, $100 a month: up to 225 GPT-6 Astra messages a month, which is $0.44 a GPT-6 Astra message if every message goes to GPT-6 Astra.
Studio, $200 a month: up to 500 GPT-6 Astra messages a month, which is $0.40 a GPT-6 Astra message if every message goes to GPT-6 Astra.
A $10 top-up adds up to 25 GPT-6 Astra messages, valid 12 months.
Every limit is published. Paid plans also have a monthly fair-use limit on AI cost: Pro $7.50, Max $20, Ultra $42, Studio $85. Using every message on your plan at typical sizes stays under it; very large messages and heavy research use it faster. Every limit, explained.
GPT-6 Astra against the other GPT models
Every GPT model in llmwise beside GPT-6 Astra, dearest first.
| Model | API, per 1M in / out | Input price against GPT-6 Astra | Average reply in our runs | On Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-6 AstraOpenAIThis page | $10.00 / $50.00 | – | $0.0117 | Up to 31 a month |
| GPT-6 SolOpenAI | $2.00 / $10.00 | 20% of GPT-6 Astra's | $0.0026 | Up to 125 a month |
| GPT-6 LunaOpenAI | $0.10 / $0.50 | 1% of GPT-6 Astra's | $0.00012 | Up to 60 a day |
GPT-6 Astra in OpenAI's own plans
What OpenAI's own subscriptions say about GPT-6 Astra, in their words, set beside llmwise's count. Each was checked on the day shown; we drop a plan from this page when its facts are more than 45 days old.
ChatGPT Plus, $20 a month
GPT-6 Astra on ChatGPT Plus: In Work and Codex, not in Chat: 5–45 every 5 hours, estimated. On llmwise Pro ($20 a month): up to 31 GPT-6 Astra messages a month. ChatGPT Plus vs llmwise.
Sources: OpenAI Help Center: What is ChatGPT Plus?, OpenAI Help Center: Managing usage with GPT-6 Astra in Work and Codex and ChatGPT pricing, checked .
ChatGPT Pro, $100 or $200 a month
GPT-6 Astra on ChatGPT Pro: As GPT-6 Pro in Chat: 50 a week on Pro $100, 200 on Pro $200. On llmwise Pro ($20 a month): up to 31 GPT-6 Astra messages a month. ChatGPT Pro vs llmwise.
Sources: OpenAI Help Center: About ChatGPT Pro tiers, OpenAI Help Center: GPT-6 Pro in ChatGPT and ChatGPT pricing, checked .
GPT-6 Astra's own page: GPT-6 Astra: price, limits and messages on every plan. GPT-6 Astra passed 48 of the 50 test prompts these costs come from.
Questions
How much does a GPT-6 Astra message cost?
In our test runs, $0.0117 a reply on average through OpenRouter (median $0.0092), across 50 GPT-6 Astra replies to our test prompts. At the API price a typical GPT-6 Astra message of 4,000 tokens in and 700 out costs $0.0750; a long chat costs more, because every reply rereads it.
What is GPT-6 Astra's API price?
$10.00 per million input tokens and $50.00 per million output tokens, as of September 2026 (OpenAI's list price).
How many GPT-6 Astra messages does llmwise Pro include?
Up to 31 GPT-6 Astra messages a month on Pro ($20 a month), if the whole allowance goes to GPT-6 Astra; the count on each plan is above.
Can I use GPT-6 Astra for free?
Not in llmwise's free trial, which covers the smaller models; GPT-6 Astra takes a paid plan.
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