GPT-6.1 Terra

The Terra tier of OpenAI's GPT-6 family, successor to GPT-5.6 Terra, which OpenAI positions for visual reasoning, computer use on application screens and natural writing.

Context: 1M tokens
Max output: 128K
Cutoff: Jun 2026
Released: Oct 2026

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Hosted API price

List price via OpenAI · per 1M tokens

USD

Input: $1.00 /1M
Output: $5.00 /1M
Hosted by: 3 providers

Hosted API pricing

How we price

Order

Providers are listed cheapest input rate first, then by output rate, a tie going to the creator's own listing. A provider that lists the model without a published rate sits at the end.

Prices

Base-tier, on-demand rates in USD per 1M tokens, converted at ECB reference rates where a provider publishes in another currency. Cached-input and batch rates show only where a provider publishes them. "Cheapest" marks the one provider with the lowest input and output pair; a tie wears no badge.

Cost

Input rate times the input tokens plus output rate times the output tokens, at the monthly volume set above the table. Cached-input, batch, long-context and reasoning-token billing are not modelled.

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Every provider serving GPT-6.1 Terra, cheapest input first. Set your monthly volume to see what each would bill.

Input M Output M

Every provider serving GPT-6.1 Terra, with its price per 1M input and output tokens and what the volume above would cost
Provider	Input /1M	Output /1M	Cached input /1M	Cost at 10M in + 2M out	Link
OpenAI Creator	$1.00	$5.00	$0.05	$20.00	Visit website
DigitalOcean	$1.00	$5.00	$0.05	$20.00	Visit website
Azure	$1.00	$5.00	$0.05	$20.00	Visit website

Heads up: Base-tier, on-demand rates per 1M tokens; cached, batch and long-context tiers excluded. A provider may serve a shorter context or a quantized build than the creator's release. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

Similarly priced models

The models nearest GPT-6.1 Terra by blended rate, each at its own cheapest provider.

Models priced nearest GPT-6.1 Terra per 1M tokens, each at its cheapest provider
Model	Blended /1M	Input /1M	Output /1M	Context	Cutoff	vs GPT-6.1 Terra
Grok 4.20 (Reasoning) xAI	$1.4583	$1.25	$2.50	1M		−13%
Grok 4.3 xAI	$1.4583	$1.25	$2.50	1M		−13%
Claude Haiku 4.5 Anthropic	$1.6667	$1.00	$5.00	200K	Feb 2025	0%
GLM-5-Turbo Z.AI	$1.6667	$1.20	$4.00	205K		0%
GLM-5V-Turbo Z.AI	$1.6667	$1.20	$4.00	205K		0%
GPT-6.1 Terra This model OpenAI	$1.6667	$1.00	$5.00	1M	Jun 2026
Qwen3.7-Max Alibaba Cloud	$1.6667	$1.25	$3.75	1M		0%
Muse Spark 1.1 Meta	$1.75	$1.25	$4.25	1M		+5%
Muse Spark 1.2 Meta	$1.75	$1.25	$4.25	1M		+5%
Muse Spark 1.3 Meta	$1.75	$1.25	$4.25	1M		+5%
Muse Spark Open Meta	$1.75	$1.25	$4.25	1M		+5%

USD per 1M tokens at each model's cheapest listed provider. Blended is the cost of 10M input plus 2M output tokens, spread over the 12M.

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Capabilities

What GPT-6.1 Terra accepts and can do, as published by OpenAI.

Text Accepts and generates natural-language text.
Image Accepts images as input alongside text.
Reasoning Thinks before it answers, always on or as a switchable mode.
Function calling Connect to external tools, APIs, and systems.
Structured output Return responses in structured formats like JSON.
Web search Search the web for up-to-date information.
Code execution Write and execute code in a sandboxed environment.
File upload Process uploaded documents, spreadsheets, and other files.
MCP Connect to services via Model Context Protocol.
Image generation Generate and edit images from text prompts.

Common questions

What is GPT-6.1 Terra good for?

Visual work such as matching product photos to catalog entries or reading technical drawings, acting on application screens, and drafting and revising text. Reasoning effort runs from none up to a max setting.

When is GPT-6.1 Terra not a good fit?

Audio or video input, and closed weights, so no self-hosting. Tool calling needs the Responses API, and prompts over 272K tokens are billed at a higher rate for the whole request.

What is the cheapest way to run GPT-6.1 Terra?

The cheapest hosted rate is $1.00 / $5.00 per 1M tokens via OpenAI.

How does GPT-6.1 Terra compare with GPT-5.6 Terra?

Same 1M-token context and text and image input. GPT-6.1 Terra lists at 50% less per 1M input tokens and 58% less per 1M output tokens than GPT-5.6 Terra. It came out 3 months later and has a newer knowledge cutoff (June 2026 against February 2026).

Can I self-host GPT-6.1 Terra?

No. OpenAI does not publish the weights; GPT-6.1 Terra is available only through hosted APIs.