GPT-4o-mini Search Preview

OpenAI chattool_use

API ID: openai/gpt-4o-mini-search-preview-2025-03-11

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Input Price
$0.15
/1M tokens
Output Price
$0.60
/1M tokens

About GPT-4o-mini Search Preview

GPT-4o mini Search Preview is a specialized model for web search in Chat Completions. It is trained to understand and execute web search queries.

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Price Ranking
#780 lowest price among 1240 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
128k
Max Output
16k
Release Date
2025-03-12
Capabilities
chat tool_use
Input Modalities
text
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Image understanding (needs vision capability)

💰 Real-World Cost Examples

Estimated monthly costs for common use cases

Personal AI Assistant
$0.25
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$7.65
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each
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🚀 Quick Start

Get started with GPT-4o-mini Search Preview API

OpenAI Python SDK 
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/gpt-4o-mini-search-preview-2025-03-11",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

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