o4 Mini Deep Research

OpenAI chatvisionreasoningtool_use Long

API ID: openai/o4-mini-deep-research-2025-06-26

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Input Price
$2.00
/1M tokens
Output Price
$8.00
/1M tokens

About o4 Mini Deep Research

o4-mini-deep-research is OpenAI's faster, more affordable deep research model—ideal for tackling complex, multi-step research tasks. Note: This model always uses the 'web_search' tool which adds additional cost.

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Price Ranking
#1116 lowest price among 1240 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
200k
Max Output
100k
Release Date
2025-10-10
Capabilities
chat vision reasoning tool_use
Input Modalities
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Output Modalities
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Best For

  • Complex reasoning, math problems, multi-step logic
  • Image analysis, document understanding, visual Q&A
  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Simple Q&A (cheaper models available)

💰 Real-World Cost Examples

Estimated monthly costs for common use cases

Personal AI Assistant
$3.30
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$102.00
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each
Data Analysis Pipeline
$141.00
/month
500 analyses/day, ~2k tokens each
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🚀 Quick Start

Get started with o4 Mini Deep Research API

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

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/o4-mini-deep-research-2025-06-26",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

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