API Cost Check
GPT-6.1 Sol vs Claude Opus 5.5: cost
For a typical support chatbot, GPT-6.1 Sol is about 2.0× cheaper than Claude Opus 5.5 ($759 vs $1,519 per month). Price is only one factor: test both on your own prompts before switching.
| GPT-6.1 Sol | Claude Opus 5.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input /1M | $2.00 | $4.00 |
| Output /1M | $10.00 | $20.00 |
| Cached input /1M | $0.10 | $0.20 |
| Batch input /1M | $1.00 | $2.00 |
| Batch output /1M | $5.00 | $10.00 |
| Context window | 1,050,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Max input | 922,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Max output | 128,000 | 128,000 |
Monthly cost by workload
| Scenario (per month) | GPT-6.1 Sol | Claude Opus 5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Customer support chatbot 5,000 req/day · 1,200 in · 400 out · cache 60% | $759 | $1,519 |
| RAG over documents 2,000 req/day · 8,000 in · 600 out · cache 30% | $1,058 | $2,117 |
| Coding agent 1,500 req/day · 25,000 in · 2,000 out · cache 80% | $1,496 | $2,992 |
| Deep reasoning 800 req/day · 3,000 in · 6,000 out · cache 20% | $1,557 | $3,113 |
| Batch processing 50,000 req/day · 1,500 in · 150 out · batch | $3,375 | $6,750 |