GPT Image 2 Cost Calculator
Estimate GPT Image 2 API spend before you launch. The calculator uses the current public GPT-image-2 token meters: text input, cached text input, image input, cached image input, and image output.
Estimate monthly API spend
Enter your expected image volume and token usage. The defaults are planning assumptions, not official per-image token counts.
| Meter | Rate | Monthly cost |
|---|---|---|
| Text input | $5.00 / 1M tokens | $1.50 |
| Cached text input | $1.25 / 1M tokens | $0.00 |
| Image input | $8.00 / 1M tokens | $0.00 |
| Cached image input | $2.00 / 1M tokens | $0.00 |
| Image output | $30 / 1M tokens | $105 |
This calculator uses the public GPT-image-2 token rates for planning. Actual invoices depend on request parameters, tokenization, retries, failed requests, caching behavior, taxes, and OpenAI pricing changes.
Use real token logs when possible
The most accurate estimate comes from a small pilot batch in your own OpenAI usage dashboard.
Separate generation from editing
Image editing requests can include image input tokens, while text-to-image requests may have none.
Check limits before launch
GPT Image 2 API throughput depends on your usage tier, including TPM and images per minute.
How to read the estimate
GPT Image 2 pricing is token-based, so there is no single universal price per image. Resolution, prompt length, editing inputs, cached context, retries, and output token counts can all change the final invoice. Treat this as a planning calculator and reconcile it with OpenAI's pricing page and your usage dashboard before committing a customer price.