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OpenAI Playground pricing in 2026: plans, limits and what is free

Use the OpenAI Playground when you are a developer who wants to iterate on chat prompts and system instructions against API models in a browser before writing integration code, accepting that it is billed per token like the API.

Starting price
From $0.1 (gpt-6-luna (standard, short context))
Free option
No
Plans
2
Prices checked
Oct 1, 2026

OpenAI Playground pricing page, captured

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OpenAI Playground pricing page with plans and prices — screenshot of the coding AI tool, Oct 2, 2026
OpenAI Playground plans as listed on its pricing page. developers.openai.com, captured Oct 2, 2026
OpenAI Playground pricing page with plans and prices — screenshot of the coding AI tool, Oct 2, 2026
More of the OpenAI Playground pricing page. developers.openai.com, captured Oct 2, 2026
OpenAI Playground documentation — screenshot of the coding AI tool, Oct 2, 2026
OpenAI Playground homepage. developers.openai.com, captured Oct 2, 2026

OpenAI Playground plans compared

Plans and prices
PlanPriceBillingWho it is forKey limitsAPI
gpt-6-sol (standard, short context)
api
$2 per 1M input tokens; $10.00 per 1M output tokens — Developers testing prompts Per-token billing Included
gpt-6-luna (standard, short context)
api
$0.1 per 1M input tokens; $0.50 per 1M output tokens — Developers testing prompts Per-token billing Included

What is free, what costs extra

Free access and trial

No free Playground plan documented in the fetched pages.

Not stated.

Extra costs and taxes

Playground runs consume API tokens priced per model; other pricing dimensions (cached input, batch, long context) appear on the pricing page but were not captured.

Not stated.

OpenAI Playground pricing and usage limits

Prices checked Oct 1, 2026 on the official US pricing page. Official pricing ↗ Prices and limits change often.

Vendor pricing page re-checked automatically 15 days ago: no changes detected.

Free access and trial conditions

No free Playground plan documented in the fetched pages.

Not stated.

Paid plans: what changes as you upgrade

gpt-6-sol (standard, short context) api

$2 per 1M input tokens; $10.00 per 1M output tokens source (opens in a new tab)

For: Developers testing prompts

Limits

  • Per-token billing

Includes

  • Output priced at $10.00 per 1M tokens

API included

gpt-6-luna (standard, short context) api

$0.1 per 1M input tokens; $0.50 per 1M output tokens source (opens in a new tab)

For: Developers testing prompts

Limits

  • Per-token billing

Includes

  • Output priced at $0.50 per 1M tokens

API included

Usage caps, credits and extra costs

Playground runs consume API tokens priced per model; other pricing dimensions (cached input, batch, long context) appear on the pricing page but were not captured.

Not stated.

OpenAI Playground FAQ

How is Playground usage billed?

Through the OpenAI API at per-token rates by model; examples recorded are gpt-6-sol at $2.00 input / $10.00 output and gpt-6-luna at $0.10 input / $0.50 output per 1M tokens (standard, short context). source (opens in a new tab)

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