GPT-6 Astra pricing tips: $10/M input, 2x overage beyond 272k tokens, quota math explained
dotey · x · 2026-09-04
Practical tips for GPT-6 Astra:
- Pricing: $10/M input and $50/M output tokens — 2.5x GPT-5.6 Sol's current price, so the same quota buys 40% of the usage.
- Context trap: stay within 272,000 raw context tokens; requests above 272k input are billed at 2x input/cache and 1.5x output for the entire request.
- Quotas: Pro $200 gets 200 GPT-6 Pro calls/week plus 170 Sol Pro calls/day (200 combined daily cap); Pro $100 gets 50/week across both models; Plus can't use Astra in Chat, only in codex.
- Rollout: currently limited to select institutions and enterprise/security channels, opening to Plus/Pro/Business/Enterprise in coming days. OpenAI calls it its smartest, most aligned model — first to hit Critical on its Preparedness Framework, claiming near-perfect FrontierMath Tier 4 and ARC-AGI-3 scores.
Related event: OpenAI launches flagship GPT-6 Astra to rave reviews and pricing debates(190 posts)→
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