OpenAI Web Search Cost Breakdown: ~$0.05/Task, Search Is 80% of It
ArtificialAnlys · x · 2026-10-06
Cost breakdown from Artificial Analysis: OpenAI Web Search totals $0.05 per task — $0.04 for search ($10 per 1k calls) plus $0.009 for the model. Search makes up 80% of cost, near the 74% median for Search APIs. On the score-vs-cost frontier, it sits below the line: Octen hits 77 at $0.024 per task and Perplexity (medium) hits 80 at $0.07.
Related event: OpenAI Web Search Debuts at No.5 in Search Benchmark, ~$0.05 per Task(4 posts)→
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