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Hugging Face Inference vs OpenAI API pricing

Verified 2026-10-24 (1 day ago)Source: Hugging Face Inference: huggingface.co/pricing, OpenAI API: developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricingVerified shows the older of the two.

Monthly cost at three volumes

These services do not bill on a shared metric, so a like-for-like cost is unlisted.

Cheapest model per service, USD per 1M tokens

Cheapest priced model of each service
ServiceCheapest modelInputOutputModels listed
Hugging Face Inferenceplan pricingunlistedunlistedn/a
OpenAI APIgpt-6-luna$0.10$0.5011

Every model

Every model of both services, USD per 1M tokens
ModelServiceInputOutput
gpt-6-lunaOpenAI API$0.10$0.50
gpt-4o-mini-transcribeOpenAI API$1.25$5
gpt-5.3-codexOpenAI API$1.75$14
gpt-6.1-solOpenAI API$2$10
gpt-4o-transcribeOpenAI API$2.50$10
gpt-5.6-solOpenAI API$4$20
gpt-rosalind-researchOpenAI API$5$25
gpt-rosalind-discoveryOpenAI API$5$25
chat-latestOpenAI API$5$30
gpt-6-astraOpenAI API$10$50
gpt-5.6-cyberOpenAI API$12.50$75

Models are compared by name and price, never by position. Pick one model per service, or "Cheapest model", in the cost table above.

Tiers, aligned by position

Tiers of Hugging Face Inference and OpenAI API aligned by position: free, entry, mid, top
PositionHugging Face InferenceOpenAI API
Freeno tierno tier
Entry$9 / moPRO Accountno tier
Mid$20 / moTeamno tier
Top$50 / moEnterpriseno tier

Tightest rate limit

Tightest documented rate limit of each service
MeasureHugging Face InferenceOpenAI API
Tightest limitunlistedunlisted

Changes in the last 90 days

No changes recorded.

No change detected for either service in the last 90 days.