OpenAI unveil “Flex Processing” to reduce the cost of using AI

OpenAI to compete more seriously with companies like Google, a new option called “Flex processing»(Flex Processing) for API It has introduced its artificial intelligence models. This option, currently provided in the beta version, allows the use of lower cost models, although it will be lower, and sometimes resources may not be temporarily available.

Flex processing is currently available for the new OpenAi reasoning, O3 and O4-Mini. This option has also been suggested more for low -cost or non -productive work such as modeling, data enrichment and time -consuming processing.

Reduce the cost of using OpenAI models

Cost of using API with this option exactly to Half Reduce. For the O3 model, Flex Processing Price is $ 5 per million input token and $ 20 per million token; While the normal price is $ 10 and $ 40, respectively. For the O4-Mini model, the price will be reduced to $ 1.50 per million input tokens and $ 4.40 for outbound tokens, respectively, $ 0.55 and $ 2.20, respectively.

This new option has been introduced by OpenAI, which is increasing the cost of using advanced models of artificial intelligence, and competitors like Google also introduce less expensive and optimized models. For example, Google has recently unveiled the Gemini 2.5 Flash model, which is less expensive or better than the Deepseek R1.

Openai sends an email to its customers to introduce the Flex Processing option that users should complete the company’s new authentication process to access the O3 model (based on the cost of consuming) to access the O3 model. Support for the Summary of the Stream and API is also subject to this authentication.

Earlier, the company had stated that the aim of the authentication was to prevent abuse and violate the policies of the company’s services.