How much does O3 cost?

O3 is billed pay-as-you-go at $0.42 per 1M input tokens and $1.71 per 1M output tokens. There is no subscription — you only pay for what you use.

What is the context window of O3?

O3 supports a context window of up to 200K tokens. It can return up to 100K tokens in a single response.

O3 is a paid, pay-as-you-go model — no subscription, you are only charged for usage.

How do I use O3 via the API?

O3 is OpenAI-compatible. Point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass the model ID o3 with your Api.Airforce API key.

O3 is OpenAI's chat model, served through the unified Api.Airforce gateway alongside 65+ other models.

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O3

API model name: o3

O3 is OpenAI's chat model, served on the Api.Airforce unified API. It has a 200K-token context window. Beyond text, it accepts image as input. Capabilities include Vision, Tool calling, Reasoning, Documents, Prompt caching. It is priced at $0.42 per million input tokens and $1.71 per million output tokens. Knowledge cutoff: 2024-06. Access it through the OpenAI-compatible API with one key, alongside 65+ other models on Api.Airforce.

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Pricing

Input / 1M tokens

$0.42

Output / 1M tokens

$1.71

Specifications

Provider: OpenAI
Type: chat model
Context window: 200K tokens
Max output: 100K tokens
Knowledge cutoff: 2024-06
Input: text, image
Output: text
Prompt caching: Supported

Capabilities

VisionTool callingReasoningDocumentsPrompt cachingStreaming

What is O3 used for?

Chatbots & assistants — conversational AI, drafting, summarizing and Q&A.
Image understanding — analyze photos, screenshots, charts and scanned documents.
Agents & automation — function calling and tool use for multi-step workflows.
Complex reasoning — math, coding and step-by-step problem solving.
Document analysis — summarize and answer questions across long files.
Long-context tasks — process entire documents or codebases in a single prompt.
Real-time experiences — stream tokens for responsive chat and apps.

O3 vs. similar models

Model	Context	Input / 1M	Output / 1M
O3	200K	$0.42	$1.71
Gpt 3.5	—	—	—
Gpt 3.5 Turbo 16k	—	—	—
Gpt 4	8K	$6.42	$12.84

Prices are Api.Airforce pay-as-you-go rates per 1M tokens. Context is the maximum input length.

O3 — frequently asked questions

How much does O3 cost?: O3 is billed pay-as-you-go at $0.42 per 1M input tokens and $1.71 per 1M output tokens. There is no subscription — you only pay for what you use.
What is the context window of O3?: O3 supports a context window of up to 200K tokens. It can return up to 100K tokens in a single response.
What can O3 do?: O3 supports Vision, Tool calling, Reasoning, Documents, Prompt caching.
Is O3 free to use?: O3 is a paid, pay-as-you-go model — no subscription, you are only charged for usage.
How do I use O3 via the API?: O3 is OpenAI-compatible. Point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass the model ID o3 with your Api.Airforce API key.
Who makes O3?: O3 is OpenAI's chat model, served through the unified Api.Airforce gateway alongside 65+ other models.

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Use O3 via the API

OpenAI-compatible — point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.airforce/v1 and pass o3 as the model.

cURL

curl https://api.airforce/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AIRFORCE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "o3",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello!" }]
  }'

Python

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.airforce/v1", api_key="$AIRFORCE_API_KEY")
r = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="o3",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(r.choices[0].message.content)

JavaScript

import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({ baseURL: "https://api.airforce/v1", apiKey: process.env.AIRFORCE_API_KEY });
const r = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "o3",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(r.choices[0].message.content);

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