OpenRouter WhisperPricing & API costs
General-purpose speech recognition model
Context window
Not published
Maximum output
0 tokens
Release date
2026-04-27
API model ID
openai/whisper-1Model overview
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Use the model ID openai/whisper-1 through OpenRouter. The prices and limits on this page apply to that specific listing, with source data checked on 2026-10-12.
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Pricing
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Audio
Per minute
Rate
$0.006
Batch pricing
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Capabilities and limits
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- Provider
- OpenRouter
- Model type
- Transcription
- Family
- gpt
- Access
- OpenRouter
- Modalities
- Text · Audio · Transcription
- Context window
- Not published
- Max output
- 0 tokens
- Released
- 2026-04-27
- Deprecation date
- Not announced
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Audio: $0.006 / minute
Audio: $0.006 / minute
Sources
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- Last checked
- 2026-10-12
- Source links
- 2
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Frequently asked questions
OpenRouter pricing checked on 2026-10-12: Audio: $0.006 / minute. These are OpenRouter channel rates; a different endpoint may have different pricing.
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