# GPT Image 1 Mini (OpenAI) — API pricing and providers

> Low-cost image generation. Model id `openai/gpt-image-1-mini`. Image model by OpenAI.

- Page: https://infro.io/models/openai/gpt-image-1-mini
- Vendor: OpenAI (https://infro.io/models/openai)
- Modality: Image
- Endpoint through INFRO: `POST /v1/images/generations` at https://api.infro.io/v1
- List rate: $0.011 per image
- Rates checked: 2026-10-05

Rates are OpenAI's published list price: what the customer's own provider account bills, not an INFRO charge. INFRO is a BYOK control plane; it charges a software subscription and adds 0% to model spend.

**Retirement:** OpenAI shuts GPT Image 1 Mini down on 1 Dec 2026. OpenAI recommends GPT Image 2.5 Flare. Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations

## Providers that serve it

| Provider | Model id sent |
| --- | --- |
| OpenAI | `gpt-image-1-mini` |
| Azure OpenAI | `gpt-image-1-mini` |
| OpenRouter | `openai/gpt-image-1-mini` |
| LaoZhang API | `gpt-image-1-mini` |
| fal.ai | `gpt-image-1-mini` |

## Questions

### How much does the GPT Image 1 Mini API cost?

OpenAI's published list rate for GPT Image 1 Mini is $0.011 per image (checked 2026-10-05). The provider account you connect bills you at the rate on that account, so a negotiated rate replaces the list rate. INFRO adds 0% to model spend.

### Which providers serve GPT Image 1 Mini?

In INFRO's provider registry, GPT Image 1 Mini can be served by OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, OpenRouter, LaoZhang API and fal.ai. You connect your own account with any of them, and INFRO routes and fails over between the ones you connect.

### What is the GPT Image 1 Mini model ID?

Request it from INFRO as "openai/gpt-image-1-mini". INFRO sends each provider its own id: OpenAI "gpt-image-1-mini", Azure OpenAI "gpt-image-1-mini", OpenRouter "openai/gpt-image-1-mini", LaoZhang API "gpt-image-1-mini", fal.ai "gpt-image-1-mini".

### How do I call GPT Image 1 Mini through an OpenAI-compatible API?

Point an OpenAI SDK, or any HTTP client, at https://api.infro.io/v1 with an INFRO gateway key and send model "openai/gpt-image-1-mini" to POST /v1/images/generations. INFRO runs the request on a provider account you connected and returns the provider's response with an estimated cost.

### Is GPT Image 1 Mini being retired?

OpenAI shuts GPT Image 1 Mini down on 1 Dec 2026. OpenAI recommends GPT Image 2.5 Flare.

### Does INFRO mark up GPT Image 1 Mini usage?

No. OpenAI or the provider you connect bills model usage to your own account. INFRO charges a software subscription for routing, failover, observability, budgets and policy, and takes 0% of model spend.