Comment by resonious

6 hours ago

Where is the official source for this?

OpenAI's docs still show non-discounted pricing https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-5.6-sol

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mirzap  6 hours ago

It's discounted if used via OpenRouter, not the official API.

  • londons_explore  5 hours ago

    Doesn't seem like a smart business move.

    You're literally encouraging someone else to come in and steal your customer base,

    • dannyw  3 hours ago

      A surprising amount of companies sell exact the same product through different channels for different prices. A good example is Apple.

      Multiple times a year, retailers here in Australia have co-ordinated sales on Apple products. Apple.com or their retail stores don't have these sales.

      But they're clearly Apple-funded when competing retailers launch the same sales on the same days; and the margins aren't enough for retailers to take a loss.

    • ywvcbk  3 hours ago

      Or it's "normal" market segmentation. OpenRouter users are more price sensitive in general, also a lot of enterprise users who can't switch easily are using the official API (or Bedrock or Azure) and you want to squeeze them as much as you can.

    • rafaelmn  3 hours ago

      Literally all OEMs do this, if you go to Apple site you won't see any sales, but Amazon and other retailers will have stuff at 20% off regularly