gpt-oss-safeguard-20b: API pricing, context window and capabilities

Prices from official vendor price lists · October 2026

gpt-oss-safeguard-20b costs $0.075 per 1M input tokens and $0.3 per 1M output tokens, with a 131.1K context window. One of the cheapest models here — below 85% of the rating on output price. Suited to high volume, where a wrong answer is cheap to retry.

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Capabilities

API $/1M (in / out)

$0.075 / $0.3

Context window

131.1K tokens

Price / mo

API only

Overview Reviews

gpt-oss-safeguard-20b is an AI model from OpenAI, priced at $0.075 input and $0.3 output per 1M tokens. That places it in the budget tier of this rating — cheaper than 85% of the 205 priced models listed.

It holds 131.1K tokens in a single conversation. Capabilities recorded in this rating: text & chat, structured JSON output, code execution, prompt caching, batch API. Access is through the API rather than a consumer subscription.

API price$0.075 / $0.3per 1M tokens, in / out

Context131.1K tokenstokens per conversation

VendorOpenAIall models from this vendor

TierBudgetcheaper than 85% of models

Cost calculator

1M tokens/mo10M tokens/mo50M tokens/mo200M tokens/mo

Standard$0.24~~AED 1 per month~~

With batch −50%$0.12~~AED 0 per month~~

With caching on input$0.23~~AED 1 per month~~

Standard$2.44~~AED 9 per month~~

With batch −50%$1.22~~AED 4 per month~~

With caching on input$2.27~~AED 8 per month~~

Standard$12.19~~AED 45 per month~~

With batch −50%$6.09~~AED 22 per month~~

With caching on input$11.34~~AED 42 per month~~

Standard$48.75~~AED 179 per month~~

With batch −50%$24.38~~AED 90 per month~~

With caching on input$45.38~~AED 167 per month~~

Assumes a 1:3 input-to-output ratio, which is typical for chat and generation. Dirham figures use 3.6725 per dollar. Batch and caching discounts apply where the vendor offers them.

Compared with alternatives

How gpt-oss-safeguard-20b sits against its neighbours in this rating. Tap a card to open that model.

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Step up

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$0.09 / $0.34262.1K tokens

Good and poor fit

Good fit

General text generation and conversation across languages.

Poor fit

Anything requiring image input — this model does not accept it.
Integrations that depend on structured function calls.

Related filters

Text & chat234 models for text generation and chat

Code execution47 models that run code in a sandbox

Prompt caching153 models with cheap repeated context

Batch API146 models with half-price async processing

MultilingualAll 245 models work beyond English

OpenAI30 models from this vendor

All 245 modelsThe full rating with filters and prices

Frequently asked questions

How much does gpt-oss-safeguard-20b cost?

$0.075 / $0.3 per 1M tokens, input and output. In dirhams that is roughly AED 0.28 per 1M input tokens. Batch processing halves it where the vendor offers it.

What is the context window of gpt-oss-safeguard-20b?

131.1K tokens in a single conversation.

What can gpt-oss-safeguard-20b do?

In this rating it is recorded with: text & chat, structured JSON output, code execution, prompt caching, batch API, priority / fast tier, multilingual, open weights.

Is gpt-oss-safeguard-20b a good choice?

It depends on the job. See the good-fit and poor-fit lists above, and compare against the neighbouring models before committing.

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