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We are planning to integrate the OpenAI API into our customer portal. How can I accurately estimate monthly token costs before launching this feature?

ChatGPTgpt-62 queries10/31/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
We are planning to integrate the OpenAI API into our customer portal. How can I accurately estimate monthly token costs before launching this feature?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
site:openai.com/api/pricing API pricing input output cached tokens OpenAI October 2026Google ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
site:platform.openai.com/docs/guides token counting usage API input output cached tokens OpenAIGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (2)
Short factOther / navigational100%ComparisonConsequenceReasonDefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model).

Searches and sources

ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
site:openai.com/api/pricing API pricing input output cached tokens OpenAI October 2026 Google ↗
site:platform.openai.com/docs/guides token counting usage API input output cached tokens OpenAI Google ↗
  1. Prompt caching · developers.openai.com
  2. Understanding and counting tokens · help-lb.openai.com
  3. Create a model response · developers.openai.com
  4. Observability and usage · developers.openai.com

Queries

2 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
site:openai.com/api/pricing API pricing input output cached tokens OpenAI October 2026
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Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Other / navigational——1x
of 1
site:platform.openai.com/docs/guides token counting usage API input output cached tokens OpenAI
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Other / navigational——1x
of 1