AIGROW vs the OpenAI API
OpenAI sells its GPT models through its own API at list price, with 50% off batch requests that can wait. AIGROW sells discounted credit that runs GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6.1 Terra through an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, beside Claude, Gemini and Grok.
Every model both sell costs less per token through AIGROW credit than at OpenAI, on input and on output.
- Less through AIGROW credit
- 3 of 3
- OpenAI prices read
- 12 November 2026
- Model check
- 11 November 2026
- Sponsored placement
- none
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Price per model: OpenAI and AIGROW credit
USD per million tokens, input on the first line and output on the second. The difference is rounded so it never overstates a saving.
| Model | OpenAI | AIGROW credit | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-6 Astra | $10.00$50.00 | $2.50$12.50 | 75% less75% less |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | $2.00$10.00 | $0.50$2.50 | 75% less75% less |
| GPT-6.1 Terra | $1.00$5.00 | $0.25$1.25 | 75% less75% less |
OpenAI’s prices as published on 12 November 2026, each linked from its row. AIGROW’s are the rates the endpoint bills with, at the price credit sells for. Prices change, so check theirs before you decide.
OpenAI’s prices are for prompts up to 272K tokens; longer prompts cost more. Its Batch API takes 50% off requests that do not need an answer at once. AIGROW has no batch rate.
Fees and terms
What each one charges beyond the tokens, and what happens to credit you have not spent.
OpenAI’s terms as published on the pages below, read on 12 November 2026. AIGROW’s are from our Terms of Service.
Is the model the one you paid for?
How each side shows that the model answering is the one it sells.
- OpenAI
- OpenAI makes GPT, so its API serves GPT itself. Our check reached OpenAI’s models through OpenRouter, which sends them to OpenAI or to a cloud that hosts them.
- Certified genuine by AIGROW
- On 11 November 2026 we sent each model we sell the same prompts as the same model at its maker or through OpenRouter, and compared the answers, the prompt tokens and the tool calls. 3 of the 3 models on this page met our rule. This is AIGROW’s own check: no model maker reviewed or endorsed it. See every result and the method
| Model | Here | At the maker |
|---|---|---|
| Compared with the same model through OpenRouter | ||
| GPT-6 Astra | 12 of 12 | 12 of 12 |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | 12 of 12 | 12 of 12 |
| GPT-6.1 Terra | 11 of 1212 of 12 with effort set to high | 12 of 1211 of 12 with effort set to high |
A 2026 study by the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security tested 17 unofficial APIs that claim to give access to the makers’ models, and found identity verification failures in 45.83% of its fingerprint tests. It left out routing platforms that disclose where they send requests, such as OpenRouter. Any seller below list price can be checked with the script below, AIGROW included. Read the study.
Run the check yourself
Tests AIGROW’s GPT-6.1 Sol beside the same model through OpenRouter, the reference our check used for OpenAI’s models, so it takes an OpenRouter key rather than an OpenAI one.
MODEL_CHECK_KEY=ag_your_key MAKER_KEY=sk-or-your_key node model-check.mjs gpt-6.1-solEvery request is billed as usual. The battery is the costly one: a few cents of credit on most models, more when a model thinks for long. To test another seller’s API, pass its address with --base.
When OpenAI is the better choice
- Every OpenAI model and API
- OpenAI sells all its models, and the Responses API that Codex uses. AIGROW takes chat requests only, so Codex does not run on it.
- Half price for batch requests
- Requests that can wait cost 50% less through OpenAI’s Batch API. AIGROW has no batch rate.
- An account with the maker
- You deal with OpenAI directly, under its own terms and data controls. AIGROW is independent of OpenAI.
Switching from OpenAI
A base URL and a key that starts with ag_, created in API access on the dashboard.
- At OpenAI today: base URL https://api.openai.com/v1
- Anthropic SDK and Claude Code: base URL https://aigrow.gg
- OpenAI SDK, Cline, Aider, OpenCode: base URL https://aigrow.gg/v1
Some lines behave differently from the maker’s endpoint, for example on max_tokens and on the starting reasoning effort: the model check lists each difference with its numbers. Codex sends Responses API requests, which this endpoint does not take.
The setup guide covers every other tool, and the Claude Code page walks through its settings one by one.
Questions about OpenAI and AIGROW
Run your own workload on both, then compare the bills.
Start with the $25 pack, run your real workload against it, and check the dashboard before buying more.
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