GPT-5.6 Luna API pricing
$0.12 in, $0.72 out per million tokens, 40% under OpenAI's list price.
gpt-5.6-lunamanaged routeOpenAI SDK
Price · per million tokens, USD
| Tokens | OpenAI list price | UplinkSwitch | Saving |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.20 | $0.12 | -40% |
| Cached input | $0.02 | $0.012 | -40% |
| Output | $1.20 | $0.72 | -40% |
List price: OpenAI's published rate, read October 2026. Same price on every host.
Real-model check: Same fingerprint since Oct 16
GPT-5.6 Luna specs
- Context window
- 1,050,000 tokens
- Max output
- 128,000 tokens
- Input
- text and image
- Released
- July 9, 2026
GPT-5.6 Luna API · base URL and key
Python · OpenAI SDK
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1",
api_key="sk-uplink-live-...",
)
completion = client.chat.completions.create(
model="gpt-5.6-luna",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this in one line."}],
)
print(completion.choices[0].message.content)TypeScript · OpenAI SDK
import OpenAI from 'openai';
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: 'https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1',
apiKey: 'sk-uplink-live-...',
});
const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: 'gpt-5.6-luna',
messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Summarize this in one line.' }],
});
console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);curl
curl https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/chat/completions \
-H "authorization: Bearer sk-uplink-live-..." \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"gpt-5.6-luna","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'What would it cost? · paste a prompt, priced before you send it
Input is counted at about 4 characters per token.
Cheapest first. A real request is billed on the provider's own token count. Same estimate as JSON: POST https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/estimate, no key needed.
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GPT-5.6 Luna questions
- What is GPT-5.6 Luna?
- GPT-5.6 Luna is a model from OpenAI, released July 9, 2026, with a 1,050,000-token context window, taking text and image input. Through UplinkSwitch it answers the OpenAI SDK on one key as gpt-5.6-luna.
- How much does the GPT-5.6 Luna API cost?
- $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.72 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.012. OpenAI's list price is $0.20 and $1.20, so this is 40% under OpenAI's list price.
- Is GPT-5.6 Luna free?
- It is pay as you go: prepaid credit from $10, with no subscription or monthly fee, billed per token. A 1,000-token prompt with a 500-token reply costs about $0.0005.
- What is the GPT-5.6 Luna context window?
- GPT-5.6 Luna has a 1,050,000-token context window, with up to 128,000 output tokens per request. It takes text and image input.
- What is the GPT-5.6 Luna model id?
- gpt-5.6-luna. Send it as the model through the OpenAI SDK with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.
- How do I get a GPT-5.6 Luna API key?
- Create one in the console at uplinkswitch.ai/console: prepaid credit from $10, no subscription, and the key is live at once. The same key calls GPT-5.6 Luna and every other model in the catalog; send it as the bearer token with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.
- Is it the real GPT-5.6 Luna?
- Every day each model gets the same test prompt, and a model always counts that prompt the same way; a swapped one would not. GPT-5.6 Luna's latest result: Same fingerprint since Oct 16.