OpenAI API in Australia
Use OpenAI models through one API, with prices in Australian dollars and usage charged to your card in AUD, on one bill with every other model. No separate OpenAI account needed.
OpenAI models and prices in Australian dollars
| Model | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Best for | Processed in | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GPT-6 Astra OpenAI | A$14.70 | A$73.50 | 1.05M | Hard maths, science and agent tasks | Global | |
| Cached input | A$1.47A$18.38 to write | — | Repeat a long prompt prefix and those tokens bill at this rate. Automatic. | |||
| Batch | A$7.35 | A$36.75 | Results within 24 hours, for work nobody is waiting on. | |||
| Everything about GPT-6 Astra | ||||||
GPT-5.6 Sol OpenAI | A$5.88 | A$29.40 | 1.05M | Long coding tasks | Global | |
| Cached input | A$0.588A$7.35 to write | — | Repeat a long prompt prefix and those tokens bill at this rate. Automatic. | |||
| Batch | A$2.94 | A$14.70 | Results within 24 hours, for work nobody is waiting on. | |||
| Everything about GPT-5.6 Sol | ||||||
GPT-6.1 Sol OpenAI | A$2.94 | A$14.70 | 1.05M | Production coding agents | Global | |
| Cached input | A$0.147A$3.68 to write | — | Repeat a long prompt prefix and those tokens bill at this rate. Automatic. | |||
| Batch | A$1.47 | A$7.35 | Results within 24 hours, for work nobody is waiting on. | |||
| Everything about GPT-6.1 Sol | ||||||
GPT-6 Sol OpenAI | A$2.94 | A$14.70 | 1.05M | Products already built on GPT-6 Sol | Global | |
| Cached input | A$0.294A$3.68 to write | — | Repeat a long prompt prefix and those tokens bill at this rate. Automatic. | |||
| Batch | A$1.47 | A$7.35 | Results within 24 hours, for work nobody is waiting on. | |||
| Everything about GPT-6 Sol | ||||||
GPT-5.3-Codex OpenAI | A$2.57 | A$20.58 | 400K | Terminal coding agents | Global | |
| Cached input | A$0.2573 | — | Repeat a long prompt prefix and those tokens bill at this rate. Automatic. | |||
| Everything about GPT-5.3-Codex | ||||||
GPT-5.6 Luna OpenAI | A$0.294 | A$1.76 | 1.05M | High-volume extraction | Global | |
| Cached input | A$0.0294A$0.3675 to write | — | Repeat a long prompt prefix and those tokens bill at this rate. Automatic. | |||
| Batch | A$0.147 | A$0.882 | Results within 24 hours, for work nobody is waiting on. | |||
| Everything about GPT-5.6 Luna | ||||||
GPT-5.4 nano OpenAI | A$0.294 | A$1.84 | 400K | Classification and tagging at scale | Global | |
| Cached input | A$0.0294 | — | Repeat a long prompt prefix and those tokens bill at this rate. Automatic. | |||
| Batch | A$0.147 | A$0.9188 | Results within 24 hours, for work nobody is waiting on. | |||
| Everything about GPT-5.4 nano | ||||||
gpt-oss-120b OpenAI | A$0.2867 | A$1.15 | 131K | Maths, science and logic | Global | |
| Cached input | A$0.1433 | — | Repeat a long prompt prefix and those tokens bill at this rate. Automatic. | |||
| Everything about gpt-oss-120b | ||||||
GPT-6 Luna OpenAI | A$0.147 | A$0.735 | 1.05M | High-volume extraction and routing | Global | |
| Cached input | A$0.0147A$0.1838 to write | — | Repeat a long prompt prefix and those tokens bill at this rate. Automatic. | |||
| Batch | A$0.0735 | A$0.3675 | Results within 24 hours, for work nobody is waiting on. | |||
| Everything about GPT-6 Luna | ||||||
gpt-oss-20b OpenAI | A$0.1338 | A$0.4778 | 131K | Quick reasoning steps | Global | |
| Cached input | A$0.0573 | — | Repeat a long prompt prefix and those tokens bill at this rate. Automatic. | |||
| Everything about gpt-oss-20b | ||||||
TTS-1 OpenAI | A$22.05 characters | — | — | Real-time voice replies | Global | |
| Standard rates only. Everything about TTS-1 | ||||||
Whisper large-v3-turbo OpenAI | A$21.23 audio seconds | — | — | Transcripts and captions | Global | |
| Standard rates only. Everything about Whisper large-v3-turbo | ||||||
text-embedding-3-large OpenAI | A$0.1911 | — | 8K | Multilingual search and retrieval | Global | |
| Batch | A$0.0956 | Free | Results within 24 hours, for work nobody is waiting on. | |||
| Everything about text-embedding-3-large | ||||||
text-embedding-3-small OpenAI | A$0.0294 | — | 8K | Low-cost search and retrieval | Global | |
| Batch | A$0.0147 | Free | Results within 24 hours, for work nobody is waiting on. | |||
| Everything about text-embedding-3-small | ||||||
Prices are our published US dollar rates converted at A$1.47 to the dollar, our rate for October — the same rate your card is charged.
Which OpenAI model to use
The current middle tier: production coding agents, professional documents and spreadsheet work.
The flagship, for advanced maths and science and the hardest end-to-end agent tasks.
The cheapest GPT-6, for sorting, extracting and routing at volume with a million-token context.
Classifying, tagging and ranking large volumes of text.
Search and retrieval over your own documents, including languages other than English.
Transcripts and captions in 99 languages, Sinhala and Tamil among them.
Calling the OpenAI API from Australia
The Roar AI gateway speaks the OpenAI API format. Point the OpenAI SDK at Roar AI and name a OpenAI model; moving to another provider’s model later is a change to the model name.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.roar-ai.com/v1", api_key="roar_live_…")
reply = client.chat.completions.create(
model="gpt-6.1-sol",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Summarise this contract in plain English."}],
)Where OpenAI requests are processed
OpenAI models are processed on international infrastructure, outside Australia. Requests from Australia go through our gateway in Singapore today; a gateway in Sydney is coming. The rest of the way, the route is the one we chose for each model, and it stays the same from call to call.
Questions
Can I use the OpenAI API from Australia?
Yes. Every OpenAI model listed on this page is available from Australia through Roar AI’s API, on the same key as every other model on the platform.
Can I pay for the OpenAI API in Australian dollars?
Yes. Your card is charged in Australian dollars, at our published rate for the month, on one bill with any other models your team uses.
Do I need a separate account with OpenAI?
No. One Roar AI key reaches every OpenAI model listed here, so there is no separate OpenAI account to set up.
Is the OpenAI API hosted in Australia?
No. OpenAI models are processed on international infrastructure, outside Australia. Requests from Australia go through our gateway in Singapore today; a gateway in Sydney is coming.
OpenAI from Australia,
charged in Australian dollars
One key for every OpenAI model and every other model, on one bill in AUD.