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GPT-5.6 Terra API

Access GPT-5.6 Terra through one API key. OpenAI GPT-5.6 Balanced Tier.

GPT-5.6 Terra is the balanced model in OpenAI's GPT-5.6 series, positioned between the flagship Sol tier and the cost-efficient Luna tier. Terra is the everyday GPT-5.6: general coding assistants, document analysis, and agents that need solid reasoning without flagship pricing.

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GPT-5.6 Terra API pricing

Pay per request from your YepAPI balance — no subscription, no monthly minimum. Prices updated September 27, 2026.

Token type	Price
Input	$2.95 / 1M tokens
Output	$17.72 / 1M tokens
Context window	1.1M tokens

What it costs	Per job	Per 1,000
Chat reply1K input + 500 output tokens	$0.012	$11.81
RAG answer8K input + 800 output tokens	$0.038	$37.78
Agent step with tools30K input + 2K output tokens	$0.124	$123.94
Long document summary100K input + 2K output tokens	$0.33	$330.44

4,900+

Developers

2.3M+

API calls served

184

Endpoints

$0.01

Per call

Yep, that's it.

Try it live

Send a message and see GPT-5.6 Terra respond in real time.

POST/v1/ai/chatopenai/gpt-5.6-terra

Message *

Max Tokens

Maximum tokens in the response.

Stream

Real-time tokens

Hit "Send Request" to see the response

GPT-5.6 Terra specs

Provider	OpenAI
Model ID	openai/gpt-5.6-terra
Endpoint	/v1/ai/chat
Type	Text Generation
Context window	1.05M tokens
Max output	128K tokens
Reasoning	No
OpenAI-compatible	Yes — /v1/ai/chat/completions

How to get a GPT-5.6 Terra API key

1
Create an account
Sign up at yepapi.com with Google or email. It takes about 30 seconds.
2
Create an API key
Open the dashboard, go to API Keys and create a key. Copy it — it starts with yep_sk_.
3
Call GPT-5.6 Terra
Send a request to /v1/ai/chat with the x-api-key header and model "openai/gpt-5.6-terra".
4
Pay as you go
Usage is billed per request from your balance. Top up any amount; there is no subscription.

Strengths

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Balanced GPT-5.6 tier

Sits between GPT-5.6 Sol and Luna, trading a little peak capability for a lower rate.

✓

Everyday coding and reasoning

Tuned for the broad middle of workloads: code edits, analysis, drafting, multi-step tasks.

✓

1M token context, 128K output

Handles up to 1,050,000 input tokens and returns up to 128,000 output tokens per call.

✓

Multimodal input

Accepts text, images and files.

Quick start

Copy this snippet and start making calls with GPT-5.6 Terra.

const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/ai/chat', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "openai/gpt-5.6-terra",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Explain API gateways in 2 sentences."
      }
    ],
    "maxTokens": 256
  }),
});
const { data } = await res.json();
console.log(data.message.content);

GPT-5.6 Terra vs similar models

Every model below runs on the same API key — switch by changing the model ID.

Model	Provider	Price	Context
GPT-5.6 Terra	OpenAI	$2.95 in / $17.72 out per 1M	1.1M
GPT-6 Luna	OpenAI	$0.15 in / $0.74 out per 1M	1.1M
GPT-6 Luna Pro	OpenAI	$0.15 in / $0.74 out per 1M	1.1M
GPT-4o Mini	OpenAI	$0.22 in / $0.89 out per 1M	128K
GPT-OSS 120B	OpenAI	$0.22 in / $0.89 out per 1M	131K
GPT-5.6 Luna	OpenAI	$0.30 in / $1.77 out per 1M	1.1M
Nemotron 3 Super	NVIDIA	$0 in / $0 out per 1M	262K
Qwen3.7 Flash	Qwen	$0.04 in / $0.19 out per 1M	1M

Why use GPT-5.6 Terra through YepAPI?

✓One API key for all models — no separate accounts

✓OpenAI SDK compatible — just change the base URL

✓No monthly minimums — pay per token

✓Switch models with one line of code

✓Full provider passthrough — citations, search results, and all extras included

✓Streaming and non-streaming support on every model

✓Works with Cursor, Claude, LangChain, and any LLM tool

✓Unified billing across all providers

GPT-5.6 Terra API — pricing, context window & access

GPT-5.6 Terra is the balanced model in OpenAI's GPT-5.6 series, positioned between the flagship Sol tier and the cost-efficient Luna tier. It pairs a 1,050,000-token context window with up to 128,000 output tokens per response, at $2.95 per 1M input and $17.72 per 1M output tokens through YepAPI.

Through YepAPI you call GPT-5.6 Terra on an OpenAI-compatible endpoint with a single key — the same key that reaches GPT-6, Claude, Gemini, Grok and the SEO, SERP and scraping APIs. Input: text, images, files.

What is GPT-5.6 Terra?

GPT-5.6 Terra is the balanced model in OpenAI's GPT-5.6 series, positioned between the flagship Sol tier and the cost-efficient Luna tier. It is suited for everyday coding, reasoning and agentic tasks, with a 1,050,000-token context window and up to 128,000 output tokens. A GPT-5.6 Terra Pro variant runs it in a higher-effort reasoning mode. It accepts text, images, files as input, handles up to 1,050,000 tokens of context and returns up to 128,000 output tokens per call.

Build with GPT-5.6 Terra via YepAPI

YepAPI serves GPT-5.6 Terra on the OpenAI-compatible /v1/ai/chat endpoint. Point your base URL at YepAPI, add your key, and set the model string to gpt-5.6-terra (or the full openai/gpt-5.6-terra). Function calling, structured outputs and reasoning settings pass straight through, and switching to any other model on the platform is a one-string change per request.

GPT-5.6 Terra API pricing — $2.95 / 1M input, $17.72 / 1M output

GPT-5.6 Terra costs $2.95 per 1M input tokens and $17.72 per 1M output tokens through YepAPI, pay per token with no minimums. Failed calls are never charged, and every request is itemised in your dashboard API Logs so you can see exactly what a 128,000-token response cost.

GPT-5.6 Terra use cases

Terra is the everyday GPT-5.6: general coding assistants, document analysis, and agents that need solid reasoning without flagship pricing.

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What developers say

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“One API key for AI models, SERP data, and web scraping. Saved us from managing 4 separate providers.”
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“The $5 free credit let us prototype our entire rank tracking feature before committing. No other API does that.”
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Frequently asked questions

GPT-5.6 Terra costs $2.95 per 1M input tokens and $17.72 per 1M output tokens through YepAPI, billed per request with no monthly fee. For example, a chat reply (1K input + 500 output tokens) costs about $0.012.

Sign up at yepapi.com (Google or email, about 30 seconds), open the dashboard and create an API key. The same key works for GPT-5.6 Terra and every other model — no separate OpenAI account or waitlist.

Use "openai/gpt-5.6-terra" as the model on /v1/ai/chat. The short alias "gpt-5.6-terra" also works.

Yes. Point the OpenAI SDK at https://api.yepapi.com/v1/ai with your YepAPI key and set model to "openai/gpt-5.6-terra". Streaming works the same way, so existing OpenAI code only needs the base URL and key changed.

GPT-5.6 Terra supports a 1.1M token context window with up to 128K output tokens per request.