o4 Mini Deep Research

openai/o4-mini-deep-research

o4-mini-deep-research is OpenAI's faster, more affordable deep research model—ideal for tackling complex, multi-step research tasks. Note: This model always uses the 'web_search' tool which adds additional cost.

Input

$2.6 / 1M tokens

Output

$10.4 / 1M tokens

Context

200K tokens

Capabilities

✓ Streaming✓ Tool / function calling✓ JSON / structured output✓ Vision (image input)

Call this model

Pass openai/o4-mini-deep-research as the model. Change only the base URL from your existing OpenAI SDK setup.

quickstart.sh

curl https://modeldatabase.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MDB_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "openai/o4-mini-deep-research",
    "messages": [{"role":"user","content":"Hello!"}]
  }'

Prices are final — the routing margin is already included. See the full pricing table or the API docs.