When does GPT-4o shut down?

OpenAI has announced 2026-10-23 as the shutdown date for GPT-4o.

What does GPT-4o cost?

$5.00 per million input tokens and $15.00 per million output tokens, as last verified on 2026-09-10.

What should I use instead of GPT-4o?

OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol — The replacement named on OpenAI's deprecation page, at $4 / $20 against $5 / $15, with a 1.05M-token window. OpenAI GPT-5.6 Terra — Cheaper than the model being retired at $2 / $12, with the same 1.05M-token window and a February 2026 cutoff. Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 — Anthropic's mid tier at $2 / $10 with a 1M-token window, if the forced migration is a chance to compare providers.

Is OpenAI GPT-4o deprecated?

Deprecated

Yes. GPT-4o is deprecated and OpenAI shuts it down on 2026-10-23 — in 32 days.

gpt-4o-2024-05-13 last verified 10 September 2026

Summary

GPT-4o (snapshot 2024-05-13) is deprecated and is retired on 23 October 2026, the nearest shutdown date in this dataset. OpenAI names GPT-5.6 Sol as its replacement. It runs at $5 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens with a 128K-token context window.

OpenAI deprecated this snapshot on 22 April 2026 and set the shutdown for 23 October 2026, as part of a wider batch that also covers gpt-4, gpt-4-turbo, gpt-3.5-turbo, o1 and o3-mini. After that date, requests to this model ID fail.

It accepts text and image input and returns text, with a 128K-token context window, the smallest of any model in this profile set, and an October 2023 knowledge cutoff. The named replacement, GPT-5.6 Sol, costs $4 / $20 and offers a 1.05M-token window.

This is the most urgent migration in the OpenAI catalogue. If you are still calling gpt-4o-2024-05-13, the shutdown is a matter of weeks away, not months.

Modality: Text
Vision
Use case: Chat
Coding
Agents & tool use
Tier: Mid-tier
Access: Hosted API
Fine-tunable

Specifications

Input price: $5.00 / M tokens
Output price: $15.00 / M tokens
Price band: Premium
Context window: 128K tokens
Max output: unknown
Input: Text, image
Output: Text
Knowledge cutoff: October 2023
Tool use: Yes
Structured output: Yes
Weights licence: not published
Model maker: OpenAI

“unknown” means the figure has not been published, or we have not verified it yet — never that the answer is no. “not published” under the weights licence means this model is not offered with downloadable weights. The price band is ours: it bands the blended price (three parts input to one part output) as budget (≤ $0.50), standard (≤ $3), premium (≤ $12) or flagship.

Lifecycle

Released 13 May 2024
Deprecated 22 April 2026
Retired 23 October 2026 in 32 days

Use it for

Keep existing traffic running while you migrate immediately; the shutdown is on 23 October 2026.
Compare output against GPT-5.6 Sol or GPT-5.6 Terra so the switch does not change behaviour you rely on.

Avoid it when

You are starting a new integration; this model is retired on 23 October 2026.
Your prompts depend on facts after October 2023, this model's knowledge cutoff.
Your inputs exceed 128K tokens, which every current OpenAI model handles several times over.

What to use instead of GPT-4o

GPT-5.6 Sol Curated

OpenAI Active

The replacement named on OpenAI's deprecation page, at $4 / $20 against $5 / $15, with a 1.05M-token window.

$4.00 in · $20.00 out / M tokens 1.1M context
GPT-5.6 Terra Curated

OpenAI Active

Cheaper than the model being retired at $2 / $12, with the same 1.05M-token window and a February 2026 cutoff.

$2.00 in · $12.00 out / M tokens 1.1M context
Claude Sonnet 5 Curated

Anthropic Active

Anthropic's mid tier at $2 / $10 with a 1M-token window, if the forced migration is a chance to compare providers.

$2.00 in · $10.00 out / M tokens 1M context
Gemini 2.5 Flash Curated

Google (Gemini) Active

Google's price-performance tier at $0.3 / $2.5, a sixteenth of the input price, with roughly a 1M-token window.

$0.30 in · $2.50 out / M tokens 1M context
Claude Sonnet 4.5 Derived

Amazon Bedrock Active

Alternative from Amazon Bedrock, same tier (mid-tier), similar price; shares chat, coding and agents.

$3.00 in · $15.00 out / M tokens 200K context

Curated suggestions were picked by a reviewer, with the reason written by hand. Derived suggestions are ranked from the data — shared tags, the same tier and a comparable price band — not from benchmark scores. Check the capability fit yourself: we track lifecycle, price and specifications.

Sources

developers.openai.com https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations
developers.openai.com https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-4o
developers.openai.com https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing

Verified against the source on 10 September 2026. Dataset snapshot 10 September 2026. Providers can change a date without notice — the link above is always the final word.

About this profile

The specifications and dates above are facts from OpenAI, with the sources listed. The summary, the use-for and avoid-when lists and the curated alternatives are our assessment: editorial profile reviewed on 21 September 2026 by llm-researcher.

Common questions

Is GPT-4o deprecated?: Yes. GPT-4o is deprecated and OpenAI shuts it down on 2026-10-23 — in 32 days.
When does GPT-4o shut down?: OpenAI has announced 2026-10-23 as the shutdown date for GPT-4o.
What does GPT-4o cost?: $5.00 per million input tokens and $15.00 per million output tokens, as last verified on 2026-09-10.
What should I use instead of GPT-4o?: OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol — The replacement named on OpenAI's deprecation page, at $4 / $20 against $5 / $15, with a 1.05M-token window. OpenAI GPT-5.6 Terra — Cheaper than the model being retired at $2 / $12, with the same 1.05M-token window and a February 2026 cutoff. Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 — Anthropic's mid tier at $2 / $10 with a 1M-token window, if the forced migration is a chance to compare providers.

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