Batch API
An API pattern that allows multiple AI inference requests to be packaged and processed as asynchronous batch tasks. Compared with real-time calls, this approach typically reduces costs by more than 50%.
Timeline (last 90 days)
Some vendors offer discounted prices for batch requests (Batch API).
OpenAI's Batch API and similar services from other providers charge about half the synchronous price, at the cost of a completion window of up to one day.
OpenAI API historical updates include new model versions (such as the gpt-4o series), expanded context windows, support for Structured Outputs, and the launch of the Batch API.
OpenAI has launched differentiated capabilities such as Batch API and Fine-tuning, which currently cannot be transparently forwarded through a third-party routing layer.
The Batch API allows large numbers of requests to be submitted asynchronously in exchange for a price discount of typically around 50%, making it suitable for offline tasks that do not require real-time responses.
OpenAI introduced the Batch API in 2024, offering a 50% price discount.
Many cloud inference platforms support batch inference (Batch API), which can reduce the cost of a single call by more than 50%.
All Facts (7)
Some vendors offer discounted prices for batch requests (Batch API).
50%UnverifiedOpenAI's Batch API and similar services from other providers charge about half the synchronous price, at the cost of a completion window of up to one day.
50%UnverifiedOpenAI API historical updates include new model versions (such as the gpt-4o series), expanded context windows, support for Structured Outputs, and the launch of the Batch API.
50%UnverifiedOpenAI has launched differentiated capabilities such as Batch API and Fine-tuning, which currently cannot be transparently forwarded through a third-party routing layer.
50%UnverifiedThe Batch API allows large numbers of requests to be submitted asynchronously in exchange for a price discount of typically around 50%, making it suitable for offline tasks that do not require real-time responses.
50%UnverifiedOpenAI introduced the Batch API in 2024, offering a 50% price discount.
50%UnverifiedMany cloud inference platforms support batch inference (Batch API), which can reduce the cost of a single call by more than 50%.
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