Description

API platform for OpenAI's language, embedding, image, and audio models, with guides and reference docs at platform.openai.com.

AI-native score

How ready this product is for agents to use, on a 0–100 scale across four weighted dimensions. Security is one of them, so a high score is not a substitute for your own security or vendor-risk review. How is this scored?

Research coverage: 46% of the scored decision fields carry a confirmed value. Unresearched fields score zero in the grade above.

Component	Raw	Weight	Contribution
Integration	3/10	35%	10.5
Trust	3/6	30%	15.0
Portability	3/4	20%	15.0
Security	2/4	15%	7.5

Signals that fired

Integration: API spec, OpenAPI / gRPC / GraphQL (+1) ; Command-line interface (+1) ; SDK / developer kit (+1)
Trust: Zero data retention (available, +1) ; Hard budget caps (available, +1) ; Verified trust center (+1)
Portability: Open standards (+1) ; Standard protocol access (+1) ; No proprietary-SDK lock-in (+1)
Security: MFA available (+1) ; Compliance certifications (+1)

Signals not researched

These gaps cover the fields used in the AI-native score.

Integration surfaces: llms.txt, WebMCP, Headless signup, MCP servers, Agent2Agent (A2A) servers, Native connectors, Agent skills
Trust & data policy: No generative AI training, Sandbox environment, Data export, Data import, Documented provider swap, Self-hostable
Security & compliance: Access controls

Trust & data policy

Trust center: Vendor trust center
Multi-factor authentication: Available
Zero data retention: Available
Hard budget caps: Available
Open standards: Yes
Standard protocol access: Yes
No proprietary-SDK lock-in: Yes
Open source: No

Not yet researched No generative AI training, Sandbox environment, Data export, Data import, Documented provider swap, Self-hostable

Security & compliance

Certifications and access controls this product reports on its own pages. We confirm the vendor lists each one; for certifications we don't audit the underlying report. Part of the 15% security score.

A shared trust or security page can support several certifications. We do not require separate public report links because reports may require login, vendor approval, or a nondisclosure agreement. Ask the vendor for reports and applicable coverage before a procurement decision. These listings expose no per-claim check date; the entry's updated date does not date the supporting evidence.

Compliance certifications

CCPA CSA STAR ISO 27001 ISO 27701 PCI-DSS SOC 2

Not yet researched Access controls

What it does

Jobs to be done

Generate text through an LLM API

Generate text responses from prompts through a hosted language model API.

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Integration surfaces

How an agent connects to this product and finds its documentation. The largest dimension of the AI-native score (35%).

API specs

OpenAI API (OpenAPI)
OpenAPI

Command-line interfaces

Codex CLI

Developer kits

openai-python
Languages: Python

Not yet researched llms.txt, WebMCP, Headless signup, MCP servers, Agent2Agent (A2A) servers, Native connectors, Agent skills

Offers

Full pricing page

GPT-6.1 Sol Standard API

Rate	Unit price
GPT-6.1 Sol Standard API	$2 per 1,000,000 input_tokens
GPT-6.1 Sol Standard API	$0.10 per 1,000,000 cached_input_tokens
GPT-6.1 Sol Standard API	$10 per 1,000,000 output_tokens

Billing: Pay As You Go

Standard service tier token pricing. Cache writes have separate rates.

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