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Amazon Bedrock announces up to 80% lower prices for OpenAI GPT-5.6 models

Amazon Bedrock reduces prices for OpenAI GPT-5.6 Luna and Terra models by up to 80%, enabling customers to apply their capabilities across more applications and process larger workloads

Following OpenAI's price reductions for GPT-5.6 Luna and Terra, Amazon Bedrock has also lowered on-demand inference prices for these models. Effective July 30, 2026, prices for GPT-5.6 Luna on Amazon Bedrock will be reduced by 80%, while prices for GPT-5.6 Terra will be reduced by 20%. These reductions align with OpenAI's first-party pricing changes for these models. GPT-5.6 Luna is optimized for fast, high-volume workloads and can use tools to complete multi-step workflows, making it well suited for content processing, classification, customer-service automation, and routine implementation tasks. GPT-5.6 Terra balances intelligence, speed, and cost for everyday production workloads requiring more sophisticated reasoning. These price reductions enable customers to apply their capabilities across more applications, process larger workloads, and lower the cost per completed task. Pricing for GPT-5.6 Sol remains unchanged. The new prices apply automatically, with no changes required from customers. GPT-5.6 Luna and Terra are available in US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), and US West (Oregon) through the OpenAI Responses API on the bedrock-mantle endpoint. For more information, see the Amazon Bedrock OpenAI model documentation. Visit the Amazon Bedrock pricing page for the latest pricing information for GPT-5.6 models on Amazon Bedrock.

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