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Amazon Bedrock announces reduced pricing for OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol

Amazon Bedrock lowers prices for OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol by 20% for input and 33.3% for output, effective until at least November 21, 2026

Today, OpenAI lowered GPT-5.6 Sol API prices to $4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output tokens, a 20% input and 33.3% output reduction. This promotional pricing is valid until at least November 21, 2026, making scaling experiments, autonomous coding agents, complex multi-step analysis, and advanced research workflows easier. GPT-5.6 Sol delivers state-of-the-art results on agent coding benchmarks and becomes more accessible for heavy sustained workloads. Check AWS region pages for availability and Amazon Bedrock documentation for details and pricing.

Why it matters

This update impacts users engaged in AI development and advanced data processing. The lower pricing makes large-scale projects and experiments more feasible.

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