o3 Deep Research vs o4-mini Deep Research

How o3 Deep Research and o4-mini Deep Research compare on price, context window, capabilities and plan. Use either one in Araveil, or leave it on Auto to get the right one for each message.

  • OpenAI

    o3 Deep Research

    Most powerful deep research with web browsing

    Pro plan requiredDeep research

    Available on the Pro plan.

  • OpenAI

    o4-mini Deep Research

    Faster, more affordable deep research

    Lite plan requiredDeep research

    Available on the Lite and Pro plans.

Key differences

  • o4-mini Deep Research is 5x cheaper on input: $2 vs $10 per 1M tokens for o3 Deep Research.
  • o4-mini Deep Research is 5x cheaper on output: $8 vs $40 per 1M tokens for o3 Deep Research.
  • Both read up to 200K tokens at once.
  • o3 Deep Research is on the Pro plan, while o4-mini Deep Research is on the Lite and Pro plans.

Side by side

Prices are each provider’s list price.

o3 Deep Research and o4-mini Deep Research side by side
o3 Deep Researcho4-mini Deep Research
ProviderOpenAIOpenAI
TypeDeep researchDeep research
PlanProLite
Input price$10 per 1M tokens$2 per 1M tokens
Output price$40 per 1M tokens$8 per 1M tokens
Reads up to200K tokens200K tokens
Writes up to100K tokens100K tokens
SpeedPowerfulPowerful
Vision
Web search
Functions

Which should you use?

Choose o3 Deep Research for

  • Deep research
  • Multi-step analysis
  • Web browsing

Choose o4-mini Deep Research for

  • Research
  • Analysis
  • Budget deep research

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