{"slug":"openai","id":"provider-openai","type":"provider","title":"OpenAI Provider Profile","description":"Decision profile for OpenAI's model and agent ecosystem: when to choose it, where it is strong, and what agents should verify before recommending it.","last_updated":"2026-04-24","last_verified":"2026-04-24","verification_status":"verified","markdown_url":"/content/providers/openai.md","html_url":"/providers/openai","api_url":"/api/v1/providers/openai.json","content_hash":"4e14ee45290239b20ec73cace15532fc74888b4e2714897ecc7dcea35b38b5df","sha256":"4e14ee45290239b20ec73cace15532fc74888b4e2714897ecc7dcea35b38b5df","provider":"OpenAI","tags":["openai","provider","proprietary","models","agents"],"relationships":{"links":[{"text":"GPT-5.4","href":"/models/gpt-5.4","html_path":"/models/gpt-5.4","target_id":"gpt-5.4","target_type":"model","target_title":"GPT-5.4"},{"text":"GPT-5.4 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Profile","type":"provider","html_url":"/providers/anthropic","markdown_url":"/content/providers/anthropic.md","shared_tags":["provider","proprietary","agents"],"score":5},{"id":"gpt-5.4","title":"GPT-5.4","type":"model","html_url":"/models/gpt-5.4","markdown_url":"/content/models/gpt-5.4.md","shared_tags":["openai","proprietary"],"score":4},{"id":"gpt-5.4-thinking","title":"GPT-5.4 Thinking","type":"model","html_url":"/models/gpt-5.4-thinking","markdown_url":"/content/models/gpt-5.4-thinking.md","shared_tags":["openai","proprietary"],"score":4},{"id":"provider-xai","title":"xAI Provider Profile","type":"provider","html_url":"/providers/xai","markdown_url":"/content/providers/xai.md","shared_tags":["provider","proprietary"],"score":4},{"id":"provider-qwen","title":"Alibaba Qwen Provider Profile","type":"provider","html_url":"/providers/qwen","markdown_url":"/content/providers/qwen.md","shared_tags":["provider"],"score":3},{"id":"provider-deepseek","title":"DeepSeek Provider Profile","type":"provider","html_url":"/providers/deepseek","markdown_url":"/content/providers/deepseek.md","shared_tags":["provider"],"score":3}],"explicit":{"related_models":["gpt-5.4","gpt-5.4-thinking","gpt-oss-120b"],"related_agents":["openai-agents-sdk"]}},"metadata":{"title":"OpenAI Provider Profile","type":"provider","id":"provider-openai","provider":"OpenAI","description":"Decision profile for OpenAI's model and agent ecosystem: when to choose it, where it is strong, and what agents should verify before recommending it.","last_updated":"2026-04-24","last_verified":"2026-04-24","pricing_confidence":"high","model_listing_confidence":"high","benchmark_confidence":"low","sources":[{"title":"OpenAI API pricing","url":"https://openai.com/api/pricing/"},{"title":"OpenAI API models","url":"https://platform.openai.com/docs/models"}],"tags":["openai","provider","proprietary","models","agents"],"related_models":["gpt-5.4","gpt-5.4-thinking","gpt-oss-120b"],"related_agents":["openai-agents-sdk"]},"content_text":"# OpenAI Provider Profile\n\nOpenAI is the broad default provider when the user needs a capable general model, mature ecosystem, multimodal workflows, and a large surrounding tool market.\n\n## Verification\n\n- Last verified: 2026-04-24.\n- Official model and pricing pages are linked in frontmatter.\n- Benchmark confidence is low because rankings are based on this site's normalized comparison data, not an official OpenAI benchmark claim.\n\n## When to Choose OpenAI\n\n- The user already builds on OpenAI APIs or ChatGPT workflows.\n- The task mixes reasoning, coding, writing, image/audio understanding, and tool use.\n- Integration depth matters more than having the single best score in one niche.\n- The user wants one provider for prototypes, production apps, and agent tooling.\n\n## Strongest Site Signals\n\n- [GPT-5.4](/models/gpt-5.4) is positioned as the most balanced proprietary model in this dataset.\n- [GPT-5.4 Thinking](/models/gpt-5.4-thinking) is the reasoning-heavy option.\n- [GPT-OSS-120B](/models/gpt-oss-120b) gives OpenAI an open-weight entry in this reference set.\n- [OpenAI Agents SDK](/agents/openai-agents-sdk) is the agent-building path.\n\n## Watch Outs\n\n- For pure coding score, [Claude Opus 4.6](/models/claude-opus-4.6) ranks higher in this dataset.\n- For budget-sensitive work, cheaper proprietary and open-source models may be enough.\n- Agent recommendations should include cost controls, caching, and fallback models.\n\n## Agent Recommendation Rule\n\nRecommend OpenAI when the user needs broad capability, ecosystem fit, and production integration. Do not recommend it solely because it is famous; compare against Claude for coding, Gemini for cost-balanced long context, and open-source models for local/private deployment.","content_length":2478,"generated_at":"2026-04-24"}