GPT-4o Mini: the cheap model that's quietly deciding your brand's fate
Everyone talks about GPT-4o. Nobody talks about GPT-4o Mini. That's a mistake.
GPT-4o Mini costs 1/30th of GPT-4o's API price. It powers most of ChatGPT's free tier. And it's processing the majority of brand recommendation queries right now.
Why GPT-4o Mini matters more than you think
When someone asks ChatGPT "what's the best CRM for small businesses," there's a good chance GPT-4o Mini is generating that response. OpenAI routes simpler queries to the Mini model to reduce costs.
Here's what I found after testing 300 queries across both models:
| Metric | GPT-4o | GPT-4o Mini | |--------|--------|------
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