cocodot
← Back to guides
Local card declined, direct access hard? cocodot does both
GPT-5.6Updated 2026-08

GPT-5.6 API: Sol vs Terra vs Luna — Pricing and How to Choose (2026)

GPT-5.6 ships as three tiers. All at 90% of list on cocodot, metered, Alipay or card. Real prices, the surprising Sol-vs-5.5 comparison, and a tiering strategy that halves bills.

TL;DR: GPT-5.6 is a family of three tiers: **Sol** (flagship reasoning/code/research), **Terra** (balanced daily driver), **Luna** (high-throughput, low-latency, cheapest). cocodot serves all three at **90% of list**: Sol $3.6/$18 per M tokens (inputs >272K: $7.2/$27), Terra $1.8/$10.8, **Luna $0.18/$1.08 — the cheapest GPT on the menu**. One fact worth knowing: after OpenAI's Aug-25 price cut, **Sol's output price is below last-gen GPT-5.5** ($18 vs $27) — the newer flagship is the cheaper one. Tier your workload: Luna for volume chores, Terra for everyday work, Sol for the hard 20%. Same key, switch by model name.

One generation, three compute tiers

GPT-5.6 is a family, not a single model. Sol targets the hardest reasoning, coding and research work; Terra balances capability and cost for everyday use; Luna is built for speed and volume. All three carry 1050K context and tool calling. The right question is not which is strongest — it is which tasks deserve which tier's price.

The counterintuitive fact: the new flagship is cheaper

After OpenAI's Aug 25 repricing, Sol lists at $4/$20 and cocodot serves it at $3.6/$18 — output at two-thirds of last-gen GPT-5.5's $27. Unless you need version pinning, switching mog-6 to mog-8-s is free money. 5.5 stays available; no forced migration.

Luna, the underrated volume engine

At $0.18 per million input tokens, Luna is the cheapest GPT here. Batch content processing, classification, summarization, support bots, the chore nodes of an agent graph. The $0.5 signup credit runs roughly 1.2M tokens of mixed traffic on Luna — enough to trial your whole pipeline before paying.

Two-minute setup

OpenAI-compatible: base_url https://cocodot.co/api/ai/v1, model mog-8-s / mog-8-t / mog-8-l (official names auto-route). Alipay or card, metered, no monthly fee. Long-context tiers are fully listed above — no hidden surcharge past 272K.

GPT-5.6 tiers + GPT-5.5 on cocodot (USD per M tokens, 90% of list)

ModelIDIn / OutRole
GPT-5.6 Solmog-8-s$3.6 / $18 (>272K: $7.2/$27)Flagship: reasoning, code, research
GPT-5.6 Terramog-8-t$1.8 / $10.8 (>272K: $3.6/$16.2)Balanced daily driver
GPT-5.6 Lunamog-8-l$0.18 / $1.08 (>272K: $0.36/$1.62)Volume: high-frequency, cost-sensitive
GPT-5.5mog-6$4.5 / $27 (>272K: $9/$40.5)Previous flagship, still available

FAQ

Real models or clones?

Official relay via licensed cloud vendors. Verify with our open-source checker: probe.cocodot.co — including against us.

What's missing versus OpenAI direct?

Honestly: prompt-cache hits are inconsistent here — budget repeated long prompts at full input rate. Plain text/code calls are indistinguishable.

Do prices track official?

Anchored at 90% of list; when OpenAI moves, we move (we matched the Aug-25 cut same day). Live prices at /pricing.

About cocodot

cocodot is a payment and AI access service for developers and cross-border teams in mainland China. It provides US-BIN virtual cards issued by a licensed institution — used to pay for overseas subscriptions and ad accounts — and an OpenAI-compatible AI API gateway for calling Claude, GPT and Gemini from within mainland China. Both share one wallet, funded by Alipay and accounted in USD. Card: $9.9 to open, 3% to load, 0% on spend, $1 per active card per month.

Service scope, pricing and limits →
GPT-5.6 API: Sol vs Terra vs Luna — Pricing and How to Choose (2026) · cocodot