#Startup api credits?
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When you create an OpenAI account, you are granted API credits. These credits are shared with ChatGPT and are used to pay for the usage of OpenAI's APIs. However, these credits expire after a certain period, and once they are used up, you will need to purchase additional credits to continue using the APIs. You can check your credit balance and purchase additional credits through the billing portal (https://platform.openai.com/account/billing) in your account settings.
Please note that the API usage is charged by the amount of data used - the tokens sent and received by queries to the AI models. OpenAI can charge high-volume companies $20 per hour. Access to purchase GPT-4 services and use higher rate limits is only enabled after purchasing additional account credits.
Also, it's important to note that the ChatGPT Plus subscription, which costs $20 per month, does not include any API credits. The API is a separate paid service billed by the amount of AI model data used.
For more details, you can refer to the following sources:
- Forum Post: Cant access GPT-4 API on Anaconda > Official Answer (https://community.openai.com/t/358679)
- Forum Post: Isn't premium account enough to access API > Official Answer (https://community.openai.com/t/511597)
- Help Article > En > Articles Part 1 (https://help.openai.com/en/articles/8264644-what-is-prepaid-billing)
- Help Article > En > Articles Part 2 (https://help.openai.com/en/articles/8264644-what-is-prepaid-billing)
- Forum Post: Getting openai.RateLimitError: Error code: 429 error without exceeding limit > Official Answer (https://community.openai.com/t/566696)