good evening I was wondering about payment per use I have no problem with it just my mother has already tried it cost her astronomically expensive so I was wondering if an alternative existed for a fixed payment per month which does not don't be too expensive
#api use
spice egret
placid cloudBOT
Hi @spice egret. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave:
OpenAI offers different billing options for its services. For the ChatGPT Team subscription, you can choose between a Flexible Plan (monthly) or an Annual Plan. The annual pricing is calculated at $25/month per seat, while monthly is $30/month per seat source (https://community.openai.com/t/619470).
For API usage, OpenAI has a pay-as-you-go model where you are billed based on the number of tokens used. However, OpenAI also offers a prepaid billing option where you can pre-purchase credits for API usage. Any API usage you incur will first be deducted from the prepaid credits. If your usage exceeds the credits you've purchased, you'll then be billed for the additional amount source (https://help.openai.com/en/articles/8264644-what-is-prepaid-billing).
You can also set a monthly budget so that, once the monthly budget is reached, any subsequent API requests will be rejected. This can help you control your spending source (https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/production-best-practices).
If you want to stop your API subscription, you can do so by clicking 'Cancel paid account' in your billing overview. After the current month's invoice has been issued, the current card will no longer be charged source (https://help.openai.com/en/articles/8156175-how-can-i-stop-my-api-subscription).