I just want to ask about the usage limit, do I have to wait a while to get more uses or am I just forced to buy?
#usage limit question
odd mantle
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Hi @odd mantle. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave:
OpenAI has a tiered usage system for its API. As your usage and spend on the API increases, you are automatically graduated to the next usage tier, which usually results in an increase in rate limits across most models. Here are the tiers:
- Free: User must be in an allowed geography, $100 / month
- Tier 1: $5 paid, $100 / month
- Tier 2: $50 paid and 7+ days since first successful payment, $500 / month
- Tier 3: $100 paid and 7+ days since first successful payment, $1,000 / month
- Tier 4: $250 paid and 14+ days since first successful payment, $5,000 / month
- Tier 5: $1,000 paid and 30+ days since first successful payment, $50,000 / month
You can view the rate and usage limits for your organization under the limits section of your account settings. If you're looking to increase your usage limit beyond your existing tier, you can review your Usage Limits page for information on advancing to the next tier. If your needs exceed what's available in the 'Increasing your limits' tier or you have a unique use case, you can submit a request for a higher limit.
Please note that there is no free use of the API. To make use of the API for programmatic model access, you’ll need to be able to pay for the usage by purchasing an account credit first. The program to give free trial credits has been discontinued.
For ChatGPT Plus users, as of May 13th 2024, you will be able to send 80 messages every 3 hours on GPT-4o. and 40 messages every 3 hours on GPT-4. The message cap for a user in a ChatGPT Team workspace is approximately twice that of ChatGPT Plus. Unused messages do not accumulate.
Sources:
- Rate limits (https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/rate-limits)
- How do I get more tokens or increase my monthly usage limits? (https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6643435-how-do-i-get-more-tokens-or-increase-my-monthly-usage-limits)
- You've reached your usage limit (https://community.openai.com/t/742881)
- Are there any usage limits applied on my account? (https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6950777-what-is-chatgpt-plus#h_d78bb59065)
- How to move up in Usage Tiers (https://community.openai.com/t/677788)
- Production best practices (https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/production-best-practices)