ChatGPT Pro Now Offers Monthly API Credits, Up to $500, Reset at Month-End

ChatGPT Pro subscriptions can now claim API credits. The amount depends on the subscription tier: the Pro $100, $200, and $500 plans correspond to $100, $200, and $500 per month respectively. Business is calculated by seat: Standard is $20 per seat, Premium is $100 per seat, with a combined cap of $500 per month.

How to claim:

Open ChatGPT > Settings > Billing
Find the API credits benefit
Select the API organization to link
Click Link & claim

No card needs to be linked on the API side.

Read the rules carefully:

The plan must have been active for at least 7 days
Plus, free trials, and Enterprise are not eligible
The ChatGPT plan and API organization must use the same email
Credits expire at the end of each billing cycle and do not roll over

The original post is from Alvaro Cintas. The video shows the claim pop-up, with the amount matching the subscription tier. For ordinary users, API credits are not the same as ChatGPT chat quota. They are used to call the OpenAI API and are charged based on usage. The credits included with a subscription can be used to try small projects or finally run a script you had put aside.

In the comments, someone reminded that 'use it or lose it' will make the last day of each billing cycle the busiest day for the API. Tinker put it more bluntly: half of Pro users might finally write that script they've been putting off for a long time. Jimmy Otis, meanwhile, worried that chat and Codex will be merged into one pool. This rule is indeed pushing subscribers toward the API side, but resetting to zero monthly also means that claiming credits and not using them is the same as not having them.

Original post link: https://x.com/dr_cintas/status/2116602261686067670