[image] junmagic.ai: Just signed up yesterday. Got 18 before? Yes, it is not only $5. It used to be $18, our internal data showed that people were able to make ~750 API calls with the $5 which was enough to get a feel for how to use the API (which is the whole goal of free trial c… Answer from logankilpatrick on community.openai.com
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Reddit
reddit.com › r › JanitorAI_Official › comments › 18o0fz3 › did_openai_stop_doing_free_trials
[Mature Content] r/JanitorAI_Official on Reddit: Did OpenAI stop doing free trials?
March 15, 2023 - the same thing happened to me and ... ... Actually reached out to openai support and said they no longer offer free trial credits or tokens to new developers or new sign ups...
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reddit.com › r/openai › free trial usage - credit granted enough for useful testing?
r/OpenAI on Reddit: Free Trial Usage - Credit Granted enough for useful testing?
October 15, 2020 -

I am new to this whole AI world and have luckily been given beta access. Just want to find out how much can be done with the $18 credit which comes to around 300000 tokens or +/-225000 words for Davinci.

Are you finding it sufficient for your needs or have you finished your credit before the expiration of your beta period.

Is Davinci really neccessary or can Curie accomplish similar results where Curie would also give me 10x the tokens.

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OpenAI Help Center
help.openai.com › en › articles › 8381046-free-trial-invites-faq
ChatGPT Promotional Subscriptions/Free Trial Invites FAQ | OpenAI Help Center
These links can be shared with new users or users on ChatGPT free plans so that they can activate the free trial for a given account type (for example, ChatGPT Plus). Eligibility to send invites is determined by OpenAI for each campaign. If you’re eligible, you’ll see invite options in email or within the product.
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Reddit
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Open Ai- No more free trial credits for free api :,) : r/Chub_AI
December 15, 2023 - Doubt it, they don't have a point to continue giving away free credits. People has been abusing the system, making them only lose money. Besides, all mention of a free trial has been erased from OpenAI's documentation.
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Merlio
merlio.app › blog › how-to-get-openai-free-trial
How to Get a Free Trial of OpenAI: A Comprehensive Guide
January 22, 2025 - Whether you're a developer, researcher, ... and even canceling it if needed. OpenAI provides new users with free credits—typically $5 to $18—to explore its advanced AI models like ChatGPT....
Find elsewhere
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OpenAI Developer Community
community.openai.com › api
How can I get Free Trial Credits? - Page 2 - API - OpenAI Developer Community
April 4, 2023 - When reading at the pricing section on OpenAI: Pricing It says “Start experimenting with $18 in free credit that can be used during your first 3 months.”, but I haven’t received anything What do I need to do to get my …
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OpenAI Developer Community
community.openai.com › t › didn-t-receive-any-free-trial-credits › 693150
Didn’t receive any free trial credits? - Community - OpenAI Developer Community
March 21, 2024 - Hello. I’ve been trying to make an account to try the API since I knew OpenAI had a free trial, and went for it. But somehow every time I created a new account (which I created like 4 more to see if it would be fixed but it didn’t) it always shows “$0.00/$5.00 limit” but no credits granted.
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OpenAI Developer Community
community.openai.com › api
Free Trial Base models - API - OpenAI Developer Community
October 6, 2022 - Hello everyone ! Which model is used in the free version ? ° Ada ° Babbage ° Curie ° Davinci and same questions for Dall°E 2 :grinning: Thank you everyone for your answer
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Reddit
reddit.com › r/openai › free trial method is stupid.
r/OpenAI on Reddit: Free Trial method is stupid.
October 6, 2021 -

Little rant or maybe I'm missing something?
Why is the free api trial timebased?

Registered in December but never used the api.

Now for the first time I want to play around and the trial is over without using it even once.

Looks a little bit stupid to me. Why not usage based?

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OpenAI Developer Community
community.openai.com › api
Want to ask some questions about Free trial usage - API - OpenAI Developer Community
January 23, 2023 - Hello dear developer, I just registered my chatgpt account yesterday. I saw that the previous publicity and my friend’s account will give a free trial of $18 api, but the free trial in my account is 0. I really want to experience this feature, can you give my account a free trial credit of $18?
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Anakin
anakin.ai › blog › how-to-get-a-free-trial-of-openai-a-comprehensive-guide
How to Get a Free Trial of OpenAI: A Comprehensive Guide
July 12, 2024 - Getting started with OpenAI is now more accessible than ever with their free trial offer. This guide will walk you through the process of obtaining a free trial of OpenAI, what's included in it, how long it lasts, and even how to cancel it if needed.
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Reddit
reddit.com › r/janitorai_official › openai free trial:
r/JanitorAI_Official on Reddit: OpenAI free trial:
November 18, 2021 -

Hi everyone! A few minutes ago I was wondering how to find exactly how much you have left on your $5 free trial, and I just figured out how. If you login on the OpenAI website, click on the menu, and navigate to Account -> Usage, there is information on how much you have left on your trial.

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Reddit
reddit.com › r/chatgpt › how to best use the free trial usage for api before it expires
r/ChatGPT on Reddit: How to best use the free trial usage for API before it expires
March 31, 2023 -

Ok, a serious question and a bit of a rant.

I’ve tried ChatGPT since December, at 1st I had silly conversations and tried to see how I can best use it to improve some areas of my life. Never really tried to Jailbreak it or use it for wacky things (not that's anything wrong with it). So far it has helped me draft some emails, write cover letters, design a somewhat decent workout program, brainstorm ideas for language learning and self-improvement, and lately, I’ve been using it to help me do things from work in much less time.

A couple of weeks ago I looked into my account and noticed that I’ve not used the free credit for the API so I started to explore different ways how I can use it. I’ve been overwhelmed by the number of creative things people use the API, and other models, training them to fit what use cases they want, etc. So far, I’m just halfway through the creation of a basic python assistant with OpenAI API integration.

In the past, I tried to learn how to program with some YouTube vids and TOP, but life got in the way (moving to another country). Now, I have a little bit more time to pick programming back, but I feel like I’ll never catch up with how fast, intense, and interesting all the new developments in AI and applications with LLM are coming up, week after week. It’s non-stop, it's here to stay, and I feel I'm falling behind from something really big and impactful. I just don't want to stay AI-illiterate, I guess.

So, if you had, say, 3 days or a week to spend all your free credit API, HOW would you do it? WHAT could you build in 1 or 2 days?

TLDR: find out free OpenAI API credit usage expires soon. What basic, interesting, and useful things you could use it for ASAP? Don’t want to miss this incredibly powerful tool. Thanks!

P.S. Not that I'm not willing to pay to use the API, I just want some ideas for basic, casual uses for my own interests.

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Reddit
reddit.com › r/openai › chatgpt premium for students shady practice
r/OpenAI on Reddit: ChatGPT Premium For Students Shady Practice
June 9, 2025 -

I got the ChatGPT premium 2 month trial for students, and thought that it auto canceled, but I misread. I was charged $20 two days ago, and have now canceled the subscription for the future months, but I want to get my money back. Since OpenAI doesn't have a support system despite it being valued at $300 billion dollars, how can I get my money back?

OpenAI didn't even send me an email to the account I signed up with regarding the upcoming billing cycle... this seems fishy and I think is a shady business practice.