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3 weeks ago - Hi guys! I have 10$ grant in API. But my balance is now -0.01$. How to switch to credit grant usage. Liek it says available and says 10$ but I can’t switch to using it. Can anyone help

March 24, 2025 - However, using these advanced AI models comes at a cost—especially for organizations relying heavily on API calls. To make AI more accessible, OpenAI has launched a free token program, allowing organizations to receive up to 11 million free tokens per day for sharing their prompts and completions. This guide dives deep into OpenAI's free API credit program, explaining:

These credits are provided to help new users familiarize themselves with the platform and test its capabilities before committing to a paid plan. Paid Credits: After using up your free credits, you can purchase additional credits. OpenAI provides different pricing plans based on your usage needs. You can buy credits on a pay-as-you-go basis or opt for a subscription plan that includes a certain number of credits per month. Promotions and Grants: Occasionally, OpenAI runs promotions or offers grants that provide free credits to users, particularly for research, educational purposes, or non-profit projects.

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March 21, 2024 - Two days ago I received an email that my API access will be cutoff next week if I don’t purchase pre-paid credits. I currently have a significant amount in credit grants, can those be used? As you can imagine I do not want to purchase credits, until I’ve used up my free credits. Has anyone ...

Credits are valid for a period of 12 months and they can be applied towards any of our publicly available models. Please note that applications are reviewed once every 3 months (in March, June, September, and December).

Once you generate your API key, you'll input the character string OpenAI provides to grant your applications access. Then, your application can interact with OpenAI and use your pre-purchased credits to tap into the platform’s capabilities.

January 22, 2024 - I know OpenAI wants me to refer billing questions to its documentation, but for the life of me I cannot understand what this means (see screenshot). I’ve either spent $21 or $1.30. Which is it? The past two months appare…

December 3, 2023 - I have seen tuitorials and other discussions talking about some initial free credits on generating the secret key but I have not recieved anything and keep on getting the error:

If you want to request an additional grant, you can submit a new application through the portal and include details about the progress in your research. You can learn more about our rate limits and submit a request for a rate-limit increase here.

OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity. In service of that mission, we sometimes provide grants (in the form of monetary compensation or API credits, depending on the program) to support strategic initiatives and research.

October 7, 2023 - I am a third-year Computer Science Engineering student, currently working on a project for my portfolio, which requires API calls from OpenAI. Unfortunately, I have not used my free credits, and they have now expired bac…

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