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2 weeks ago - Unlimited GPT‑5.2 messages, with generous access to GPT‑5.2 Thinking, and access to GPT‑5.2 Pro—plus the flexibility to add credits as needed · 60+ apps that bring your tools and data into ChatGPT—like Slack, Google Drive, SharePoint, GitHub, Atlassian, and more
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GPT-5 Reduces the Need to Choose Models in ChatGPT - Article Comments - TidBITS Talk
Originally published at: GPT-5 ... about GPT-5: In general, AIs that “think” before answering (called Reasoners) are the best at hard problems. The longer they think, the better the answer, but thinking costs money and takes time. So OpenAI previously made the default ChatGPT use fast, ... More on talk.tidbits.com
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Which AI coding tool gives the most GPT-5 access for the cost? $200/month ChatGPT Pro is too steep
Windsurf is the best deal IMO. Doesn't charge by tokens like Cursor, just one credit at a time. GPT-5 makes lots of tool calls/takes a long time, so it's really good ROI. More on reddit.com
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Chat GPT 5 was not for use, it was to get rid of free users all along.
Also I seem to hit the free plan limit way faster than before. More on reddit.com
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Chat GPT 3.5 Turbo cost less to run than the free LLAMA 2???

All cloud providers are charging you more then openAI is being charged for the same GPUs by a long shot. Microsoft has been subsidizing OpenAI’s computational needs heavily

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OpenAI
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Pricing | OpenAI
No, OpenAI APIs are billed separately from ChatGPT Plus, Business, Enterprise and Edu. ChatGPT subscription pricing can be found at ... Images are converted into tokens and charged per token. Text models price image tokens at standard text token rates, while GPT Image and gpt-realtime uses a separate image token rate.
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TidBITS
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GPT-5 Reduces the Need to Choose Models in ChatGPT - Article Comments - TidBITS Talk
August 11, 2025 - Originally published at: GPT-5 ... about GPT-5: In general, AIs that “think” before answering (called Reasoners) are the best at hard problems. The longer they think, the better the answer, but thinking costs money and takes time. So OpenAI previously made the default ChatGPT use fast, ...
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TechCrunch
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OpenAI priced GPT-5 so low, it may spark a price war | TechCrunch
August 8, 2025 - The top-level GPT-5 API costs $1.25 per 1 million tokens of input, and $10 per 1 million tokens for output (plus $0.125 per 1 million tokens for cached input). This pricing mirrors Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro basic subscription, which is also ...
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Washington Post
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GPT-5 releases for ChatGPT. Here are the biggest changes from OpenAI. - The Washington Post
August 8, 2025 - ChatGPT maker OpenAI released GPT-5 Thursday, an upgrade to its AI technology that is free for all users, although a paid subscription is needed for unlimited use.
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BleepingComputer
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ChatGPT's new subscription costs less than $5, but it's not for everyone
August 12, 2025 - OpenAI has begun updating its pricing page to include a new plan called 'ChatGPT Go.' It costs 399 INR (Indian Rupee) or roughly $4.55, but there’s a catch. The GPT Go plan will be limited to certain regions, likely developing countries like India.
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OpenAI
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ChatGPT Pricing | OpenAI
2 weeks ago - The free version of ChatGPT is available to everyone. Paid plans (Plus, Business, and Enterprise) are priced per user per month.
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KnowTechie
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Curious About GPT-5 Pricing? Here's What You Need to Know
August 8, 2025 - Quick Answer: GPT-5: Free limited access via ChatGPT. More usage: $20/month Plus or $200/month Pro. API: $1.25/million input tokens, $10/million output tokens. Cheaper options: GPT-5-mini and GPT-5-nano at lower rates.
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Tom's Guide
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What is ChatGPT-5? — new features, how to use it, plans, pricing and more | Tom's Guide
August 15, 2025 - Because of this, the initial rollout of ChatGPT hasn’t been without drama — OpenAI reversed course on some controversial decisions, including removing GPT-4o. Here’s everything you need to know about GPT-5 right now: what’s new, how to use it and how much it costs.
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Live Chat AI
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Free GPT-5 Pricing Calculator – Compare GPT-5, Mini & Nano
Set max_output_tokens to match the deliverable. If you want bullet points, you probably don’t need 3,000 tokens back. Because GPT-5 output costs $10 / 1M, trimming even a few thousand tokens in aggregate can move the needle.
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Arsturn
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GPT-5 Pricing Paradox: Why Cheaper Models Can Cost More
Matt Shumer, the CEO of OthersideAI, put it perfectly: “GPT-5 is cheaper than GPT-4o, which is fantastic. Intelligence per dollar continues to increase.” · This aggressive pricing is a deliberate move. OpenAI is basically throwing down the gauntlet, pressuring Google & Anthropic to follow suit. For developers & startups, this is AMAZING news. Lower API costs mean more room for experimentation, faster innovation, & the ability to build and deploy AI-powered tools without breaking the bank.
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WIRED
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OpenAI Finally Launched GPT-5. Here's Everything You Need to Know | WIRED
August 7, 2025 - Most users will no longer need ... the developer launch blog, GPT-5 will cost developers using the API $1.25/1M to input tokens and $10/1M to output tokens....
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Simon Willison
simonwillison.net › 2025 › Aug › 7 › gpt-5
GPT-5: Key characteristics, pricing and model card
August 7, 2025 - GPT-5 is priced at half the input cost of GPT-4o, and maintains the same price for output. Those invisible reasoning tokens count as output tokens so you can expect most prompts to use more output tokens than their GPT-4o equivalent (unless ...
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ZDNET
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What is OpenAI's GPT-5? Here's everything you need to know about the company's latest model | ZDNET
August 12, 2025 - However, for most consumers, what ... and GPT-5 Pro is only available to ChatGPT Pro subscribers, which comes at the hefty $200 per month cost....
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r/ChatGPTCoding on Reddit: Which AI coding tool gives the most GPT-5 access for the cost? $200/month ChatGPT Pro is too steep
September 22, 2025 -

Now that GPT-5 is officially out (released August 2025), I'm trying to figure out the most cost-effective way to get maximum access to it for coding. The $200/month ChatGPT Pro with unlimited GPT-5 is way over my budget.

What are you guys using?

Current options I'm comparing:

Windsurf ($15/month Pro): Has high

  • 500 credits/month (≈$20 value)

  • Explicitly offers GPT-5 Low, Medium, AND High reasoning levels

  • GPT-5 Low = 0.5 credits per request

  • Free tier: 25 credits/month + unlimited SWE-1

GitHub Copilot ($10/month Pro): Doesn't say so probably not high

  • GPT-5 mini included unlimited

  • Full GPT-5 available but uses "premium requests" (300/month included)

  • Doesn't specifically mention "GPT-5 High" - appears to be standard GPT-5

  • Can add more premium requests at $0.04 each

Cursor:

  • Uses API pricing for GPT-5 (promotional pricing ended)

  • Pro plan (~$20 monthly usage budget)

  • No clear mention of GPT-5 High vs standard - seems to use OpenAI's standard API models

  • Charges at OpenAI API rates ($1.25/1M input, $10/1M output tokens)

OpenAI Codex CLI:

  • Uses GPT-5-Codex (specialized version of GPT-5 for coding)

  • Available via ChatGPT Plus ($20/month) or Pro ($200/month) subscriptions

  • Can work via terminal, IDE integration, or web interface

  • Question: Does this make the other tools redundant?

Questions for those using these:

  1. GPT-5 High access: Can anyone confirm if GitHub Copilot or Cursor actually give you access to the high-reasoning version, or just standard GPT-5?

  2. Real-world Windsurf usage: How many GPT-5 High requests can you actually make with 500 credits on Windsurf Pro?

  3. Codex CLI vs third-party tools: Is there any advantage to using Cursor/Windsurf/Copilot if you can just use Codex CLI directly? Do the integrations matter that much?

  4. Quality difference: For those who've used both, is GPT-5 High noticeably better than standard GPT-5 for complex coding tasks?

  5. Hidden costs: Any gotchas with these credit/token systems?

From what I can tell, Windsurf might be the only one explicitly offering GPT-5 High reasoning, but I'd love confirmation from actual users. Also curious if Codex CLI makes these other options unnecessary?

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Microsoft Azure
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Azure OpenAI Service - Pricing | Microsoft Azure
The GPT-5.1 series is built to respond faster to users in a variety of situations with adaptive reasoning, improving latency and cost efficiency across the series by varying thinking time more significantly.
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Clarifai
clarifai.com › home › gpt-5 vs other models: features, pricing & use cases
GPT-5 vs Other Models: Features, Pricing & Use Cases
October 17, 2025 - When it comes to input costs, GPT-5 is less expensive than GPT-4o. ChatGPT Pro subscribers can only get the high reasoning version, GPT-5 Pro, for $200 a month.
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OpenAI
platform.openai.com › docs › pricing
Pricing | OpenAI API
October 7, 2025 - Web search: There are two components that contribute to the cost of using the web search tool: (1) tool calls and (2) search content tokens. Tool calls are billed per 1000 calls, according to the tool version and model type.