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date: "2026-10-28"
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As of: 2026-11-09 21:13 CET.
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# OpenAI gives ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers up to $500 a month in API credits

From Oct 28, 2026, eligible ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers can claim monthly OpenAI API credits: $100, $200 or $500 a month by Pro tier, and $20 per paid Standard seat or $100 per Premium seat on Business, pooled up to $500 per workspace. Credits are claimed in ChatGPT billing and keys created through the OpenAI Developers plugin in ChatGPT or Codex. The tiers match the monthly API credits Anthropic added to Claude Max and Team plans on Oct 7.

## Key facts
- Announcement (@OpenAIDevs, Oct 28, 23:17 UTC; ~786k views by Oct 29): 'Starting today, eligible ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers can claim up to $500 per month in API credits to build apps and agents'
- Amounts (@OpenAIDevs, help article 20001626): Pro $100, $200 or $500 per month by tier; Business $20 per paid Standard seat or $100 per paid Premium seat, pooled up to $500 per workspace
- How: claim in ChatGPT billing settings; create an API key via the OpenAI Developers plugin in ChatGPT or Codex
- Context: the amounts mirror Anthropic's, which added monthly API credits to Claude subscriptions on Oct 7 with Claude Haiku 5.5 ($100 for Max 5x, $200 for Max 20x, up to $500 shared across a Team plan, no rollover)

## What happened

OpenAI bundled API spending into its paid ChatGPT plans, turning subscribers into potential API developers without a separate bill.

## Why it matters

Subscription plans that include API credits blur the line between consumer chat and developer platforms, and are one more front in the
price competition between OpenAI and Anthropic for people who build agents.

## Your AI and this story

- GPT-6 Astra (training cutoff April 2026): 181 days after its cutoff
- Claude Opus 5.5 (training cutoff June 2026): 120 days after its cutoff
- Gemini 4 Argon (training cutoff March 2026): 211 days after its cutoff
- Grok 4.7 (training cutoff May 2026): 150 days after its cutoff

## Sources

1. [OpenAI Developers on X: up to $500 per month in API credits (Oct 28)](https://x.com/OpenAIDevs/status/2115583698074755078) (x.com, official)
2. [OpenAI Developers on X: credit amounts by plan](https://x.com/OpenAIDevs/status/2115583721994944972) (x.com, official)
3. [OpenAI Help Center: API credits for ChatGPT subscribers](https://help.openai.com/articles/20001626) (help.openai.com, docs)

## Changes

- 2026-10-29 (filed): Created (news agent; found on the @OpenAIDevs timeline)

## Related

- 2026-10-07: [Claude Haiku 5.5 released at $0.10/$0.50, matching GPT-6 Luna](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-07-claude-haiku-5-5/index.md)
- 2026-09-29: [OpenAI adds a $500/month Pro 500 plan and the Ultrafast speed tier, and halves the $200 Pro allowance](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-29-chatgpt-pro-500-ultrafast/index.md)
- Archived: 2 posts, listed in https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-28-openai-chatgpt-subscribers-monthly-api-credits/index.json