ChatGPT Pro now includes API credits that don't roll over.
OpenAI is letting eligible ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers claim free API credits to build apps and agents.
How much:
- Pro: $100, $200 or $500 a month, matching your Pro tier
- Business: $20 per paid Standard seat and $100 per Premium seat, capped at $500 a month per workspace on monthly billing
- Plus, Enterprise, Edu and free trials don't qualify
Before you claim:
- The paid subscription must be at least 7 days old
- Use the same email for ChatGPT and the API, and own both the subscription and the API organisation
- One subscription links to one API organisation, so pick it carefully
- The first grant is prorated and unused credits expire each billing cycle
- It doesn't raise your ChatGPT or Codex limits
You claim once (on Pro, in ChatGPT under Settings, then Billing) and new credits arrive at each renewal.
Since they reset every cycle, I think they suit steady work like evals or a scheduled agent better than saving up for one big build. With no paid balance behind them, requests fail with a 429 once they run out.
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OpenAIAPI credits for ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers
Up to $500 a month in OpenAI API credits: $100, $200 or $500 on Pro tiers, $20 per Business Standard seat and $100 per Business Premium seat (Business capped at $500 per workspace per month)
OpenAI makes the GPT models and the OpenAI API. Eligible ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers can link their subscription to an API organization and get up to $500 a month in free API credits that renew each billing cycle.
LiveVerified Oct 30, 2026 against the official page
- Who qualifies
- Owners of an active, paid ChatGPT Pro or Business subscription at least seven days old who also own the linked API organization with the same email; free trials and complimentary subscriptions don't qualify
- How to claim
- In ChatGPT open Settings, then Billing (or the Business admin billing settings), or in the API Platform open Billing, and link the subscription to an API organization you own
- Expiry
- ongoing
Heads up. Needs a paid ChatGPT Pro or Business plan at least seven days old. Credits expire at the end of each billing cycle and don't roll over; the first grant is prorated. Business credits are capped at $500 per workspace per month. Codex usage through API keys isn't covered, and the credits don't raise ChatGPT or Codex limits.
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Added Oct 29, 2026 · Updated Oct 30, 2026, 08:58 UTC
