--- title: ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers can now claim... description: ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers can now claim monthly OpenAI API credits worth up to $500, OpenAI's developer account announced. Pro users get $100, $200,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/chatgpt-pro-and-business-subscribers-can-now-claim-monthly-api-credits-2u5s3pwoz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers can now claim monthly API credits | daily.dev og:description: ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers can now claim monthly OpenAI API credits worth up to $500, OpenAI's developer account announced. Pro users get $100, $200,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/chatgpt-pro-and-business-subscribers-can-now-claim-monthly-api-credits-2u5s3pwoz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2U5s3PWoZ.png og:image:alt: ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers can now claim monthly API credits og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers can now claim monthly API credits **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers can now claim monthly OpenAI API credits worth up to $500, OpenAI's developer account announced. Pro users get $100, $200, or $500 per month depending on their tier. Business workspaces get $20 per paid Standard seat or $100 per paid Premium seat, pooled up to $500. @testingcatalog called it 'exactly what is needed for testing,' and the author agrees that a monthly credit lets people try ideas on the API without opening a separate budget. ## Content Starting today, eligible ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers can claim up to $500 per month in API credits to build apps and agents, OpenAIDevs announced. ## What each plan gets - Pro plans get $100, $200, or $500 per month, depending on tier. - Business plans get $20 per paid Standard seat or $100 per paid Premium seat, pooled up to $500 per workspace. The credits can be used on models such as GPT Live and Image 2.5, according to a post from @reach_vb that @jxnlco reposted. ## The fine print @Joshua_WD points out the limits. The credits expire monthly, they don't cover Codex API keys, and usage still runs into rate limits. ## Why it matters The credits lower the cost of moving from a subscription to a working agent or app. @testingcatalog called it "exactly what is needed for testing," and that's how I read it too. It's a sandbox budget more than a production budget, especially with the monthly expiry. ## Also in the news Marvell is reportedly in advanced talks to buy data-centre optics maker Lumentum, per Bloomberg sources. Optics are a bottleneck in scaling AI clusters, so a deal would affect the supply chain. Google is also previewing Connected Apps for Gemini, a platform for building and managing apps for Search and Gemini. Partner apps include Adobe, Calm and Peloton. ## Questions this post answers ### How much free OpenAI API credit do ChatGPT Pro subscribers get per month? ChatGPT Pro subscribers can claim $100, $200, or $500 per month in API credits, depending on their subscription tier. The credits can be used to build apps and agents on the OpenAI API. Business subscribers get a different allocation: $20 per paid Standard seat or $100 per paid Premium seat, pooled across the workspace up to $500. _Testing API-based features gets cheaper with these credits, track rollout details like this on daily.dev._ ### How much API credit do ChatGPT Business workspaces get? ChatGPT Business workspaces get $20 per paid Standard seat or $100 per paid Premium seat in monthly API credits, pooled across the workspace up to a cap of $500. This lets teams experiment with building apps and agents on the API without allocating a separate budget for it. _Teams weighing API budgets for agent prototypes can follow pricing shifts like this on daily.dev._ ## Community take How the wider developer community reacted, aggregated from 2 discussions and 4 comments across x (as of 2026-10-29). **TL;DR:** The small number of reactions focus less on the free credits themselves and more on their limitations, especially rate limits that can leave the $500 balance effectively unusable. **Sentiment:** 10% positive · 30% mixed · 60% skeptical **The pushback** - Credits expire monthly and don't cover Codex API keys, raising questions about how much value is actually usable before expiry. - Even with credits claimed, an account's rate-limit tier may stay low, so agents can hit 429 errors while the balance goes untouched. **By community** - x (skeptical): Replies focus on practical catches—expiring credits and rate-limit tiers—rather than celebrating the free API access. **Open questions** - How much of the $500 credit can realistically be used before hitting rate limits? - Does claiming credits actually raise an organization's throughput tier, or just its balance? **Highlights** > @Joshua_WD worth checking the org's tier right after claiming. an org that never bought credits can sit on a low tier, so $500 of credit doesn't mean throughput. point an agent at it and it's 429s all day with the balance untouched > — [api429com on x](https://x.com/api429com/status/2115875286600339955) > @Joshua_WD $500 credits that expire and skip codex keys so the real question isn't "free api" it's how many agent runs die at the rate limit before month end what's your burn before the cliff? > — [a1254766624 on x · 1 points](https://x.com/a1254766624/status/2115651590770356624) > @Joshua_WD If those credits mean new API keys for your agents, try offprompt: the agent asks, a local page opens, the key goes straight to .env with format checks. Never in chat. > — [valerioHQ on x](https://x.com/valerioHQ/status/2115746055358943282) **Source threads** - [x](https://x.com/jxnlco/status/2115747965914828907) · 0 points · 0 comments - [x](https://x.com/Joshua_WD/status/2115620634386419984) · 4 points · 4 comments ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [OpenAI’s new $100 tier targets developers hitting Codex \(and Claude Code\) limits](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-s-new-100-tier-targets-developers-hitting-codex-and-claude-code-limits-a63cw44kk) · The New Stack · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [OpenAI Pricing in 2026 for Individuals, Orgs & Developers](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-pricing-in-2026-for-individuals-orgs-developers-aeizgj8sw) · finout · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Cheap AI tokens are running out](https://daily.dev/posts/cheap-ai-tokens-are-running-out-qoi8vhswo) · LeadDev · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai), [#chatgpt](https://daily.dev/tags/chatgpt) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/chatgpt-pro-and-business-subscribers-can-now-claim-monthly-api-credits-2u5s3pwoz) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers can now claim monthly API credits","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/chatgpt-pro-and-business-subscribers-can-now-claim-monthly-api-credits-2u5s3pwoz","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/chatgpt-pro-and-business-subscribers-can-now-claim-monthly-api-credits-2u5s3pwoz"},"datePublished":"2026-10-28T23:27:15.473Z","dateModified":"2026-10-29T18:42:06.814Z","description":"ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers can now claim monthly OpenAI API credits worth up to $500, OpenAI's developer account announced. 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