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title: API credits benefit for eligible ChatGPT subscriptions
link: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/29/api-credits/
source: simonwillison-net
published: 2026-10-29T22:48:29Z
updated: 2026-10-29T22:48:29Z
first_seen: 2026-10-30T00:13:31.528458762Z
labels:
- ai
- anthropic
- generative-ai
- llm-pricing
- llms
- openai
summary: 'API credits benefit for eligible ChatGPT subscriptions Earlier this month Anthropic announced a generous new benefit for their Max and Team subscriptions: $100, $200, and $500 per month subscribers would get the equivalent quantity of (expiring) credits to use with the Anthropic API. OpenAI have now launched pretty much exactly the same deal: if you have a $100, $200, or $500 subscription plan with them you now get that same quantity of credits to apply to one of your API organizations. I maintain subscriptions with both companies, so this is great news for me! I may even ship some public-facing demos now that the credits are already covered by my existing subscriptions. Tags: ai, openai, generative-ai, llms, anthropic, llm-pricing'
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**[API credits benefit for eligible ChatGPT subscriptions](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001626-api-credits-benefit-for-eligible-chatgpt-subscriptions)**. Earlier this month Anthropic [announced a generous new benefit](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/7/claude-haiku-5-5/#api-credits) for their Max and Team subscriptions: $100, $200, and $500 per month subscribers would get the equivalent quantity of (expiring) credits to use with the Anthropic API.

OpenAI have now launched pretty much exactly the same deal: if you have a $100, $200, or $500 subscription plan with them you now get that same quantity of credits to apply to one of your API organizations.

I maintain subscriptions with both companies, so this is great news for me! I may even ship some public-facing demos now that the credits are already covered by my existing subscriptions.