OpenAI launches API credits benefit for eligible ChatGPT subscriptions, mirroring Anthropic
Original title: API credits benefit for eligible ChatGPT subscriptions
OpenAI has launched a benefit mirroring Anthropic's: subscribers on $100, $200, or $500 plans now receive an equal amount of API credits to apply to one of their API organizations. The author, who subscribes to both companies, says the credits are already covered by existing subscriptions and may ship some public-facing demos.
Why it mattersThe post compares OpenAI's new API credits benefit with Anthropic's equivalent offer, showing readers how subscriptions and API credits are now tied together.
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29th October 2026 - Link Blog
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.
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