OpenAI API

To get started, you need to create an account on the OpenAI developer platform. Once you log in, look for the API keys section in your account settings. There, you can click a button to create a new secret key. You will need to copy this key and keep it safe, as it acts like a secure password that lets your software connect to OpenAI.

Unlike a standard ChatGPT Plus subscription that charges a flat monthly fee, the API uses a pay-as-you-go system. You only pay for what you actually use. The cost depends on which AI model you choose and how much text you process. The most powerful and smartest models cost a bit more, while the smaller, faster ones are highly affordable.

OpenAI does not charge by the exact word. Instead, they use pieces of words called tokens. You can think of a token as a small chunk of text. A short, simple word might be one token, while a longer word could be split into two or three. As a rough guide, one hundred tokens equal about seventy-five words. You pay for both the tokens you send to the AI as a prompt and the tokens it generates as an answer.

Yes. When you use the API to build your own tools, OpenAI keeps your information private. By default, the text, documents, and data you send through the API are not used to train or improve OpenAI's public models. This makes it a safe option if you are handling sensitive information for a business or a personal project.