# API usage limit,whats problem

**URL:** <https://community.openai.com/t/api-usage-limit-whats-problem/102854>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [March 16, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/api-usage-limit-whats-problem/102854 "2023-03-16T18:41:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![wswwqwswwq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/977dab/32.png) [@wswwqwswwq](https://community.openai.com/u/wswwqwswwq)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/api-usage-limit-whats-problem/102854/1 "2023-03-16T18:41:03Z")

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I am a user of OpenAI API and I have encountered an issue that I need your help with.

I have upgraded my account to the Plus plan, but I noticed that my API usage limit is still 5 dollars instead of 4,000 API calls per month. I have checked my account settings and made sure that my payment information and subscription plan are all correct.

I would like to know what could be causing this issue and how to resolve it. If you could provide any help or advice, I would greatly appreciate it.

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**Author:** ![sps](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/sps/32/7736_2.png) [@sps](https://community.openai.com/u/sps)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/api-usage-limit-whats-problem/102854/2 "2023-03-16T18:46:21Z")

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IIRC plus is only for chatGPT not the API, for API you have to set up a payment method on the [billing page](https://platform.openai.com/account/billing/overview)

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**Author:** ![wswwqwswwq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/977dab/32.png) [@wswwqwswwq](https://community.openai.com/u/wswwqwswwq)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/api-usage-limit-whats-problem/102854/3 "2023-03-20T17:26:42Z")

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i cant open the website [chat.openai.com/chat](http://chat.openai.com/chat)

在 2023年3月17日星期五，Sukhman Preet Singh Jawa via OpenAI API Community Forum \<[notifications@openai1.discoursemail.com](mailto:notifications@openai1.discoursemail.com)\> 写道：

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**Author:** ![sps](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/sps/32/7736_2.png) [@sps](https://community.openai.com/u/sps)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/api-usage-limit-whats-problem/102854/4 "2023-03-20T18:21:08Z")

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This might be why you can’t.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/3X/5/a/5aedca263acb786c97822b3c9b8cb1e76255e3f2.png)

Please search before you post or check on [status.openai.com](http://status.openai.com), you can even subscribe for sms alerts for any outage there.