How to get a paid plan? All options are missing

I need an openAI key for dbeaver. I have a chatgpt account, and created a key. When I use this key in dbeaver, I get the error message “you exeeded your current quota”.

According to chat GPT, I should have the option “billing” or “my plan” or similar under settings under the profile pic, but I have nothing like this.

Also, here: https://platform.openai.com/api-keys nor here: https://platform.openai.com/api-keys are any options to create, view or update plan.

How do I get a paid plan?

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Hi, welcome to the community!

Having a ChatGPT account does not mean you can use the OpenAI API key.

ChatGPT (chatgpt.com) and OpenAI’s API platform (platform.openai.com) are two separate systems. Creating an account or API key from ChatGPT is not possible. If ChatGPT creates an API key, it is just hypothetical fake key to show you how API key looks.

You Need To Do:
1. Go to: https://platform.openai.com/signup
2. Sign up or log in (you can use the same email as ChatGPT or different).
3. Once logged in, click your profile icon (top right).
4. Go to Billing https://platform.openai.com/settings/organization/billing/payment-methods, and add a payment method, then add creedit.
5. Then go to https://platform.openai.com/api-keys and create an API key. Copy it because after closing window you cannot see whole key for security purpose.

This Error:

“You exceeded your current quota”

This means your account has no credits to use the API. If you haven’t added a payment method or been granted credits, the key will not work.

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