"message": "Billing hard limit has been reached",

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Free Tier: Error code: 429 : You exceeded your current quota

It seems there might be a bit of confusion regarding the service. The API operates strictly on a pay-per-use basis, without a free trial, free requests, or free credits. To use the API, you’ll need to purchase account credits upfront. You can review your plan and billing details to get a better understanding of your usage and costs. I hope this clarifies things! If you have any more questions, feel free to ask. Best regards!

Exceeded quota on new dev account/project?

There is no functional “free tier” any more, as OpenAI is no longer granting $5 in trial credits to new accounts. Instead, you must fund the account with a prepayment to use API services. Then you also will be granted access to GPT-4 and higher limits beyond what an account that was only using free credits of the past. You will need to create your first API key and perform any phone validation required. You can see your actual credit balance ($0.00) and add a payment method here: https://plat…