Not able to use API credits

[rajesh-jat]

I’ve received credits of worth $500 but still cant use them. These credits were offered by OpenAI for research purpose but while making the API requests, it throws error as

{
“error”: {
“message”: “You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details. For more information on this error, read the docs: https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/error-codes/api-errors.”,
“type”: “insufficient_quota”,
“param”: null,
“code”: “insufficient_quota”
}
}

[supershaneski]

looking at your usage page, what happens if you increase your limit to $500?

[rajesh-jat]

Since i am on free plan, cant change. (These Credits are provided as research grant )

It gives warning as: “You must be on a paid plan to manage usage limits”