# What is the cost of using assistants

**URL:** <https://community.openai.com/t/what-is-the-cost-of-using-assistants/821696>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [June 15, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/what-is-the-cost-of-using-assistants/821696 "2024-06-15T18:52:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![PaulBellow](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/paulbellow/32/597962_2.png) [@PaulBellow](https://community.openai.com/u/PaulBellow)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/what-is-the-cost-of-using-assistants/821696/2 "2024-06-16T00:11:10Z")

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Heya! Welcome to the OpenAI Dev Community Forum!

Yes, Assistants can get expensive because you do not control what is included in “context”… So, most build out their own RAG system to have more control. It’s more work, but you have more power to get things done and control costs.

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