LLM subscriptions vs. APIs value for money

I’ve wondered about this—whether it’s more expensive to use OpenAI’s API or ChatGPT. Turns out ChatGPT is cheaper by far; its $20/mo cost gives you $14,000 worth of model usage! That’s wild. I’m definitely not surprised that the API is more expensive—it’s a B2B product whereas ChatGPT is B2C—but I wasn’t expecting it to be 700 times more expensive.

Mar 5, 2025 · No comments yet