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OpenAI GPT Model Selection and API Guide

A practical OpenAI GPT guide to model selection, API key management, integration, usage and cost checks, common errors, and ChatGPT subscription differences.

What is OpenAI GPT?

The world's leading large language model series

The LLM That Defined the AI Era

OpenAI GPT is OpenAI's large language model series, from GPT-3 to the latest GPT-5 with thinking built in. ChatGPT has 200M+ global users.

Model Family (2026)

ModelInput/MOutput/MBest For
GPT-5.2$1.75$14.00Latest flagship
GPT-5$1.25$10.00All-round flagship
GPT-5 Mini$0.25$2.00Cost-effective
GPT-5 Nano$0.05$0.40Ultra-low cost
GPT-4o$2.50$10.00Multimodal
GPT-4o-mini$0.15$0.60Light multimodal
o3$10.00$40.00Advanced reasoning
o4-mini$1.10$4.40Light reasoning

Multimodal Capabilities

  • DALL-E 3: Text-to-image & editing
  • Sora: Text/image-to-video
  • Whisper: Speech-to-text (100+ languages)
  • TTS: Text-to-speech (6 voices)
  • GPT-4o Vision: Image understanding

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Usage & API Integration Guide

ChatGPT usage / API development

1

Step 1: Register Account

Sign up at chatgpt.com or platform.openai.com. Google, Apple ID, Microsoft, or email. Free tier includes basic GPT-5 access.

2

Step 2: Choose Plan (ChatGPT)

Free ($0), Go ($8/mo), Plus ($20/mo — reasoning + GPTs + Sora), Pro ($200/mo — unlimited + GPT-5.2 Pro).

3

Step 3: Get API Key (Developers)

Create at platform.openai.com/api-keys. Set billing (prepaid balance or monthly). Set usage limits. Key starts with sk-.

4

Step 4: Install SDK

Python: pip install openai. Node.js: npm install openai. Set OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable.

5

Step 5: Call Chat Completions

POST /v1/chat/completions. Choose model (gpt-5, gpt-4o, o3), set messages, temperature, max_tokens. Supports streaming.

6

Step 6: Advanced Features

Function Calling / Tool Use. Structured Outputs (strict: true). Vision (image input). Batch API (50% off). Prompt Caching (50-90% off).

OpenAI API Code Examples

Copy & paste (source: OpenAI official docs)

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI()  # reads OPENAI_API_KEY

completion = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-5",
    messages=[
        {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant"},
        {"role": "user", "content": "Write a quicksort in Python"}
    ],
    temperature=0.7
)
print(completion.choices[0].message.content)

# Streaming
stream = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-5",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Write an article about AI"}],
    stream=True
)
for chunk in stream:
    if chunk.choices[0].delta.content:
        print(chunk.choices[0].delta.content, end="")

Check Before You Act or Buy

Use the current listing, official documentation and actual account state

Confirm the Service Type

Distinguish a membership, API credits and software access before ordering.

Check Account Eligibility

Review the account region, current plan, sign-in method and applicable restrictions.

Review Current Terms

Confirm price, term, quota, delivery steps and available payment methods on the listing.

Confirm Support Scope

Use the listing, help center and order notes for the current support scope and hours.

Product Interfaces

ChatGPT, DALL-E, API Platform

ChatGPT

ChatGPT

World's most popular AI assistant

ChatGPT
DALL-E

DALL-E 3

Text-to-image generation

DALL-E
API

API Platform

Developer console & docs

API
Code

Code Generation

GPT-5 full-stack code

Code
GPTs

GPTs Store

Custom AI assistants

GPTs
Sora

Sora Video

AI video generation

Sora

Video Tutorials

Learn OpenAI GPT step by step

OpenAI API Complete Tutorial

ChatGPT Power User Tips

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about OpenAI GPT

Yes. Free tier offers limited GPT-5 access, limited image generation. Go ($8/mo), Plus ($20/mo), Pro ($200/mo) offer more features.
GPT-5 has thinking built in, outperforms GPT-4o across math, science, coding. GPT-4o is multimodal (text+image+audio) and still cost-effective.
o3/o4-mini for complex logic: math proofs, scientific analysis, hard coding. Regular chat uses GPT-5. o4-mini is the budget reasoning choice ($1.10/M).
Per-token billing (~750 English words = 1000 tokens). Prices range from GPT-5 Nano $0.05/M to o3 Pro $150/M. Batch API saves 50%, Prompt Caching 50-90%.
Let GPT call external functions/APIs you define. Weather lookups, database queries, order processing. Structured Outputs (strict: true) guarantee output format.
DALL-E 3 via ChatGPT or API (/v1/images/generations). Sora video in Plus (limited) and Pro (expanded). Both require subscription or API credits.
Use smaller models (Nano/Mini) for simple tasks. Batch API for bulk processing (50% off). Prompt Caching for repeated context (50-90% off). Flex processing for lower priority.
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Direct answer

Choose a GPT model according to task quality, latency, context and budget, and verify current model documentation and pricing. A ChatGPT subscription does not include OpenAI API credits.

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