# OpenAI API Tiers: Build, Launch, Grow, $500 Top Tier

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## Article Metadata
- Title: OpenAI API Tiers: Build, Launch, Grow, $500 Top Tier
- Summary: OpenAI cut its API usage tiers from five to three. Grow now needs $500 in purchases, not $1,000, for a $200,000 monthly limit. Old vs new table.
- Published: Oct 6, 2026, 10:34 PM EDT
- Updated: Oct 6, 2026, 10:34 PM EDT
- Category: Research
- Primary topic: Ai Api Pricing
- Authors: Alex Kim
- Read time: 5 min
- Language: en_US
- Publication time zone: America/New_York (U.S. Eastern Time)
- Access: Free to read

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