OpenAI Costs: How to Set Spending Limits and Avoid Big Bills
OpenAI API costs can spike sharply if an AI agent falls into an infinite loop or fires off too many requests in a row. The settings at platform.openai.com offer two levels of protection: a Soft limit, which sends an email notification as you approach a threshold, and a Hard limit, which blocks the API outright once the set amount is reached. The recommendation is to set a Hard limit before the agent's first autonomous run.
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OpenAI costs can grow out of control when AI agents are running: within hours, they can burn through a month's compute budget. OpenAI gives developers tools to set spending limits and protect against unexpected bills.
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