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Usually no - it's often better to get API access and install a custom frontend (lots of examples on GitHub - hosted or self hosted web apps, Signal/Whatsapp/Discord integrations, command line tools, ...). You'll pay for what you use - I typically pay $5-$10 per month, and that's with some code that uses GPT from Python scripts and generates most of the cost.

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We share the account and split the cost. I have shared the account with like 10 people. Yes, you can see what other people write, but that is fine for us.

Is there some near realtime cost viewer there if you have used this already. I'm pretty sure I can hit the 50 messages per 3-4 hours limit.

Yes, there's a cost dashboard, and as far as I can tell it is near real time. There are also cost limits, both configurable by you and enforced by the platform (since they sell this service on monthly credit - you pay at the end of the month). BTW, you also get access to other OpenAI API endpoints, like Whisper transcription or Dall-e.

That seems useful. Thank you.

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