Did you compare the cost of using a GPT plus subscription and use GPT by API?

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Post by 0raymond0 » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 6:38 AM UTC

As a software engineer, mostly time I use Copilot(Chat) in my daily work. It is very convenient because the Copilot chat is integrated with the VSCode. I have been a GPT Plus user for a couple of months, but recently I canceled my subscription because I found my frequency of GPT Plus is reducing. Now there are a lot of open-source GPT clients, I made a client from one of them and deployed it on my server. I think it is enough for me. So I started to use GPT by the ChatGPT API, its advantage is that I’m only charged as I use it. I don’t know if it is a smart choice, but I’d like to hear your opinions. Did you guys compare the cost of using GPT Plus and ChatGPT API? Any suggestions are welcome.

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Post by speedgoose » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 7:35 AM UTC

Yes. ChatGPT plus nicely integrates plugins, voice, image generation, and code execution.

Moreover, 20$ per month isn’t that much and I save time compared to setting up alternative clients.

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Post by Rastonbury » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 7:56 AM UTC

Estimate and frequency and cost of your queries on ChatGPT and see which one is cheaper. Several months ago I checked, if you max out ChatGPT GPT-4 limits, its cheaper than if all those were via API

I'm curious, why are you using ChatGPT in addition to copilot? I am thinking of switching to Copilot, want to know if there are limitations

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Post by franze » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 7:57 AM UTC

Does any of the alternate clients support the Code Executor (the Python Sandbox) of ChatGPT. I use it daily for data tasks.

I would love to skip to an alternate client as some of them have some cool features, but the code executor is a must for me.

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Post by thebeardisred » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 8:03 AM UTC

Porcelain vs plumbing. What problem are you solving for?

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Post by 0raymond0 » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 8:04 AM UTC

Rastonbury wrote: post #3

Estimate and frequency and cost of your queries on ChatGPT and see which one is cheaper. Several months ago I checked, if you max out ChatGPT GPT-4 limits, its cheaper than if all those were via API I'm curious, why are you using ChatGPT in addition to copilot? I am thinking of switching to Copilot, want to know if there are limitations

Because the Copilot Chat is too convenient when you coding. You can talk about any programming questions with it, you can have it to code review your code. I don't want to switch between the VSCode and ChatGPT.

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Post by 0raymond0 » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 8:05 AM UTC

franze wrote: post #4

Does any of the alternate clients support the Code Executor (the Python Sandbox) of ChatGPT. I use it daily for data tasks. I would love to skip to an alternate client as some of them have some cool features, but the code executor is a must for me.

I'm looking for this as well.

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Post by Grimblewald » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 8:12 AM UTC

speedgoose wrote: post #2

Yes. ChatGPT plus nicely integrates plugins, voice, image generation, and code execution. Moreover, 20$ per month isn’t that much and I save time compared to setting up alternative clients.

Fair but my costs range from 5 to 19 dollars per month, and i can d9 a whole lot more with the API

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Post by thesunalsorises » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 8:19 AM UTC

I use ChatGPT as well as mckaywrigley/chatbot-ui with GPT-4, and I rack up $300+ charges every month using my own version of ChatGPT, so it's way more expensive (I do roughly the same number of conversations in each). The only reason why I use it is because I can pump in more context than what ChatGPT allows. But if you're using a cheaper model / lower usage then maybe it'd be less expensive. You could also try Perplexity

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Post by janslota » Fri, Jan 05, 2024, 8:20 AM UTC

franze wrote: post #4

Does any of the alternate clients support the Code Executor (the Python Sandbox) of ChatGPT. I use it daily for data tasks. I would love to skip to an alternate client as some of them have some cool features, but the code executor is a must for me.

A cloud provider called modal.com offers this. Here is a sample implementation on their github https://github.com/modal-labs/devlooper