{"id":7122,"date":"2026-07-24T00:44:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartsearchwp.com\/docs\/how-much-does-the-openai-api-cost-with-smartsearchwp\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T00:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:56:15","password":"","slug":"how-much-does-the-openai-api-cost-with-smartsearchwp","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.smartsearchwp.com\/en\/docs\/how-much-does-the-openai-api-cost-with-smartsearchwp\/","title":{"rendered":"How much does the OpenAI API cost with SmartSearchWP?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is an FAQ entry for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsearchwp.com\/en\/\">WordPress chatGPT SmartSearchWP plugin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SmartSearchWP uses <strong>your OpenAI API key<\/strong>. You are billed directly by OpenAI based on your usage (selected model, length of questions\/answers, embedding generation for RAG). <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Official pricing:<\/strong> Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/pricing\">openai.com\/pricing<\/a> (GPT models and embeddings). Prices are subject to change\u2014always check the official page. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Orders of magnitude (approximate)<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Chat \/ responses<\/strong> \u2014 typically a few cents to a few euros per hundred conversations, depending on the model (e.g., GPT-4o vs. mini) and the length of the RAG context.<\/li><li><strong>Embeddings (RAG indexing)<\/strong> \u2014 a one-time cost incurred when generating or regenerating embeddings (Contexts). A medium-sized website is often modest in scale compared to a continuous chat system. <\/li><li><strong>No credits included<\/strong> \u2014even with the free version of SmartSearchWP, you pay OpenAI on a pay-as-you-go basis.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Control costs:<\/strong> The <strong>Usage Control<\/strong> premium add-on lets you restrict access (quotas, schedules, roles, pages). The <strong>RAG Auto Sync<\/strong> add-on displays warnings before any automation that uses the API. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsearchwp.com\/en\/docs\/does-the-smartsearchwp-chatbot-require-credits-to-operate-or-is-it-free-to-use\/\">Credits and free version<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an FAQ entry for the WordPress chatGPT SmartSearchWP plugin. SmartSearchWP uses your OpenAI API key. 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