Getting Started

Using API key or Credits

There're two ways to use ChatKit:

1. Using Your own OpenAI API key
2. Using ChatKit Credits (requires ChatKit License)

Using OpenAI API key

WARNING

Using OpenAI API key does NOT require a ChatGPT Plus subscription, ChatGPT Plus subscription does NOT affect the OpenAI API key usage.

Using OpenAI API key is NOT free, you will follow OpenAI's pricing model. OpenAI is pay as you go, so you only pay for the tokens you use, which is much cheaper than ChatGPT Plus. Here's the detail price for all the models: https://openai.com/pricing

1. Go to OpenAI and create an account
2. Upgrade to a paid plan on OpenAI, because free accounts have usage limits and also rate limits. OpenAI is pay as you go, so you only pay for what you use.
3. Go to OpenAI API and create a new API key.
4. Go to ChatKit and open App Settings (top-right corner) to paste the OpenAI API key (see the video below)

Using ChatKit Credits

1. Go to ChatKit and purcahse a license.
2. After successful payment you will get an email with your license key.
3. Go to ChatKit and click the "Settings" button (top-right corner) to paste the ChatKit license key in the "Account" tab.
4. After that you can buy ChatKit Credits.

WARNING

If you have set an OpenAI API key on ChatKit, you need to remove it first before you can use ChatKit Credits. See more about credits.

Activate your License

You will receive your license key in the email upon successful payment, and you can use it to activate ChatKit: