Claude or OpenAI subscriptions

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Hi @AlexG ,

Here are some related posts for your reference:

I don't get it.. What is advantage to paying Cursor AI vs using a ChatGPT 4 key?

If the API key costs <= for your usage, feel free to use that Often people choose to subscribe to pro because it’s a cheaper (we have bulk OpenAI pricing) + there are some features we can only support on pro because they use custom models (faster diffs, Copilot++)

Using Cursor Pro vs own API Keys

Hi cursor community, I wanted to start a conversation around when it makes sense to get a Pro subscription vs using my own API keys. I understand that there are many kinds of usage scenarios and so the best answer will depend on that but was hoping we could still have a productive conversation on this. Is Pro ever more cost-effective than using API keys? Can people share how much API requests usually cost them? Say for Sonnet-3.5. If I’m understanding correctly the only way to get Copilot++ i…

You can add your API Keys in:

Cursor Settings > Models

Currently there are these API fields:

• OpenAI API Key
• Anthropic API Key
• Google API Key
• Azure API Key

And in case it is of interest, this post contains a screenshot of what I see when logged in at https://www.cursor.com/settings as a Pro user:

Optional usage-based pricing information

Just sharing in case anyone didn’t know this feature existed. I just came across it myself now. Go to https://www.cursor.com/settings to enable optional usage-based pricing. The settings page includes pricing information and also links to: https://docs.cursor.com/get-started/usage#optional-usage-based-pricing https://www.cursor.com/pricing-history It is all communicated quite well . Screenshot below is of the relevant settings. [cursor_usage_based_pricing]