# Using GPT-5 counts towards my monthly overall usage limit?

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/using-gpt-5-counts-towards-my-monthly-overall-usage-limit/127675>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [August 9, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/using-gpt-5-counts-towards-my-monthly-overall-usage-limit/127675 "2025-08-09T08:06:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![valeriuv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e68b1a/32.png) [@valeriuv](https://forum.cursor.com/u/valeriuv)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/using-gpt-5-counts-towards-my-monthly-overall-usage-limit/127675/1 "2025-08-09T08:06:55Z")

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I’ve been using GPT-5 Fast since it launched with Cursor, and until now it hasn’t counted toward my monthly quota. But this morning I noticed the percentage has updated. So is it free or not?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/f/f/ff013d168e02ba470316d7b3d0986ac6fd4c8b16.png)

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**Author:** ![condor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/condor/32/73148_2.png) [@condor](https://forum.cursor.com/u/condor)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/using-gpt-5-counts-towards-my-monthly-overall-usage-limit/127675/3 "2025-08-10T12:41:40Z")

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@valeriuv it is not being charged. We show it as consumption for your reference.