When to Use OpenAI
Good fit if you need
- ✓ Best-in-class LLM capabilities (GPT-4+)
- ✓ Broadest ecosystem and tooling support
- ✓ Need vision, audio, and embeddings in one API
Not the best choice if
- ✗ Cost-sensitive inference — DeepSeek is 10-50x cheaper
- ✗ Need on-premise deployment — use Ollama or vLLM
- ✗ Data privacy concerns — consider Anthropic or self-hosted
Consider instead: anthropic, google-gemini-api
Migration Guide
Difficulty: low
Data you can export: Через API
API standard: OpenAI-compatible = де-факто стандарт
💡 Standard protocols make switching straightforward
Lock-in Assessment
Low Lock-in 1/5
Lock-in Score 1
Low-Medium — стандартный Chat Completions API (де-факто стандарт, many providers compatible)
Data Portability: Через API
API Compatibility: OpenAI-compatible = де-факто стандарт
Pricing
OpenAI Pricing
- Pricing Model
- hybrid
- Free Tier
- Yes
- Free Tier Limits
- ChatGPT free
- Entry Price
- $20/мес (Plus), API pay-per-token
- Enterprise Available
- Yes
- Billing Complexity
- Medium
- Transparency Score
- 4/5
Scale
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