Token Tiers

Swell AI offers content writing with two of Open AI's flagship models; GPT 3.5 and GPT 4.

Model	Description	Token Tier
GPT 4	Most powerful model, highest quality.	Tier 1
GPT 3.5	Lower quality, faster response.	Tier 2

Note that the more powerful, GPT 4 model are on a different Token Tier than it's counterpart, GPT 3.5.

Tier 2 (GPT 3.5) Tokens are free and unlimited for all accounts.

Tier 1 (GPT 4) Tokens cost $0.05/1k tokens. Accounts are invoiced for their Tier 1 usage at the end of each month. You may view your usage in your account's Usage page.

Every account, including the free tier, has 100k free Tier 1 Tokens a month. If on a paid plan, your first 100k tokens will be waived on your invoice.

Depending on your subscription, your Account's Tier 1 Tokens usage is limited monthly. Reach out to support if you need to increase your monthly limit. Depending on your requirements and payment history we will most likely increase your limit.

What are tokens

Tokens are common sequences of characters found in a set of text. A helpful rule of thumb is that one token generally corresponds to ~4 characters of text for common English text. This translates to roughly ¾ of a word (so 100k tokens ~= 75k words).

Output tokens are three times the cost of input tokens. For example, if a transcript & prompt total to 2k tokens and Swell writes 1k tokens, 2k input tokens and 1k output tokens are used.

The pricing breakdown for this is:

2k + (1k * 3) = 5k Tier 1 Tokens
5k Tier 1 Tokens * $0.05/1k tokens = $0.25

Provide your own Open AI API Key

We offer the option to provide your own Open AI API Key which when used we will not charge for any Tier 1 tokens (as the charges will accrue on your Open AI account). Your usage will still be available in your account's Usage page to confirm accurate usage.

Reach out to support with your API key if this is of interest.

Please note that using your own API Key might run into API rate-limit failures if your Open AI account is not at a sufficient tier.

Updated on: 01/18/2024