Can someone explain why our OpenAI API bill suddenly tripled overnight despite our traffic staying completely flat, and which specific pricing tier or rate limit we accidentally triggered?
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
Can someone explain why our OpenAI API bill suddenly tripled overnight despite our traffic staying completely flat, and which specific pricing tier or rate limit we accidentally triggered?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
OpenAI API pricing official models input output tokens cached input pricing 2026Google ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
OpenAI API usage dashboard cost breakdown model token usage official documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
OpenAI API usage tiers rate limits pricing tier does usage tier change per token price officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (3)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
OpenAI API pricing official models input output tokens cached input pricing 2026 Google ↗
OpenAI API usage dashboard cost breakdown model token usage official documentation Google ↗
OpenAI API usage tiers rate limits pricing tier does usage tier change per token price official Google ↗
- Understanding and counting tokens · help.openai.com
- Pricing · developers.openai.com
- Reviewing API usage and costs · help.openai.com
- Rate limits · developers.openai.com
- OpenAI API Usage Dashboard · platform.openai.com
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OpenAI API pricing official models input output tokens cached input pricing 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
OpenAI API usage dashboard cost breakdown model token usage official documentation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
OpenAI API usage tiers rate limits pricing tier does usage tier change per token price official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 |