# Lambda Chat Completions API Cost

## post by Veylon on Nov 13, 2024

How much does the Lambda Chat Completions API cost to use? It cannot be used without a credit card, suggesting that it has a cost, but I cannot determine what that cost is. I’m wary about being charged a potentially unlimited amount when there is no settable limit in the dashboard.

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## post by cody_b on Nov 16, 2024

The API is free to use at the moment but your Cloud account needs to have a card on file. You won’t be billed any amount unless you launch an instance.

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