ChatGPT monitoring cost calculator
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Enter how many prompts you want to track in ChatGPT only, and Leadee works out how many AI answers that is per month and which plan covers it — using the same formula as the general Pricing Plan Calculator, with the engine fixed to OpenAI's web_search API and this page's own published per-call cost for that API.
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Leadee is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by OpenAI. “ChatGPT”, “GPTBot” and the other names on this page are OpenAI's own, used only to describe what this tool measures.
What this works out
- How many AI answers your prompt count and frequency add up to per month, for ChatGPT only
- Which Leadee plan's prompt limit covers that volume
- What Leadee itself pays OpenAI's web_search API per call to run each check
Example result
Starter · $29/mo
- 25 prompts, weekly ~ 100 ChatGPT answers / month
- Recommended plan: Starter — $29/mo
- OpenAI web_search API: $0.01/call + tokens
How to read your result
The plan recommendation uses the same formula and list prices as the general calculator. The API cost line is separate and published for transparency: it is what Leadee pays OpenAI per web_search call, not what you pay Leadee — your plan price already covers it.
Limitations
The OpenAI API cost cited here (tracker/prices.json, retrieved 2026-11-01) is the $0.01-per-call web_search fee plus tokens at whichever OpenAI model answers; Leadee's own measured average across a first production run (job ldee-trk3, 2026-10-23) was about $0.087 per real call with the default gpt-5 model — real cost varies with the model configured and the length of the search response. This is Leadee's own cost of goods, published for transparency; it never changes your plan's list price.
What to do with your result
- Enter how many prompts you want to track and how often per week.
- Read the ChatGPT-only answers-per-month total and the recommended plan.
- Compare it against the published OpenAI API cost per call, if you are evaluating building this yourself.
- Create a free account on the recommended plan to start tracking.
Questions
Is this tool affiliated with or endorsed by OpenAI?
No. Leadee is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by OpenAI. The cost figures cited are Leadee's own measured and published API cost of goods for calling OpenAI's public API.
What does Leadee actually pay OpenAI to check one prompt in ChatGPT?
OpenAI's web_search API bills $10 per 1,000 web_search_call items ($0.01 each) plus tokens at whichever model answers (gpt-5: $1.25 / $10 per 1M input/output tokens) — source: platform.openai.com/docs/pricing, retrieved 2026-11-01. Leadee's own measured average across a first production run was about $0.087 per real call, roughly 8x the per-call fee alone once typical token usage (~31k input / ~3.8k output tokens) is counted.
Is this a different calculator from the general Pricing Plan Calculator?
No — same plan-fit formula, same list prices; this page fixes the engine to ChatGPT (OpenAI's web_search API) only and adds the published per-call API cost for readers specifically evaluating ChatGPT monitoring.
Does my plan price change based on this API cost?
No — Leadee's plan prices are fixed list prices regardless of the underlying API cost; this figure is published for transparency about what Leadee itself pays, not passed through as a variable charge.
Can GEO guarantee results?
No. AI answer engines change their output frequently, and no vendor — including Leadee — can guarantee a ranking or a mention. Leadee publishes confidence intervals on every metric so you can see how much a result can vary run to run.
How does Leadee measure AI visibility?
Leadee runs your prompt set against each AI engine on a weekly to daily schedule, depending on plan, through official vendor APIs (OpenAI, Gemini, Perplexity, Anthropic, DataForSEO) — never by scraping consumer chat interfaces — and reports mention rate, citation rate, average position, share of voice and sentiment with a 95% confidence interval.
Who do I talk to?
Email [email protected] or use Talk to an expert at https://leadee.ai/contact-sales — the Netbase JSC team behind Leadee replies by email or WhatsApp — or WhatsApp the CEO directly at https://wa.me/84937869689.
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