Marcel45659Q: Clarification regarding Plan 3 limits and OpenAI API key
Hello,
I am interested in Tier 3, but I would like to clarify two points:
Message Limit: Does Plan 3 provide 30,000 messages per month included in the lifetime deal?
API Key (BYOK): Is it mandatory to use my own OpenAI API key to use these messages, or is the AI cost covered by the plan as long as I stay within the 30,000 limit?
Thank you for your help!
tinytalk
Mar 14, 2026A: Hi,
Thank you for reaching out.
Message limit: When using Plan 3, your account is provided with a capacity of 30,000 message processing allowance per month. This does not include any AI usage. This limit is in place to prevent abuse and allow fair usage of our platform because we will have to process those messages, and pay for network, storage, bandwidth and maintenance costs besides other things..
API Key (BYOK): Yes, it is mandatory when using an AppSumo plan to bring your own API Key. Due to life time deal nature of these plans, we simply cannot finance any AI usage you might incur. By bringing your own API Key, you control your costs as you wish by using the right models that fits best for your use cases.
Feel free to check out our documentation here: https://tinytalk.ai/docs
Hope this helps.
All the best,
Oscar