A: Yes, you can use your own ChatGPT-4o API key for both text and images.

The usage shown in Followr reflects your actual consumption, even with your own API keys. Here’s a breakdown of the credit cost by provider and model, which can vary depending on the weight and complexity of the model (larger models use more resources).

AI Text Models – Credit Usage
Model Credits per word
OpenAI GPT-4o mini 1 word credit
OpenAI GPT-4.1 mini (NEW) 1 word credit
OpenAI GPT-4.1 (NEW) 10 word credits
OpenAI GPT-4o 10 word credits
OpenAI o1-mini 10 word credits
DeepSeek Chat 2 word credits
Claude 3 Haiku 1 word credit
Claude 3.5 Haiku 5 word credits
Claude 3.5 Sonnet 10 word credits
Claude 3.7 Sonnet 10 word credits
Gemini 1.5 Flash 1 word credit
Gemini 1.5 Pro 10 word credits

AI Image Models – Credit Usage
Model Credits per image
OpenAI DALL·E 3 1 image credit
Fal Flux.1 Dev 2 image credits
Fal Flux Pro 1.1 5 image credits
Fal Flux Pro 1.1 Ultra 10 image credits
Recraft v3 – Digital (NEW) 3 image credits
Ideogram 2.0 Turbo 2 image credits
Ideogram 2.0 5 image credits
Stability Core 2 image credits
Stability Ultra 5 image credits

Recommended combo (if you’re using your own API keys):
Text: Claude 3.5 Haiku or OpenAI GPT-4.1 mini
Images: Recraft v3 – Digital or Fal Flux.1 Dev

This combination gives a great balance of performance and cost-efficiency.
Here's a guide to integrate your API Keys.
https://help.followr.ai/en/articles/9627973-how-to-integrate-your-api-keys