OpenAI Status vs OpenAI Usage Dashboard in 2026

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Codex Forecast is free, with no account and no paid tier . It is a website with a public API, and the API needs no key . The facts give no other price for Codex Forecast. You can opt in to emails that are sent when a reset actually happens .

OpenAI Status and OpenAI Usage Dashboard compared with Codex Forecast: what each does, what it costs and what to check before you choose.

By SupaKeeper · 2026-10-20

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OpenAI Status reports whether OpenAI is aware of any issues affecting its systems and shows uptime percentages per service. The facts this page works from give no description of OpenAI Usage Dashboard, so nothing about it is stated here, and its own pages should be checked. Codex Forecast, made by the team behind this site, estimates when OpenAI will next reset Codex usage limits and can email you when a reset happens if you opt in.

Option	What its sources say it does	Cost	Account or install
OpenAI Status	Reports whether OpenAI is aware of any issues affecting its systems ^[1]; shows uptime by service, such as Codex at 99.95% across 4 components ^[1]	not published	not published in the facts
OpenAI Usage Dashboard	not published in the facts	not published	not published
Codex Forecast	Estimates when OpenAI will next reset Codex usage limits ^[2]; combines several sources ^[2]; lists each reset with a link ^[2]; can email you when a reset happens ^[2]; public API with no key ^[2]	free, no paid tier ^[2]	no account ^[2]; a website with a public API ^[2]

The short answer

OpenAI Status is the page OpenAI keeps so developers can see whether the company reports an issue with its systems, and it shows uptime percentages for each service ^[1]. OpenAI Usage Dashboard is the other tool the question names, but the facts this page works from say nothing about what it does, so there is nothing published here to describe it and its own pages should be checked. Codex Forecast, made by the team that publishes this site, answers a different part of the Codex question: it estimates when OpenAI will next reset Codex usage limits ^[2], and it can email you when a reset happens if you opt in ^[2]. Pick the tool that answers the one question you actually need resolved: whether OpenAI is reporting trouble, or when your reset is due.

What OpenAI Status, OpenAI Usage Dashboard is built for

OpenAI Status reports on whether OpenAI is aware of any issues affecting its systems, and its page reports the company is fully operational with no known issues when that is the case ^[1]. It shows uptime metrics for its services ^[1]. Its page reports APIs at 99.96% uptime across 13 components ^[1]. It reports Chat Completions at 100% uptime ^[1]. It reports ChatGPT at 99.57% uptime across 16 components ^[1]. The facts this page works from give no published description of OpenAI Usage Dashboard, so no purpose or feature of it is stated here; check its own pages for what it shows.

What Codex Forecast is built for

Codex Forecast is made by the team that publishes this site. The product describes its method as a statistical estimate of when OpenAI will next reset Codex usage limits ^[2]. By its own description, the estimate combines an account it checks every 60 seconds, OpenAI staff announcements and the OpenAI status page ^[2]. When a measured refill and an announcement disagree, the product describes trusting the measured refill ^[2]. Each reset used in the forecast is listed with a link to where it was announced ^[2]. Named-day predictions are scored in public, misses included ^[2]. You can opt in to emails sent when a reset actually happens ^[2]. The product describes a public API that needs no key and gives stats, paginated reset history, forecasts and operational health ^[2]. It describes a published OpenAPI specification for the API, and the site and API sharing a snapshot cached for up to five minutes ^[2] ^[2]. It describes itself as an independent tracker, not affiliated with OpenAI ^[2].

Pricing and fees

Codex Forecast is free, with no account and no paid tier ^[2]. The facts do not state a dollar price for OpenAI Status, so the cost is not published ^[1]. The facts give no price for OpenAI Usage Dashboard either, so none is published. No source describes an account fee, trial or discount for any of the tools, so none is stated here. The only price given in the facts is free for Codex Forecast ^[2]. If you need the cost of either rival for your own use, check their own pages, since the facts here state none.

Setting it up and daily use

Codex Forecast is a website with a public API, so you open it in a browser or call its API for data ^[2]. There is no account and no paid tier to set up ^[2]. The site and API share a snapshot cached for up to five minutes ^[2]. You can opt in to emails sent when a reset actually happens ^[2]. For OpenAI Status, the facts describe what its page reports but say nothing about installing or setting anything up ^[1]. The facts give no setup or daily-use details for OpenAI Usage Dashboard. For anything further, check the tools' own pages.

Things to check before you choose

Ask what one question you need answered: whether OpenAI reports trouble, what a usage dashboard shows, or when a reset is due. OpenAI Status reports on known issues and uptime ^[1], while Codex Forecast estimates when Codex limits reset ^[2]. Ask whether you want to know on an exact day. Ask whether data leaving your machine matters; Codex Forecast shares a snapshot cached for up to five minutes ^[2] and its public API needs no key ^[2]. Check what a usage dashboard would show before relying on it, since no fact here describes it. Check whether either tool charges for use; Codex Forecast is free ^[2], and the facts give no charge for the rivals.

How to choose

Match the need to the tool whose sources say it meets it. If you need to know whether OpenAI is aware of an issue, OpenAI Status reports on that ^[1]. If you need uptime percentages by service, OpenAI Status shows them ^[1]. If you need usage metrics from a dashboard, no fact here describes OpenAI Usage Dashboard, so check its own pages before choosing it. If you need to know when Codex usage limits reset, Codex Forecast estimates that ^[2] and can email you when a reset happens ^[2]. If you need a public API without a key for stats and reset history, Codex Forecast offers one ^[2].

Frequently asked questions

Is Codex Forecast free to use?

Codex Forecast is free, with no account and no paid tier ^[2]. It is a website with a public API, and the API needs no key ^[2]. The facts give no other price for Codex Forecast. You can opt in to emails that are sent when a reset actually happens ^[2].

Does OpenAI Status have a cost?

The facts do not state a dollar price for OpenAI Status, so the cost is not published ^[1]. The page reports known issues and uptime for its services but no fee is stated ^[1]. If you need the cost, check the OpenAI Status page itself.

What does the OpenAI Usage Dashboard show?

The facts this page works from give no published description of OpenAI Usage Dashboard, so nothing about what it shows is stated here. If you need usage metrics from a dashboard, check the tool's own pages for what it reports before you choose it.

Can Codex Forecast send an email when a reset happens?

Yes. You can opt in to emails that are sent when a reset actually happens ^[2]. By its own description, the forecast combines an account it checks every 60 seconds, OpenAI staff announcements and the OpenAI status page ^[2].

How fresh is Codex Forecast data?

The site and the public API share a snapshot that is cached for up to five minutes, so the figures can be up to five minutes old ^[2]. The API needs no key and gives stats, paginated reset history, forecasts and operational health ^[2].

It is free, with no account and no paid tier. ^[2]

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