Head-to-head · profiles checked Oct 1, 2026
Pick ChatGPT for a general assistant with a Free plan, and Copy.ai for sales and marketing teams that want to chain AI steps into Workflows. Copy.ai has no free plan: Chat is $29/month for 5 seats. ChatGPT offers Free and Plus at $20/month, with web, desktop and mobile apps. We found no privacy terms for Copy.ai.
We based this comparison on our Copy.ai profile verified 2026-10-01 and our ChatGPT profile verified 2026-09-30, both built from official vendor pages; it uses no third-party benchmarks and no vendor paid for placement.
Pick ChatGPT if you want a general assistant you can try for free: it has a Free plan, Plus at $20/month, web, desktop and mobile apps, and published business privacy controls. Pick Copy.ai if you run sales or marketing work as repeatable steps: its Workflows, Copy Agents and Tables are built for prospecting and lead enrichment, and its Chat plan gives a team of 5 seats for $29/month. Copy.ai has no free plan, its workflow credits have no published per-credit price, and we found no privacy or training terms for it, so check those before you send customer data.
Based on our Copy.ai profile verified 2026-10-01 and ChatGPT profile verified 2026-09-30, both built from official vendor pages. Copy.ai's privacy and docs pages returned HTTP 404, so its privacy, API and mobile details are unverified; no benchmark was run.
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If you only want the answer, this is the table. Everything below is the evidence from the two documented profiles.
| You want to | Use | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Chat about everyday questions for free | ChatGPT | ChatGPT Free gives unlimited everyday text chat; Copy.ai has no free plan |
| Write SEO articles and social posts from a brief | Either | Copy.ai lists SEO, social and thought-leadership content; ChatGPT drafts and edits text |
| Run repeatable sales prospecting steps | Copy.ai | Copy.ai's Workflows and Copy Agents target prospecting and lead enrichment |
| Enrich lead data and account research | Copy.ai | Copy.ai lists CRM enrichment and Tables; ChatGPT's profile lists no CRM enrichment |
| Translate and localize content | Either | Both list translation; Copy.ai notes high volume needs workflow credits |
| Summarize or analyze uploaded files | ChatGPT | ChatGPT documents file uploads and data analysis; Copy.ai's profile lists none |
| Generate images | ChatGPT | ChatGPT lists image generation; Copy.ai's profile lists no image output |
| Research with cited web search | ChatGPT | ChatGPT has web search with citations and deep research; Copy.ai's profile lists neither |
| Keep a consistent brand tone across a team | Copy.ai | Copy.ai lists Brand Voice; ChatGPT's profile lists no equivalent |
| Run a team workspace with SSO | ChatGPT | ChatGPT Enterprise offers SAML SSO and SCIM; Copy.ai's SSO is not stated |
| Plan | Tool | Price | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copy.ai Chat | Copy.ai | $29/mo ($288/year if paid annually) | 5 seats; unlimited words and chat projects |
| Copy.ai Growth | Copy.ai | $1,000/mo billed annually | 75 seats; 20,000 workflow credits per month |
| Copy.ai Expansion | Copy.ai | $2,000/mo billed annually | 150 seats; 45,000 workflow credits per month |
| Copy.ai Scale | Copy.ai | $3,000/mo billed annually | 200 seats; 75,000 workflow credits per month |
| Copy.ai Enterprise | Copy.ai | Custom (sales) | Unlimited seats (configured) and workflow credits; API access |
| ChatGPT Free | ChatGPT | Free | Unlimited everyday text chat subject to safeguards; separate caps on uploads, images, voice |
| ChatGPT Go | ChatGPT | Not confirmed (US price) | Higher limits than Free; may include ads |
| ChatGPT Plus | ChatGPT | $20/mo | May include message caps during high demand |
| ChatGPT Pro | ChatGPT | $100, $200 or $500/mo | Allowances vary by tier |
| ChatGPT Business Standard | ChatGPT | $25/seat/mo ($20 annual) | Minimum 2 seats |
| ChatGPT Business Premium | ChatGPT | $125/seat/mo | 5x more usage than Standard |
| ChatGPT Enterprise | ChatGPT | Custom (sales) | Depends on agreement |
USD as published on each vendor's pricing page, checked Oct 1, 2026. Copy.ai pricing in full · ChatGPT pricing in full
| Copy.ai | ChatGPT | |
|---|---|---|
| Messages / rate limits | Chat: unlimited words and projects; workflows draw on monthly credits | Free: unlimited everyday text chat subject to safeguards; other tools capped by plan |
| Context / file size | Not stated | Free Library storage of 500 MB; context length not stated |
| Seats / team | Chat 5 seats; Growth 75; Expansion 150; Scale 200; Enterprise unlimited | Business needs 2 seats minimum; Enterprise via sales |
| Feature | Copy.ai | ChatGPT |
|---|---|---|
| Image generation | Not stated | Yes |
| Voice | Not stated | Yes |
| File upload | Not stated | Yes |
| Web search | Not stated | Yes |
| Reasoning mode | Not stated | Yes (reasoning models on paid plans) |
| Agents / tools | Copy Agents and Workflows (Growth and higher) | Codex and ChatGPT Work |
| API | Enterprise only; documentation not available | Yes, separate product billed by usage |
| Mobile apps | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Copy.ai | ChatGPT | |
|---|---|---|
| Training on your data | Not stated | Consumer chats may be used unless you opt out or use temporary chat; Business, Enterprise and API not by default |
| Retention | Not stated | Temporary chats may be kept up to 30 days for safety; consumer default not verified |
| Business controls | Not stated | SAML SSO, SCIM, role-based access, DPA, SOC 2 |
Taken from each vendor's published policy pages at the time of our check. Policies change; the source links are at the bottom.
GTM AI platform with chat, workflows and agents for sales, marketing and operations content and processes.
Watch out: No free plan; workflows consume credits with variable costs; enterprise pricing requires sales consultation.
From $29/mo US · checked Sep 29
OpenAI's general-purpose AI assistant for writing, research, analysis, image generation and coding help.
Free stops at: Unlimited everyday text chats subject to abuse-prevention safeguards, Separate usage limits for file uploads,…
Free · paid from $20/mo US · checked Sep 30
For one-off drafts, both can write marketing text, and Copy.ai's Chat plan lets you pick OpenAI, Anthropic or Gemini models. Copy.ai's edge is repeatable automation: Workflows, Brand Voice and Tables on Growth and higher. ChatGPT is the broader tool for research, files and images, and it has a free plan. We ran no output-quality test.
No. Its pricing page shows no free plan, and the cheapest listed plan is Chat at $29/month. The page has a Try for free button, but we could not confirm what it includes. ChatGPT has a documented Free plan.
Copy.ai Chat is $29/month for 5 seats, with a 20% saving on annual billing. Growth costs $1,000/month when billed annually, Expansion $2,000/month and Scale $3,000/month. ChatGPT is Free, then Plus at $20/month, Pro at $100, $200 or $500/month, and Business at $25 per seat per month.
Credits are consumed each time a workflow runs, and the cost per run depends on the workflow's complexity. Growth includes 20,000 credits per month, Expansion 45,000 and Scale 75,000, and you can add credits on demand. Copy.ai does not publish a per-credit price.
ChatGPT documents it: Business and Enterprise data is not used for training by default, with SAML SSO, SCIM, a DPA and SOC 2. We found no privacy, retention or training terms for Copy.ai, so ask the vendor before you upload customer data.
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