Chat assistants · pricing
Start on Free (unlimited everyday text chat with GPT-5.6 Luna); move to Plus at $20/month when you need GPT-6 reasoning models, projects, scheduled tasks and higher tool limits.
ChatGPT has two pricing models. Personal plans are flat monthly subscriptions per user: Free at $0, Go, Plus at $20 per month, and three Pro tiers at $100, $200 and $500 per month. Team plans are billed per seat: Business Standard is $25 per seat per month, or $20 billed annually, and Business Premium is $125 per seat per month, or $100 billed annually. Enterprise is custom and sold on annual plans through sales.
The free tier covers unlimited everyday text chats with GPT-5.6 Luna, subject to abuse safeguards, plus web search, image creation and file uploads with separate limits. The cheapest documented paid step, Plus at $20 per month, adds advanced reasoning with GPT-6, expanded deep research, projects and scheduled tasks, and expanded Codex usage. Go, Plus and Pro have no annual option. The OpenAI API is a separate product billed on its own.
| Plan | Price | Billing | Who it is for | Key limits | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free (consumer) | Free | Monthly | Trying ChatGPT and light everyday use | Unlimited everyday text chats subject to abuse-prevention safeguards; Separate usage limits for file uploads, image generation, voice, data analysis; Library with 500 MB of storage | No |
| Go (consumer) | See official pricing | Monthly | Low-cost step up from Free for longer conversations | Higher limits than Free for eligible features; Usage subject to plan limits, abuse guardrails and temporary restrictions during high demand; Plan may include ads | No |
| Plus (consumer) | $20/mo per user | Monthly | Advanced work and productivity | May include usage limits such as message caps, especially during high demand; Limits apply | No |
| Pro 100 (consumer) | $100/mo per user | Monthly | Research and coding | Model allowances vary by tier; a model may be unavailable until its allowance resets; Ultrafast not included | No |
| Pro 200 (consumer) | $200/mo per user | Monthly | Heavier research and coding | More usage than Pro 100; new subscriptions get a lower allowance than earlier Pro 200 subscribers; Ultrafast not included | No |
| Pro 500 (consumer) | $500/mo per user | Monthly | Power users who want the fastest GPT-6 Astra tier | Highest included usage of the Pro plans; Ultrafast uses included allowance first, then credit balance | No |
| Business Standard seat (team) | $25/mo per seat | Monthly | Self-serve team workspace | Minimum 2 Standard or Premium seats per workspace; Baseline included access; workspace credits purchasable for usage beyond included rate limits; Pricing may vary by country and currency | No |
| Business Premium seat (team) | $125/mo per seat | Monthly | Heavy users inside a Business workspace | 5x more usage than Standard seats; No 5-hour usage limit; Can be mixed with Standard seats | No |
| Enterprise (enterprise) | Custom pricing | — annual commitment |
Large organizations with compliance requirements | Seat types and billing terms depend on agreement; Credit-based or token-based (USD) usage billing for Codex and models beyond included limits | No |
| OpenAI API (developer, separate product) | Usage-based | Usage | Developers building their own products | Standard tier: gpt-6-astra $10 input / $50 output; gpt-6.1-sol $2 / $10; gpt-6-luna $0.10 / $0.50 per 1M tokens (short context); Long context, Batch, Flex, Fast and Ultrafast tiers priced differently; Cached input discounted | Included |
| If you | Pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| you chat occasionally and want to try it | Free ($0) | Unlimited everyday text chats, web search, image creation and file uploads, with separate limits on uploads, images, voice and data analysis. It may show ads in some countries. |
| you use it daily for work and hit Free limits | Plus ($20/mo) | Adds advanced reasoning with GPT-6, expanded deep research, projects, scheduled tasks and expanded Codex usage. Message caps can still apply in high demand. |
| you do heavy research or coding every day | Pro 100 ($100/mo) or Pro 200 ($200/mo) | Pro 100 adds Pro reasoning, longer Codex and ChatGPT Work sessions, and maximum deep research and memory. Pro 200 gives more included usage on top of that. |
| you want the fastest GPT-6 Astra tier | Pro 500 ($500/mo) | Only Pro 500 includes the Astra Ultrafast service tier in ChatGPT Work and Codex, drawing on included allowance first, then credit balance. |
| you need a shared workspace with admin controls | Business Standard ($25/seat/mo) or Premium ($125/seat/mo) | Both need at least 2 seats in total and include admin controls, centralized billing and no training on workspace data. Premium has 5x the usage of Standard and no 5-hour limit. |
Free tier with unlimited everyday text chats subject to abuse guardrails; can be tried without an account in supported regions.
No standard trial documented; promotional subscriptions and free-trial invites exist under separate terms.
Credits for eligible features (Codex, ChatGPT Work, Office plugins) on personal plans; workspace credits on Business/Enterprise; API usage always billed separately. Go, Plus, Pro have no annual option.
VAT/GST exemption requests handled via help center; taxes not stated on prices.
Prices checked Sep 30, 2026 on the official US pricing page. Official pricing ↗ Prices and limits change often.
Vendor pricing page re-checked automatically 2 days ago: no changes detected.
Free tier with unlimited everyday text chats subject to abuse guardrails; can be tried without an account in supported regions.
No standard trial documented; promotional subscriptions and free-trial invites exist under separate terms.
Free source (opens in a new tab)
Month
For: Trying ChatGPT and light everyday use
Limits
Includes
No API
See official pricing source (opens in a new tab)
Month
No annual billing for Go, Plus or Pro
For: Low-cost step up from Free for longer conversations
Limits
Includes
No API
$20/mo per user source (opens in a new tab)
Month
Annual billing not supported for Plus
For: Advanced work and productivity
Limits
Includes
No API
$100/mo per user source (opens in a new tab)
Month
For: Research and coding
Limits
Includes
No API
$200/mo per user source (opens in a new tab)
Month
For: Heavier research and coding
Limits
Includes
No API
$500/mo per user source (opens in a new tab)
Month
For: Power users who want the fastest GPT-6 Astra tier
Limits
Includes
No API
$25/mo per seat source (opens in a new tab)
Month
$20 per user per month when billed annually
For: Self-serve team workspace
Limits
Includes
No API
$125/mo per seat source (opens in a new tab)
Month
$100 per user per month when billed annually
For: Heavy users inside a Business workspace
Limits
Includes
No API
Custom pricing source (opens in a new tab)
, annual commitment
Annual plans; contact sales
For: Large organizations with compliance requirements
Limits
Includes
No API
Usage-based source (opens in a new tab)
Usage
For: Developers building their own products
Limits
Includes
API included
Credits for eligible features (Codex, ChatGPT Work, Office plugins) on personal plans; workspace credits on Business/Enterprise; API usage always billed separately. Go, Plus, Pro have no annual option.
VAT/GST exemption requests handled via help center; taxes not stated on prices.
At the listed prices, a single user pays between $240 and $6,000 a year on the fixed-price plans, or nothing on the free tier within its limits. Annual billing discounts, taxes and usage-based extras are listed per plan above where the vendor publishes them.
Yes. The Free tier gives unlimited everyday text chats with GPT-5.6 Luna, subject to abuse guardrails; uploads, images, voice and data analysis have separate limits. source (opens in a new tab)
$20 per month, billed monthly; no annual option. source (opens in a new tab)
Pro 100 ($100), Pro 200 ($200) and Pro 500 ($500) per month; only Pro 500 includes Astra Ultrafast. source (opens in a new tab)
No. API usage is billed independently on the OpenAI platform for every plan, including Business. source (opens in a new tab)
On consumer plans it may, unless you turn off Improve the model for everyone or use a temporary chat; Business and Enterprise data is not used for training by default. source (opens in a new tab)
Standard seats are $25/user/month monthly or $20 billed annually; Premium seats $125 monthly or $100 annually; at least 2 seats required. source (opens in a new tab)
No. Creating and publishing GPTs is not available on personal plans; it remains available in Business, Enterprise and Edu workspaces. source (opens in a new tab)
No standard trial is documented. Promotional subscriptions and free-trial invites exist under separate terms, and the Free plan works without paying.
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