Starting Price
Free
Free Tier
Yes
API
Available
Platforms
web, ios, android, desktop, api
Overview
ChatGPT is OpenAI's conversational AI, powered by the GPT-5.2 family — Instant for speed, Thinking for reasoning, and Pro for maximum compute. It handles writing, analysis, coding, image generation (DALL-E), and video creation (Sora). With 400M+ weekly users, it's the most widely used AI chatbot.
Pricing Plans
Free
Free
Limited usage
- GPT-5.2 Instant
- Auto mode (Instant + Thinking)
- Limited messages
- Basic web browsing
Go
$8/mo
- GPT-5.2 Instant extended
- More messages than Free
- Image uploads
- DALL-E image generation
Popular
Plus
$20/mo
- GPT-5.2 Thinking (Standard/Extended)
- DALL-E 3
- Advanced Voice
- 10 Deep Research queries/mo
- Sora (50 videos/mo at 720p)
- Custom GPTs
Pro
$200/mo
- GPT-5.2 Pro (max compute)
- Thinking (all levels)
- 128K context
- Sora Pro (500 videos 1080p)
- 120 Deep Research queries/mo
- Operator agent
Team
$30/mo
$25/mo billed yearly
Per user ($25/user billed annually)
- Everything in Plus
- Admin console
- Team workspace
- 100 msgs/3h (2x Plus)
- Data not used for training
API Pricing: GPT-5.2: token-based pricing, mini models from $0.30/1M input
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Most versatile AI assistant
- Huge plugin/GPT ecosystem
- Excellent at coding and writing
- Multimodal (text, image, voice, video)
Cons
- Plus plan can feel limited at $20/mo
- Pro plan is expensive ($200/mo)
- Can hallucinate on complex topics
- Rate limits on free tier
Detailed Ratings
Overall
4.5
Ease of Use
4.8
Value for Money
4.0
Output Quality
4.5