# ChatGPT

> OpenAI's general-purpose AI assistant for chat, images and voice

ChatGPT is OpenAI's general-purpose AI assistant for writing, questions, learning and everyday tasks. Beyond text chat it generates images, holds real-time spoken conversations, searches the web and compiles longer research reports, and the Codex coding agent is included from the Plus plan. It is free to use, with Go, Plus, Pro and Business plans above that.

- **Category:** AI Assistants
- **Made by:** OpenAI (since 2022)
- **Website:** https://chatgpt.com
- **Runs on:** Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 4, 2026

## Pricing

ChatGPT has a free plan. Paid plans start at $8 per month (Go).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Unlimited text chats, with limits on uploads, image creation, voice chats, deep research and memory.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | Unlimited text chats, with limits on uploads, image creation, voice chats, deep research and memory. |
| Go | $8 per month | More messages with tools, more uploads, image creation and voice chats than Free, and longer memory. OpenAI notes this plan may include ads. |
| Plus | $20 per month | Advanced reasoning models, expanded deep research and memory, plus projects, scheduled tasks and custom GPTs. |
| Business | $20 per user / month, billed annually | For 2 or more users: a dedicated workspace with admin controls, SAML SSO and MFA. $25 per user / month when billed monthly. |
| Pro | From $100 per month | A choice of three usage tiers at $100, $200 or $500 per month, with the highest limits, pro reasoning and an always-on agent. |
| Enterprise & Edu | Custom | Sold through sales, with priority request processing, SCIM, EKM, user analytics, domain verification and role-based access control. |

Read from https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing on Oct 4, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with ChatGPT before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Business is cheaper when billed annually** (Annual discount): OpenAI's pricing page lists Business at $20 per user / month when billed annually, against $25 per user / month when billed monthly. Source: https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing

## Key features

- **Conversational help:** Answers questions, drafts and reworks text, explains topics and reads uploaded photos in a chat, with history synced across your devices.
- **Image generation:** Creates original images from a description, or transforms existing images from a short instruction.
- **Advanced Voice Mode:** Hold a real-time spoken conversation in the mobile app by tapping the soundwave icon.
- **Search and Deep Research:** ChatGPT Search draws on the web for more up-to-date answers, and Deep Research generates a report from extensive web searches.
- **Codex:** A coding agent that runs on the web, in a CLI, in an IDE extension and on iOS from the Plus plan, with integrations such as automatic code review and Slack.
- **GPTs and agents:** GPTs customize ChatGPT's behavior for a specific use case, and ChatGPT agent carries out multi-step tasks.

## Good for

- General-purpose help with writing, questions and brainstorming
- People who want chat, voice, images and web search in one assistant
- Trying an AI assistant at no cost before paying

## Worth knowing

- Pro is sold at three price points, $100, $200 or $500 per month, well above the $20 Plus plan.
- Business requires at least 2 users. SCIM, EKM and role-based access control are reserved for Enterprise and Edu.
- OpenAI began testing ads in the free version for logged-in adult US users in January 2026, according to Wikipedia.
- OpenAI's pricing page says the Go plan may include ads.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.8 out of 5 from 11,033,891 ratings in the United States, read Oct 7, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id6448311069

## Works with

Slack

**Tags:** Chat assistant, AI search, AI features, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Claude](https://toolgpa.com/tools/claude): Anthropic's AI assistant for writing, analysis and coding. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/chatgpt-vs-claude)
- [Gemini](https://toolgpa.com/tools/gemini): Google's AI assistant, tied into Gmail, Docs and other Google apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/chatgpt-vs-gemini)
- [Perplexity](https://toolgpa.com/tools/perplexity): AI search assistant that answers questions with cited sources. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/chatgpt-vs-perplexity)
- [Gemini Notebook](https://toolgpa.com/tools/notebooklm): Google's AI research assistant that answers from your own sources. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/chatgpt-vs-notebooklm)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 4, 2026:

- https://chatgpt.com/pricing
- https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chatgpt/id6448311069
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChatGPT

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