ChatGPT is OpenAI's AI assistant: a chat tool that writes, summarizes files, creates images and helps with research, with a ChatGPT Work mode for longer tasks. Anyone can use the free plan, and Go, Plus and Pro add more usage. It suits writers, freelancers and small teams who want one general-purpose assistant.
This page collects ChatGPT's official plans and prices and every Maitz article about it, grouped into guides, comparisons and news. Prices were checked against OpenAI's official pages on October 8, 2026.
Plans and prices (checked on October 8, 2026)
| Plan | Official price | What it adds |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Unlimited text chats with GPT-6 (subject to abuse guardrails). Limited uploads, image creation, voice and deep research |
| Go | $8 in the US | More messages with tools, more uploads and images, longer memory. OpenAI says the plan may include ads |
| Plus | $20 | Advanced reasoning models with GPT-6, expanded messages, uploads and deep research, more Codex and ChatGPT Work |
| Pro | $100, $200 or $500 | Three usage tiers, Pro reasoning with GPT-6 Astra and Dot, the always-on agent. Ultrafast only on Pro 500 |
ChatGPT's pricing page did not display amounts when we checked, so the figures come from OpenAI's Help Center (Plus and Pro) and the Go launch post, which gives the US price. OpenAI bills in USD and offers local-currency billing in a limited set of countries, including in Europe and the UK, so your checkout price can differ. Business (from two users) and Enterprise plans are available for organizations.
Availability and privacy
OpenAI says Go is available in every country where ChatGPT is supported. For people in the EEA or Switzerland, OpenAI’s EU privacy policy names OpenAI Ireland Limited as the controller of personal data; elsewhere it is OpenAI OpCo, LLC. The policy lists rights such as correcting or deleting your personal data and objecting to direct marketing, and the pricing page says every individual plan lets you opt out of model training.
Guides
- How to Summarize a PDF with ChatGPT and Check Its Accuracy: Upload a PDF, check what ChatGPT actually read and compare the summary with the source, with a practice file.
- How to Clean an Excel File with ChatGPT and Preserve the Original Data: Clean a fictional inventory table without losing rows, with a change log and checks.
- How to Draft a Price Quote with AI and Keep Control of Costs and Commitments: Draft a quote with AI, check the amounts and keep the commitments your business chose.
- Your First Dots Task: Define the Result and Check What Changed: A first task in Dots, the always-on assistant inside ChatGPT: define the result and check what changed.
- How to Stop ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini From Training on Your Chats: The exact setting that stops ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini from training on your chats.
Reviews and tests
- ChatGPT Plans Review: Free, Go, Plus or Pro, and Which One You Need in 2026: What each plan includes, from Free to the three Pro tiers: files, images, Work, ads, regional availability and privacy.
- ChatGPT Images 2.5 Review: Everyday Images on Any Plan vs Images with Thinking: What Free includes, when you need Images with thinking, editing, templates and privacy.
Comparisons
- Grok Bot vs ChatGPT: What's the Difference and Where Each One Wins: A chat assistant with a free plan vs a team of permanent cloud bots: where each one wins.
- Grok Bot vs OpenAI Dots: What's the Difference and Who Each One Is For: Two assistants with their own cloud computer: a team of bots vs one personal assistant inside ChatGPT.
- ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini (2026): Which One to Pay For: Official prices side by side, what the free tiers and the $20 plans add, and who should pay for which.
News
- GPT-6 Comes to Every ChatGPT User, With Intelligent UI for Charts, Maps and Interactive Tools: GPT-6 reaches every plan, including Free and Go, with answers that mix charts, maps and tools.
- ChatGPT Finances Comes to Free and Go Users in the US: The personal finance experience opens to Free and Go users in the US.
- OpenAI Will Test Visual Ads in ChatGPT, Starting With Image Generation: A visual ad format, tested first during image generation in the US.
- OpenAI Will Watermark ChatGPT Text in the EU and Opens Opt-In Watermarking in the API: An invisible text watermark for ChatGPT in the EU, and opt-in watermarking in the API.
- OpenAI Prepares College Planner, a College Application Plan Inside ChatGPT: A college application planner inside ChatGPT, starting in the US.
- OpenAI Launches GPT-6.1 Sol: Near-Astra Intelligence at About One-Fifth the Price: A model that approaches Astra at about one-fifth of the price, per the official announcement.
- OpenAI introduces Dots: AI assistants that keep working after the conversation: The Dots launch: personal AI assistants with a cloud computer, plus prices and limits.
More on Maitz
Other hubs: Claude, Gemini, Grok Bot, Canva and Gamma, AI video tools. The full tool list is on our AI tools page, and every guide is in the Guides section. Terms like token, RAG and MCP are explained in our AI glossary.
FAQ
Is ChatGPT free?
Yes. The free plan is open to everyone and includes unlimited text chats with GPT-6, subject to abuse guardrails. File uploads, image creation, voice chats and deep research are more limited than on paid plans.
What is the difference between Go and Plus?
Go is the low-cost plan, with more messages, uploads and images than Free, and it may include ads. Plus adds advanced reasoning models with GPT-6, expanded messages, uploads and deep research, and more Codex and ChatGPT Work usage.
Can I pay for ChatGPT in euros or pounds?
OpenAI offers local-currency billing in a limited set of countries for subscriptions bought on chatgpt.com; otherwise purchases are in USD. App Store and Google Play subscriptions are charged in the store's local currency.
What is the difference between Pro 100, Pro 200 and Pro 500?
They are three Pro tiers at $100, $200 and $500 a month. The difference is how much usage is included, and only Pro 500 includes Ultrafast.
Does OpenAI train on my chats?
According to the pricing page, content on individual plans is used to train models, and every plan lets you opt out in settings.
Sources
- OpenAI: ChatGPT pricing page
- OpenAI Help Center: What is ChatGPT Plus, What is ChatGPT Go, About ChatGPT Pro tiers, Multi-currency billing
- OpenAI: Introducing ChatGPT Go
- OpenAI: EU privacy policy (section 12, Data controller)
