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Last checked 26 Oct 2026
Prices & plans
Every ChatGPT plan by OpenAI: what it costs, which AI models you get and whether the free plan is enough. Every price links to its source, and we re-check them every week.
The short answer
ChatGPT · 4 plans
Cheapest way in
Free
Yes. ChatGPT has a free plan. Paid plans start with ChatGPT Go at $8/mo.
Is the free plan enough?
No
ChatGPT Free falls clearly short: it scores 77% of ChatGPT Plus for everyday use in the same independent tests.
Highest score
Plus
ChatGPT Plus scores 92/100 for everyday use, with GPT-6 Astra.
Prices per month, with the official source and the date we checked it. Scores are for everyday use, out of 100, from the same independent tests as our rankings.
| Plan | Price | Score | Worth it? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | FreeSource: OpenAI · verified 26 Oct 2026 | 72GPT-5.6 Terra | — |
| Go | $8/moSource: OpenAI · verified 26 Oct 2026 | 74GPT-6 Luna | Is it worth it? → |
| Plus | $20/moSource: OpenAI · verified 26 Oct 2026 | 92GPT-6 Astra | Is it worth it? → |
| Pro | $100/moSource: OpenAI · verified 26 Oct 2026 | 92GPT-6 Astra | Is it worth it? → |
The sourced facts per plan: price, AI models and what's included. Our opinion comes after.
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Paid plan
On every plan. Our take is opinion; strengths and limitations are sourced facts.
Our take (opinion, reviewed 7 Oct 2026)
The all-rounder most people already know. Good at almost everything, rarely the very best at one thing.
Good for
Not for
Prices are copied from each company's own pages, never estimated: a price we couldn't check says so. Scores come from independent benchmarks. Read how we rank, or see every AI plan side by side.