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ChatGPT Pricing 2026

OpenAI · GPT-5.2

ChatGPT costs $20/month for Plus, $200/month for Pro. API access starts at $5.00 per 1M input tokens. Best all-rounder. Strongest agent tooling (custom GPTs, code interpreter, browse).

Free tier
$0
  • Limited GPT-5 mini, ~10 GPT-5 messages/day
  • Free-tier score: 3/5
Plus
$20/mo
  • Full access to GPT-5.2
  • Context window: 256K tokens
  • Voice mode
  • Image generation
  • Web search
  • File upload
Pro
$200/mo
  • Higher rate limits
  • Priority access
  • Full agent tooling
  • Code execution sandbox
API pricing
$5.00per 1M input tokens
$15.00per 1M output tokens
~$8.00est. per 1M in + 200K out
Context window
256K
Knowledge cutoff
2026-01
Intelligence Index
93.8
Free tier
3/5
Open weights
No

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Qwen
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Pi
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Character.AI
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FAQ

How much does ChatGPT cost?

ChatGPT costs $20/month for the Plus plan, and $200/month for the Pro plan. API: $5.00 per 1M input tokens, $15.00 per 1M output tokens.

Is ChatGPT free?

Limited GPT-5 mini, ~10 GPT-5 messages/day. A modest free tier is available.

What's a cheaper alternative to ChatGPT?

The cheapest alternatives are DeepSeek (api only), Meta AI (free), and Qwen (plus). Or skip the choice entirely — Perspective AI bundles ChatGPT and 13 other AI models for $14.99/month.

Or skip the choice

Get ChatGPT plus 13 other AI models — $14.99/month.

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