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OpenAI · AI · Last change: Sep 9, 2026

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Current plans

US · Last verified Sep 25, 2026

Free

Free
Text chats
Unlimited with GPT-5.6 Luna, subject to abuse guardrails
Uploads, images, voice, deep research
Limited
Instant context window
27K
Ads
May be shown (US)

Go

$8.00/mo
Messages, uploads, image creation, voice
More than Free
Advanced reasoning models
Not included
Instant context window
54K
Ads
May be shown

Plus

$20.00/mo
Models
GPT-6 Astra, GPT-5.6 and legacy models
Messages and uploads
Expanded; limits apply
Instant context window
54K
Ads
None

Pro ($100)

$100.00/mo
Codex usage
“5X standard usage allowance” vs Plus (release notes, Apr 9 2026)
Pro reasoning model
Included
Instant context window
128K
Ads
None

Pro ($200)

$200.00/mo
Instant context window
128K
Ads
None

Price history

What each plan has cost

Price in effect over time. ≤ marks a price in effect on or before that date.

Timeline

Every ChatGPT change

  1. Sep 9, 2026MixedGet, got better and worse

    ChatGPT Go voice chats now use only the mini model, for up to 3 hours a day

    Was Full + mini voice modelsnow Mini model only, 3 h

  2. Sep 9, 2026MixedGet, got better and worse

    ChatGPT Plus voice now gets up to 3 hours a day on the full model, with no mini fallback after

    Was 1–2 h + 2 h mininow Up to 3 h, no mini

  3. Aug 26, 2026Got worseContinue, got worse

    OpenAI o3 is no longer available in ChatGPT

    Was Availablenow Retired

  4. Jun 26, 2026MixedContinue, got better and worse

    GPT-4.5 is gone from ChatGPT; its chats now continue with GPT-5.5

    Was Availablenow Retired

  5. Apr 9, 2026NeutralPro from $100Pay, got neither better nor worse

    ChatGPT added a $100/mo Pro plan alongside the $200 one; Plus stays $20

    Was Pro: $200/monow Pro: $100 or $200/mo

  6. Feb 13, 2026Got worseContinue, got worse

    ChatGPT removed GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, o4-mini and GPT-5 for good

    Was Availablenow Retired

  7. Feb 9, 2026Got worseGet, got worse

    ChatGPT has started testing ads for Free and Go users; Plus and Pro stay ad-free

    Was No adsnow Ads test on Free and Go

  8. Jan 16, 2026Got better$8/moPay, got better

    ChatGPT Go launches in the US at $8/mo, the new cheapest paid plan (may include ads)

    Was Cheapest paid: $20/monow Cheapest paid: $8/mo

  9. Aug 12, 2025Got betterGet, got better

    Paid ChatGPT users got GPT-4o back in the model picker, and older models on request

    Was Retirednow Back in model picker

  10. Aug 7, 2025Got worseContinue, got worse

    GPT-5 replaced GPT-4o, o3 and other older models in ChatGPT; old chats switched over

    Was Default: GPT-4onow Default: GPT-5

  11. Apr 30, 2025MixedContinue, got better and worse

    GPT-4 was removed from ChatGPT and replaced by GPT-4o

    Was Availablenow Retired

  12. Dec 5, 2024Neutral$200/moPay, got neither better nor worse

    ChatGPT added a $200/mo Pro plan; Plus stays $20

    Was No Pro plannow Pro, $200/mo

  13. May 13, 2024Got betterGet, got better

    Free ChatGPT users got limited GPT-4o plus browsing, file uploads and data analysis

    Was GPT-3.5 onlynow Limited GPT-4o + tools

  14. Feb 1, 2023Neutral$20/moPay, got neither better nor worse

    ChatGPT's first paid plan, Plus, launched at $20/mo; the free tier stayed

    Was No paid plannow Plus, $20/mo

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