ChatGPT Plus price

ChatGPT Plus is OpenAI's paid monthly subscription for individual use, and you can see its exact price in the app itself, under the option to upgrade your plan, with your country's taxes already included. I won't give a figure here because it varies by country and changes over time, and I'd rather not give you a number that's wrong tomorrow. What I can explain is what you're paying for.

With Plus you mainly pay for more usage and access to more powerful models and features than the free version. OpenAI has several tiers (as of September 2026): free, Plus and others above it designed for very heavy use or for teams. What confuses beginners most is that the subscription doesn't include the API, which is the pay-as-you-go access that programs and automations use: it's contracted and billed separately. If you want it for your company, also check whether you need invoices in the company's name and which plan allows that.

I pay for some AIs and not for others, and before doing so I asked myself the same question you're asking. What ChatGPT's free version gives you compared with the paid one, and which AI I end up spending my money on, I explain in "Can you work professionally with free AI tools?". My practical advice: squeeze the free version for a couple of weeks and only pay when the limit genuinely holds you back.