> ChatGPT Web (Plus/Pro)
ChatGPT's free tier is available to everyone and is described on the official pricing page as unlimited text chats with GPT-5.6 Luna subject to abuse guardrails, with limited messages when uploading files, limited and slower image generation, limited voice chats, limited deep research, limited memory and context, limited Codex access and limited ChatGPT Work access on desktop. Paid plans are priced per user per month at $8 (Go), $20 (Plus) and $200 (Pro) as announced by OpenAI on 16 January 2026, with Business and Enterprise offered monthly or annually.
Paste your __Secure-next-auth.session-token cookie value from chatgpt.com
// pros
- Plan pricing is published as flat per-user monthly figures - Go $8, Plus $20 and Pro $200 in the US, with Go localised in some markets - rather than usage-based token billing.
- Free-tier text chat is described as unlimited on GPT-5.6 Luna with the qualification 'subject to abuse guardrails', so the constraint is policy-based rather than a fixed message count.
- ChatGPT Go is stated to provide 10x more messages, file uploads and image creation than the free tier, with no limits on GPT-5.2 Instant plus longer memory and a longer context window.
- Model access is named by tier: free uses GPT-5.6 Luna, Plus adds advanced reasoning models including GPT-6 Astra and GPT-5.6, and Pro is described as 5x more usage with maximum Codex tasks, maximum deep research and a research preview of new features.
- OpenAI states Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise remain ad-free, while ads are planned for the free tier and Go in the US.
// cons
- The pricing page enumerates free-tier limits qualitatively - 'limited messages with uploads', 'limited and slower image generation', 'limited deep research' - and publishes no numeric caps, so exact free quotas cannot be modelled.
- Ads are planned for the free tier and ChatGPT Go in the US, so the no-cost experience is subject to ad insertion.
- Context is shared: OpenAI notes the portion of the window available for user input is smaller than the total because system instructions, tools, memories and internal processing consume space, and that the reported figure is an approximation.
- No tier is contractually unlimited - Pro's 'unlimited' language is qualified by abuse guardrails, and OpenAI states usage must be reasonable and comply with its policies.
Start on the free tier if the workload is conversational text, and upgrade to Plus when uploads, Codex and deeper reasoning are needed; reserve Pro for sustained research or coding-agent workloads. If the requirement is programmatic access rather than a consumer chat UI, an API plan is a better fit than any of these tiers.
written by Mike Fleming, Uprouter editorial · verified against official sources September 16, 2026
Free tier present — value not quantified
This provider offers a free tier, but its terms don’t convert cleanly into a USD figure (e.g. request-count limits or capacity-dependent pools). We refuse to print a misleading zero here. See the note below and the official pricing page for the exact limits.
note: No free credit or USD allowance is stated for ChatGPT on the official pricing page or the ChatGPT Go announcement (checked 2026-09-16); the free tier is a feature-limited plan, not a credit.
| Plan | Type | Monthly | Input /1M | Output /1M | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | free | — | — | — | Everyday chat with lower usage limits. |
| Go | subscription | $8.00/mo | — | — | Entry paid plan. |
| Plus | subscription | $20.00/mo | — | — | Standard paid plan; higher limits. |
| Pro | subscription | $100.00/mo | — | — | 5x Plus usage; access to Pro models and Codex. |
Pricing normalized from public sources — always verify with the provider.
// model prices
$ Does ChatGPT Web (Plus/Pro) have a free tier?
Yes — ChatGPT Web (Plus/Pro) offers a free tier. Always confirm current limits on ChatGPT Web (Plus/Pro)'s official pricing page — free tiers change without notice.
$ How much does ChatGPT Web (Plus/Pro) cost per 1M tokens?
The cheapest model we track at ChatGPT Web (Plus/Pro) is $0.025 per 1M input tokens and $0.130 per 1M output tokens. This is normalized from ChatGPT Web (Plus/Pro)'s published pricing — verify with the provider before purchasing, since prices change frequently.
$ Is ChatGPT Web (Plus/Pro) safe to use?
Uprouter rates ChatGPT Web (Plus/Pro) as medium risk. Low risk: first-party consumer product from OpenAI, with the free plan stated on the official pricing page — unlimited text chats with GPT-5.6 Luna, limited uploads/images/voice/deep research, and Go/Plus/Pro at $8/$20/$200. The caveats are consumer-shaped, not API-shaped: it is a web app under consumer terms (not an API you can build on), and the free plan's model access changes with OpenAI's lineup. Risk ratings are editorial, evidence-based, and never influenced by affiliate relationships.
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live_status
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risk_&_confidence
Low risk: first-party consumer product from OpenAI, with the free plan stated on the official pricing page — unlimited text chats with GPT-5.6 Luna, limited uploads/images/voice/deep research, and Go/Plus/Pro at $8/$20/$200. The caveats are consumer-shaped, not API-shaped: it is a web app under consumer terms (not an API you can build on), and the free plan's model access changes with OpenAI's lineup.
Confidence reflects how much verifiable evidence (official docs, probe history, community reports) backs this entry. Risk is our editorial assessment of operator reliability and terms — not financial advice.
code_snippets
# ChatGPT Web (Plus/Pro)'s own API — get a key from their dashboard
curl https://chatgpt.com/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer THEIR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "gpt-5",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello" }]
}'Direct to the provider — Uprouter receives nothing; verify their current pricing before purchasing.
Ranked by neutral similarity signals only — live status, free-tier shape and free-credit proximity. Commercial relationships never influence this list.