AI Subscription Pricing — Compared

Every consumer and developer AI subscription in one place: ChatGPT Go, ChatGPT Plus, Claude Pro, Gemini Advanced, SuperGrok, Z.ai GLM Coding, Perplexity Pro, Microsoft 365 Premium, and every higher-tier plan they offer. Prices, included models, usage limits, and features — monitored daily.

31 plans across 7 providers · Last updated

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ProviderFreeEntry$5–18~$20~$100$150+Teamper seat
ChatGPT
Claude
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Gemini
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Grok
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GLM Coding—
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Perplexity
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Copilot
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ChatGPT

Free
Entry$5–18
~$20
~$100
$150+
Teamper seat

Claude

Free
~$20
~$100
$150+
Teamper seat

Gemini

Free
Entry$5–18
~$20
~$100
$150+

Grok

Free
~$20
$150+
Teamper seat

GLM Coding

Entry$5–18
~$100
$150+

Perplexity

Free
~$20
$150+

Copilot

Free
~$20
Teamper seat

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aipricing.guru · updated 2026-07-23

OpenAI ChatGPT

ChatGPT Free

free
Free
Includes: gpt-5-mini, gpt-4o-mini
Limited access to GPT-5 with usage caps, unlimited GPT-5 mini

ChatGPT Go

go
$8/mo
Includes: gpt-5.5, gpt-5.5-mini, gpt-5-mini
Official ChatGPT pricing page still lists Go as an individual plan; price is retained from the prior verified source when the raw page omits the amount.

ChatGPT Plus

pro
$20/mo
Includes: gpt-5.6, gpt-5.6-thinking
GPT-5.6 is appearing in paid ChatGPT subscriptions. Availability may roll out by account, region, and plan; higher-capacity Pro access remains reserved for Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Edu.

ChatGPT Business

business
$20/seat/mo
Includes: gpt-5.6, gpt-5.6-sol, gpt-5.4, +3
Standard ChatGPT seats include ChatGPT and Codex. $25/seat monthly or $20/seat/month when billed annually. Minimum 2 seats.

ChatGPT Pro ($100)

power
$100/mo
Includes: gpt-5.6, gpt-5.6-sol, gpt-5.4, +2
5x higher limits than Plus; launch promo gives 10x Codex usage versus Plus through May 31, 2026.

ChatGPT Pro ($200)

power
$200/mo
Includes: gpt-5.6, gpt-5.6-sol, gpt-5.4, +3
20x higher limits than Plus. $200 Pro remains the highest self-serve individual usage tier.

Anthropic Claude

Claude Free

free
Free
Includes: claude-haiku-4.5, claude-sonnet-5
Limited Sonnet access, resets every 5 hours

Claude Pro

pro
$20/mo
$200/yr (save 17%)
Includes: claude-sonnet-5, claude-opus-4.8, claude-haiku-4.5
Approx 5x Free, priority during peak, extended context. Claude Fable 5 access continues via usage credits beginning July 20, 2026, with a one-time $100 Fable credit.

Claude Team

team
$25/seat/mo
Includes: claude-sonnet-5, claude-opus-4.8, claude-haiku-4.5
Standard Team seat: $20/seat/month when billed annually ($240/year) or $25 if billed monthly. Minimum 5 seats. Claude Fable 5 access continues via usage credits beginning July 20, 2026, with a one-time $100 Fable credit.

Claude Max (5x)

power
$100/mo
Includes: claude-fable-5, claude-opus-4.8, claude-sonnet-5, +1
Claude Fable 5 is included beginning July 20, 2026 at 50% of this plan's usage limits. Standard Max 5x usage remains about 5x Pro across the rest of the model picker.

Claude Team Premium

team
$125/seat/mo
Includes: claude-fable-5, claude-sonnet-5, claude-opus-4.8, +1
Claude Fable 5 is included beginning July 20, 2026 at 50% of this plan's usage limits. Minimum 5 Team seats. Premium seat is $100/seat/month when billed annually and $125/seat/month if billed monthly.

Claude Max (20x)

max
$200/mo
Includes: claude-fable-5, claude-opus-4.8, claude-sonnet-5, +1
Claude Fable 5 is included beginning July 20, 2026 at 50% of this plan's usage limits. Official Claude pricing page still lists Max 20x; price is retained from the prior verified source when the raw page only exposes Max pricing as 'From $100'.

Google Gemini

Gemini Free

free
Free
Includes: gemini-3.5-flash, gemini-3.1-pro
Google Gemini subscriptions page lists Free at $0/month with access to 3.5 Flash and varying access to 3.1 Pro.

Google AI Plus

plus
$4.99/mo
Includes: gemini-3.5-flash, gemini-3.1-pro
Google AI Plus is tracked at $4.99/month after Google's June 2026 price drop, with 2x higher usage access than Free and 200 GB storage.

Google AI Pro

pro
$19.99/mo
$199.99/yr (save 17%)
Includes: gemini-3.1-pro, gemini-3-pro
Google Gemini subscriptions page lists AI Pro at 4x higher usage access than Free with 5 TB storage.

Google AI Ultra 5x

max
$99.99/mo
Includes: gemini-3.1-pro, gemini-3-pro, gemini-deep-think
Google's I/O 2026 subscription update launched this $99.99/month AI Ultra tier with 5x higher usage limits than AI Pro.

Google AI Ultra 20x

max
$199.99/mo
Includes: gemini-3.1-pro, gemini-3-pro, gemini-deep-think
Google's I/O 2026 subscription update reduced the top Google AI Ultra tier to $199.99/month, with 20x higher usage limits than AI Pro.

xAI Grok

Grok Free

free
Free
Includes: grok-4
xAI pricing page lists Free at $0/month with generous free limits for trying Grok.

SuperGrok

pro
$30/mo
Includes: grok-4
xAI pricing page lists SuperGrok at $30/month with higher rate limits and access to frontier Grok models.

Grok Business

business
$30/seat/mo
Includes: grok-4.3
xAI Business page lists Grok Business at $30/month per user for small-to-medium teams.

SuperGrok Heavy

max
$300/mo
Includes: grok-4
Grok subscription checkout lists SuperGrok Heavy at $300/month for the highest self-serve Grok usage tier.

Z.ai GLM Coding

GLM Coding Lite

lite
$18/mo
$151.2/yr (save 30%)
Includes: glm-5.2, glm-5-turbo, glm-4.7, +1
GLM Coding Plan is limited to officially supported coding tools. Lite includes up to about 80 prompts per 5 hours and 400 prompts per week. GLM-5.2 and GLM-5-Turbo consume 3x quota during peak hours and 2x off-peak, with a limited-time 1x off-peak benefit through September.

GLM Coding Pro

pro
$72/mo
$604.8/yr (save 30%)
Includes: glm-5.2, glm-5-turbo, glm-4.7, +1
GLM Coding Plan is limited to officially supported coding tools. Pro includes up to about 400 prompts per 5 hours and 2,000 prompts per week, about 5x Lite usage.

GLM Coding Max

max
$160/mo
$1344/yr (save 30%)
Includes: glm-5.2, glm-5-turbo, glm-4.7, +1
GLM Coding Plan is limited to officially supported coding tools. Max includes up to about 1,600 prompts per 5 hours and 8,000 prompts per week, about 20x Lite usage.

Perplexity

Perplexity Free

free
Free
Includes: sonar
Unlimited quick searches, 3 Pro searches/day

Perplexity Pro

pro
$20/mo
$200/yr (save 17%)
Includes: sonar-pro, gpt-5.4, claude-opus-4.8, +3
300+ Pro searches/day, model picker for flagships

Perplexity Max

max
$200/mo
$2000/yr (save 17%)
Includes: sonar-pro, gpt-5.4, claude-opus-4.8, +2
Unlimited Pro searches, Max-only features

Microsoft Copilot

Copilot Free

free
Free
Includes: gpt-5-mini, gpt-4o
Standard access during off-peak, basic image gen

Microsoft 365 Premium

pro
$19.99/mo
$199.99/yr (save 17%)
Includes: gpt-5.4, o3
Microsoft 365 Premium replaces standalone Copilot Pro for consumers at $19.99/month or $199.99/year.

Copilot Pro

pro
$20/mo
$200/yr (save 17%)
Includes: gpt-5.4, o3
Standalone Copilot Pro is retired for new buyers. Existing subscriptions continue until 2026-08-01; the consumer replacement is Microsoft 365 Premium at $19.99/month or $199.99/year.

Microsoft 365 Copilot Business

business
$21/seat/mo
Includes: gpt-5.4, o3
SMB Business SKU up to 300 users. Standard annual-commit price is $21/seat/mo; current promo is $18/seat/mo from 2026-07-01 through 2026-09-30; month-to-month is $25.20/seat/mo.

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Frequently asked questions

Which AI subscription is the best value?

It depends on what you're optimizing for. For general chat and writing at $20/month, Claude Pro includes the flagship Opus 4.8 reasoning model and Claude Code for developers. ChatGPT Plus offers broader tooling (Sora video, DALL-E, Advanced Voice, custom GPTs). Google AI Pro throws in 2TB storage and deep Gmail/Docs integration for roughly the same price. Perplexity Pro wins for research because it lets you pick the model per query.

Is ChatGPT Pro ($200) worth it over Plus ($20)?

Only if you consistently hit Plus's usage caps or need the Pro reasoning mode (o3-pro), unlimited Sora video, or the Operator agent. For most users, Plus handles 95% of use cases.

What's the difference between Claude Max 5x and 20x?

Both give you flagship Opus 4.8 access. The 5x plan ($100/mo) gives roughly five times the Pro plan's usage allowance; the 20x plan ($200/mo) gives twenty times. If you use Claude Code for hours every day, 20x is the rate you want.

How often is this data updated?

Our autonomous monitoring pipeline checks every provider's official pricing page every 30 minutes. Prices that change get cross-verified against a second independent source (help center, changelog, or Wayback snapshot) before we update this page. As of 2026-07-23, we are tracking 31 plans across 7 providers. You can verify the sources for each plan on its detail page.

Should I pay for a subscription or use the API directly?

If you're a developer building an app, the API is almost always cheaper. If you're a consumer who uses AI through a chat interface and sends more than ~20 prompts per day, a subscription is usually cheaper. Our Subscription vs API calculator shows the break-even for your actual usage.

How we source this data

Every price on this page is cross-verified against at least two independent sources (the provider's official pricing page plus their help-center documentation, changelog, or a Wayback Machine snapshot). Our reconciliation pipeline blocks any price change that doesn't have ≥2 agreeing sources, and flags any move >30% as an anomaly requiring manual review. Full source URLs for each plan are visible on the plan's detail page. See methodology.