AI Chatbot Subscriptions: What ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok Cost, Plan by Plan

Most AI chatbots are free to start, and the main paid plan costs about $20 a month: ChatGPT Plus is $20, Claude Pro is $20 ($17 a month if you pay for a year up front) and Google AI Pro is $19.99. Grok's comparable tier, Premium on the X Subscription, is $30.

Cheaper plans exist. ChatGPT Go and X Plus cost $8 a month, and Google AI Plus is $4.99 in the US. The heavy-use plans start at about $100 a month: ChatGPT Pro starts at $100, Claude Max is $100 and Claude Ultra $200, Google AI Ultra is $99.99 or $199.99, and X Super and X Ultra are $100 and $200. Beyond price, the plans differ in how much you can use them before you hit a limit, which models you get, and what comes bundled in, such as cloud storage, API credits or Cursor.

Last checked November 8, 2026: every price below comes from the company's own page, linked where it's stated: ChatGPT pricing, Claude pricing, Google AI plans on Google One, Gemini subscriptions, Grok plans and xAI's X Subscription announcement.

How much does an AI chatbot subscription cost?

The main paid plan from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Grok costs $19.99 to $30 a month for one person. Budget plans start at $4.99. The heavy-use tiers cost $99.99 to $200 a month at Claude, Google and Grok, and ChatGPT Pro starts at $100, with the prices of its two higher tiers not shown on its plan cards. The table lists every personal plan on the four companies' pricing pages.

Prices checked November 8, 2026, on each company's own pricing page, as shown to a US visitor. Claude's and Grok's pages say their prices don't include tax.

Only Claude, Google and Grok list a yearly price for their personal plans. ChatGPT's pricing page says it offers monthly plans for Go and Plus, and annual plans only for its Business and Enterprise plans.

What do the free plans give you?

All four chatbots have a free plan, and each one caps how much you can do. ChatGPT Free gives you unlimited text chats with GPT-6, subject to OpenAI's abuse guardrails, with limited uploads, image creation, voice chats, deep research and memory. Claude Free lets you chat on the web, desktop and mobile, search the web, create files, run code and connect your apps, with limited usage every 5 hours and every week.

Gemini's free plan runs on Google's Flash-Lite model and includes image generation, Deep Research, Gemini Live and 15 GB of storage across Gmail, Drive and Photos. Grok's free tier on the X Subscription gives you daily access to Grok, a starter allowance for Cursor's coding agents and standard X.

For more on Claude's limits, see what Claude's free plan includes. If you want to compare chatbots beyond these four, we also cover free and paid ChatGPT alternatives.

ChatGPT plans: Free, Go, Plus and Pro

ChatGPT has four personal plans: Free at $0, Go at $8 a month, Plus at $20 a month and Pro from $100 a month, according to OpenAI's pricing page. Go adds more messages, uploads, image creation and voice chats over Free, and OpenAI notes the plan may include ads.

Plus adds advanced reasoning models with GPT-6, more deep research, projects, scheduled tasks and custom GPTs, plus more Codex usage. Pro gives you a choice of three usage tiers, called Pro 100, Pro 200 and Pro 500, and adds Pro reasoning powered by GPT-6 Astra, Dot (OpenAI's always-on agent), unlimited and faster image creation, and $100, $200 or $500 a month in API credits depending on the tier. The page shows the $100 starting price; it doesn't list the higher tiers' prices on the plan cards.

OpenAI's page describes the text chats on every plan as "unlimited," subject to abuse guardrails, and lists limits on other features. We track new ChatGPT features and plan changes on our ChatGPT updates page.

Claude plans: Free, Pro, Max and Ultra

Claude has four personal plans: Free at $0, Pro at $20 a month ($17 a month billed yearly, $200 up front), Max at $100 a month and Ultra at $200 a month, according to Anthropic's pricing page. Each plan sets a usage limit, and the page says how fast you reach it depends on the model you use, how long your chats are and how large your files are.

Pro gives you more usage than Free, Claude Code, projects, more Claude models and Claude in Chrome and Microsoft 365, and you pay for Fable with usage credits. Max gives you five times Pro's usage every 5 hours and every week, includes Fable up to half your weekly limit, adds $100 a month in API credits for building on the Claude Platform, and gets priority access at busy times.

Ultra removes the 5-hour limit for verified accounts and gives you ten times Pro's usage every week, with $200 a month in API credits. It still has a weekly limit. New Claude features land on our Claude updates page.

Google AI plans for Gemini: Plus, Pro and Ultra

Google sells three paid AI plans for Gemini through Google One: Google AI Plus at $4.99 a month, Google AI Pro at $19.99 a month and Google AI Ultra from $99.99 a month, according to Google One's AI plans page and Gemini's subscriptions page, both checked from the US. Every plan bundles cloud storage shared across Gmail, Drive and Photos.

AI Plus gives you twice the Free plan's Gemini usage, Gemini 3.6 Flash and 400 GB of storage. AI Pro gives you four times Free's usage, Gemini 4 Argon, 5 TB of storage and YouTube Premium Lite; Google's savings calculator on the same page lists it at $199.99 if you pay yearly. Ultra comes in two sizes: $99.99 a month for five times AI Pro's usage, or $199.99 a month for 20 times, with at least 20 TB of storage, YouTube Premium and $40 a month in Google Cloud credits.

Google's limits depend on how complex your prompt is, which features you use and how long your chat runs, and its subscriptions page says your Gemini limit refreshes every 5 hours until you reach a weekly limit, which you can extend by buying AI credits. Both pages show US prices, and Google One's page lets you pick another country. We log Gemini changes on our Gemini updates page.

Grok plans: the X Subscription

Grok's paid plans are now the X Subscription, which bundles Grok, Grok Bot, Cursor and X Premium in five tiers: Free at $0, Plus at $8, Premium at $30, Super at $100 and Ultra at $200 a month, according to xAI's announcement. Premium includes the benefits of SuperGrok, Cursor Pro and X Premium+, which xAI says cost $90 a month combined before.

Each tier's usage is a multiple of Plus: four times for Premium, 15 times for Super and 50 times for Ultra, shared between Grok and Cursor. Third-party models in Cursor aren't part of that pool; xAI bills them separately at API list prices. On grok.com/plans, yearly billing works out to $80 for Plus, $300 for Premium, $1,000 for Super and $2,000 for Ultra, and the page showed 50% off the first month of Premium, Super and Ultra when we checked.

Existing SuperGrok, Cursor and X Premium subscribers can keep their current plans or switch. We cover the tiers in more detail in the X Subscription's Grok and Cursor tiers.

Which AI chat subscription should you pick?

Pick by how much you use AI and what else you already pay for. This section matches each plan to a job using what each company lists on its pricing page, without ranking them.

If you use AI now and then: start on a free plan. All four have one, and ChatGPT's free plan includes unlimited text chats with GPT-6 subject to abuse guardrails.

If you're on a tight budget: Google AI Plus ($4.99), ChatGPT Go ($8) and X Plus ($8) cost the least. ChatGPT Go may include ads, and Google AI Plus adds 400 GB of storage.

If you use AI every day for work: the main paid plans cost $19.99 to $30 a month. ChatGPT Plus adds GPT-6 reasoning models, projects and custom GPTs. Claude Pro adds Claude Code and Claude in Chrome and Microsoft 365. Google AI Pro includes 5 TB of Google storage and YouTube Premium Lite. X Premium costs $30 and bundles Cursor Pro and X Premium+.

If you hit limits or run long coding jobs: look at Claude Max or Ultra, ChatGPT Pro, Google AI Ultra, or X Super or Ultra. Several of these include monthly API credits for building your own tools: $100 or $200 on Claude Max and Ultra, $100 to $500 on ChatGPT Pro, and $40 in Google Cloud credits on Google AI Ultra.

Pat has reviewed Gemini 4 Argon, which comes with Google AI Pro and Ultra, and he had Opus 5.5, Fable 5.1 and GPT-6 Astra build the same app; GPT-6 Astra is on ChatGPT Plus and Pro. His Opus 5.5 review covers that model's pricing too.

Why am I getting charged for a chatbot?

Check the name on your card statement first: it tells you which company billed you, and Apple's support page points you to your bank or card statement for exactly that when a charge isn't from Apple. If you subscribed in an app, the charge may come from Apple or Google instead of the chatbot company.

On an iPhone, iPad or Mac, your App Store subscriptions are listed under your Apple Account, and Apple suggests searching your email for "receipt from Apple" to find which account paid. On Android, your subscriptions are in Google Play, and Google notes that uninstalling an app doesn't cancel its subscription.

Some charges come from apps with chatbot names that aren't ChatGPT. Chatbot App (chatbotapp.ai) is run by Chatbot Inc, says on its site that it isn't affiliated with the companies whose models it offers, and its Pro plan is a one-week trial for $1.99 followed by $29.99 billed monthly. ChatBot.com sells customer-service bots to businesses, starting at $19 per user a month billed yearly.

Refunds depend on the company and where you live. OpenAI says ChatGPT payments are generally non-refundable, with exceptions such as a possible refund within seven days for an unused subscription and a prorated refund within 14 days for people in the EU, UK and Turkey. Anthropic says Claude payments are non-refundable except where its terms or the law say otherwise, and people in the EEA and UK can get a prorated refund within 14 days.

Google One's policy says Google storage plan purchases are non-refundable in most countries, and App Store purchases are refunded by Apple. For the cancel steps on each service, see how to cancel ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI Pro or SuperGrok.

Questions people ask about AI chatbot subscriptions

Is ChatGPT free?

Yes, ChatGPT's Free plan costs $0 and includes unlimited text chats with GPT-6, subject to abuse guardrails, with limited uploads, images, voice and deep research.

Is Gemini free?

Yes, Gemini's free plan costs $0 with a Google Account and uses Google's Flash-Lite model.

Is Grok free?

Yes, the X Subscription's Free tier costs $0 and gives you daily access to Grok.

How much is SuperGrok now?

SuperGrok's benefits are part of X Premium at $30 a month, which also includes Cursor Pro and X Premium+, according to xAI. Current SuperGrok subscribers can keep their plan.

Is ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro cheaper?

Both cost $20 a month. Claude Pro drops to $17 a month if you pay $200 for a year, while ChatGPT Plus is monthly only for individuals.

How much is Google AI Pro?

Google AI Pro is $19.99 a month in the US, with 5 TB of storage and Gemini 4 Argon. The same page offers students Google AI Pro free for one year.

Do any AI chatbot plans have ads?

ChatGPT's pricing page says the Go plan may include ads.

Is any AI chatbot plan unlimited?

Each company attaches conditions to the word. ChatGPT calls its text chats "unlimited" subject to abuse guardrails, and Pro's image creation "unlimited." Claude Ultra removes the 5-hour limit for verified accounts but keeps a weekly limit of ten times Pro's usage.

When do usage limits reset?

Claude's limits apply every 5 hours and every week, and Gemini's refresh every 5 hours until you reach a weekly limit.

Sources

• ChatGPT: Pricing (checked November 8, 2026)
• Claude: Pricing (checked November 8, 2026)
• Google One: Google AI plans (checked November 8, 2026)
• Google: Gemini subscriptions (checked November 8, 2026)
• Grok: Plans (checked November 8, 2026)
• xAI: Introducing The X Subscription
• OpenAI Help Center: How do I request a refund for my ChatGPT subscription?
• Claude Help Center: Request a refund for a paid Claude plan
• Google One Help: Purchase, cancellation and refund policies
• Apple Support: Cancel a subscription from Apple
• Google Play Help: Cancel, pause, or change a subscription
• Chatbot App: Pricing
• ChatBot.com: Pricing