AssistantsFree tier with limits

ChatGPT

OpenAI's general-purpose AI chat assistant for questions, writing, files, images and voice.

Official site: chatgpt.com ↗

Is it actually free? Free tier with limits

Free plan: unlimited everyday text chats (subject to abuse guardrails), with limited file uploads, image creation, voice chats, deep research, memory and Codex access.

Pricing

Free; Go $8/month; Plus $20/month; Pro from $100/month; Business and Enterprise plans priced per user.

Best for

Everyday questions, drafting, summarizing documents and voice chats on web and phone.

Not great for

Anything where a wrong answer is costly without checking sources yourself.

Real plays that use ChatGPT

Comparisons

Alternatives

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Perplexity

An AI answer engine that searches the web and cites its sources.

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Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft's AI assistant, free on the web and phone, and built into Microsoft 365 apps on paid plans.

Free? A free Copilot chat exists; Microsoft's plan page describes paid plans as having 'higher usage than free' but does not list exact free limits.

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