ChatGPT

by OpenAI · updated 2026-07-14

General-purpose assistant with the deepest ecosystem of custom GPTs and connectors.

4.7 · 12,840 ratingsFreemium$0 / $20 per userAPI available

At a glance

Best for: Generalist teams, Analysts, Founders, Marketing teams
Platforms: Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android
Languages: English, Hindi, Gujarati, Spanish
Starting price: $0 / $20 per user

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Key takeaways

Widest capability surface of any single assistant
Strong enterprise admin, SSO and retention controls
Usage caps on the strongest models even on paid plans
Starts at $0 / $20 per user.

Overview

ChatGPT is a general assistant built on OpenAI's GPT model family. It handles long-form writing, data analysis over uploaded files, image generation, voice conversation and browsing in one workspace, and it is the default entry point for most teams adopting AI for the first time.

Features

Reasoning models for multi-step analysis
File and spreadsheet analysis with a Python sandbox
Custom GPTs with private knowledge
Projects for grouped chats and shared memory
Voice mode and image generation in one thread

Pros and cons

Pros

Widest capability surface of any single assistant
Strong enterprise admin, SSO and retention controls
Huge library of shareable custom GPTs

Cons

Usage caps on the strongest models even on paid plans
Citation quality trails dedicated answer engines
Outputs drift between model updates, so prompts need re-testing

Pricing plans

Free

forever

Standard model access
Limited file uploads
Web app only

Plus

$20

per month

Frontier models
Higher limits
Projects and custom GPTs

Business

$25

per user / month

SSO and admin console
No training on your data
Shared GPT workspace

Industry use cases

Industry use cases for ChatGPT
Industry	Scenario
Marketing	Turn a positioning doc into a full campaign brief and 20 ad variants.
Finance	Analyse an uploaded P&L, chart trends and draft the board commentary.
Education	Build differentiated lesson plans and rubrics from a syllabus PDF.

Security, privacy and compliance

SOC 2 Type 2
GDPR
CCPA
Enterprise data residency

Integrations: Google Drive, Microsoft 365, GitHub, Slack, Zapier. A public API is available.

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ChatGPT FAQ

Is ChatGPT free to use?

Yes. A free tier gives access to standard models with lower rate limits; frontier models and Projects require a paid plan starting at $20 per month.

Does ChatGPT train on business data?

Business and Enterprise workspaces are excluded from model training by default, and admins can set retention windows.