AI assistant prices & real usage caps
What ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity, Copilot and Mistral actually cost, and what the caps really are. Every figure links to the vendor's own page.
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Consumer plans
| Assistant | Plan | Price (US) | Caps | Resets | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | Free | $0 | not published | not published source ↗ | source ↗ checked 2026-10-22 |
| Go | $8/mo | not published | source ↗ checked 2026-10-22 | ||
| Plus | $20/mo | not published | source ↗ checked 2026-10-22 | ||
| Pro | From $100/mo | not published | source ↗ checked 2026-10-22 | ||
| Claude | Free | $0 | Usage limits apply; exact message count not published | Rolling 5-hour session + weekly cap at a fixed weekly time source ↗ | source ↗ checked 2026-10-22 |
| Pro | $20/mo monthly, or $17/mo billed annually ($200/yr) | Session limit resets every 5 hours, plus a weekly limit across all models. Messages vary with length, files, model and feature; no fixed number published. | source ↗ checked 2026-10-22 | ||
| Max 5x | $100/mo | 5x more usage than Pro; includes $100/mo in API credits | source ↗ checked 2026-10-22 | ||
| Max 20x | $200/mo | 20x more usage than Pro; includes $200/mo in API credits | source ↗ checked 2026-10-22 | ||
| Gemini | Free | $0/mo | Limited access; Deep Research included with lower limits | Every 5 hours until you reach your weekly limit source ↗ | source ↗ checked 2026-10-21 |
| Google AI Plus | $4.99/mo | 2x higher usage limits | source ↗ checked 2026-10-21 | ||
| Google AI Pro | $19.99/mo | 4x higher usage limits; Deep Research; 1M-token context | source ↗ checked 2026-10-21 | ||
| Google AI Ultra | $99.99/mo (5x AI Pro) or $199.99/mo (20x AI Pro) | 5x or 20x higher usage limits vs AI Pro. Google says Deep Research and video use the most usage; no fixed prompt counts published. | source ↗ checked 2026-10-21 | ||
| Grok | Free | $0 | "Free to try"; caps not published | not published source ↗ | source ↗ checked 2026-10-21 |
| SuperGrok | not published | "Higher limits, priority access, and multi-agent"; numeric caps not published | source ↗ checked 2026-10-21 | ||
| Grok Business | not published | not published | source ↗ checked 2026-10-22 | ||
| Perplexity | Free | not published | not published | not published source ↗ | source ↗ checked 2026-10-22 |
| Pro | $17/mo billed annually (monthly price not published) | not published | source ↗ checked 2026-10-22 | ||
| Max | $167/mo billed annually (monthly price not published) | not published | source ↗ checked 2026-10-22 | ||
| Microsoft Copilot checked weekly | Free | not published | not published | not published source ↗ | source ↗ checked 2026-10-21 |
| Microsoft 365 Personal / Family | not published | "Higher usage than free" for chat and image creation; numbers not published | source ↗ checked 2026-10-21 | ||
| Microsoft 365 Premium | not published | "Extensive usage" for chat and images; "limited usage" for research/agent features | source ↗ checked 2026-10-21 | ||
| Microsoft 365 Pro | not published | "Highest usage" for chat, research and agent features | source ↗ checked 2026-10-21 | ||
| Mistral (Le Chat / Vibe) | Free | $0 | Limited messages and web searches; basic image generation | not published source ↗ | source ↗ checked 2026-10-22 |
| Pro | $14.99/mo ($5.99/mo verified students) | Up to 6x Free messages, 5x web searches, 40x image generations; includes API credits | source ↗ checked 2026-10-22 | ||
| Team | $24.99/user/mo | Even higher limits; up to 30GB storage per user | source ↗ checked 2026-10-22 |
not published = we could not confirm this figure on the vendor's official page in this check, so we don't show a number. checked weekly = the vendor's page blocks automated checks, so we review it by hand once a week. All prices in USD before tax; each row shows the date it was last checked.
API prices for flagship models
Standard per-million-token prices. Batch and cached input are cheaper; see each source.
| Vendor | Model | Input / 1M tokens | Output / 1M tokens | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | gpt-6-astra | $10.00 | $50.00 | Standard tier | source ↗ checked 2026-10-21 |
| OpenAI | gpt-6.1-sol | $2.00 | $10.00 | Standard tier | source ↗ checked 2026-10-21 |
| OpenAI | gpt-6-luna | $0.10 | $0.50 | Standard tier | source ↗ checked 2026-10-21 |
| Anthropic | Claude Fable 5.1 | $10 | $50 | source ↗ checked 2026-10-21 | |
| Anthropic | Claude Opus 5.5 | $4 | $20 | source ↗ checked 2026-10-21 | |
| Anthropic | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | $2 | $10 | source ↗ checked 2026-10-21 | |
| Anthropic | Claude Haiku 5.5 | $0.10 | $0.50 | Prompts up to 100K tokens ($0.50 / $2.50 above) | source ↗ checked 2026-10-21 |
| Gemini 4 Argon | $2.00 | $10.00 | Through Nov 30, 2026; $4.00 / $20.00 from Dec 1, 2026 | source ↗ checked 2026-10-21 | |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | $0.75 | $3.75 | Through Dec 31, 2026; $1.50 / $7.50 from Jan 1, 2027 | source ↗ checked 2026-10-21 | |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | $0.30 | $2.50 | Text/image/video input | source ↗ checked 2026-10-21 | |
| xAI | grok-4.7 | $2.00 | $6.00 | Prompts under 200K tokens ($4.00 / $12.00 above) | source ↗ checked 2026-10-22 |
| xAI | grok-4.3 | $1.25 | $2.50 | Prompts under 200K tokens ($2.50 / $5.00 above) | source ↗ checked 2026-10-22 |
| Mistral | Mistral Large | $0.50 | $1.50 | Stated in the pricing page FAQ; other models' API prices not on a static page | source ↗ checked 2026-10-22 |
| Perplexity | Sonar API | not published | not published | Not verified this check | source ↗ checked 2026-10-22 |
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