Free $0
“Free covers everyday questions.” 5-hour rolling session limits.
No Claude Code, Cowork, Projects, or Research. “Fable 5 isn’t available on the Free plan.”
Live tracker Last verified 2026-09-11 Primary sources only
Every AI plan's real price and limits, on one page.
Vendors change plans quietly and their pages don't keep history. This one does.
Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Grok, and Perplexity — every number below was read off the vendor's official page on the date shown, with the official limit wording quoted verbatim, and every change logged with a date. If a number here has aged, the linked source page wins; then tell me and I'll log the change.
Citing this page in an article or an answer? Link it — the dated changelog is the part your readers can't get from the vendor.
Which plan should you buy? Tap 3, get the verdict
01
Claude (Anthropic)
Pro $20/mo ($17/mo billed annually at $200 up front)
“At least 5x more usage per 5-hour session than Free.”
Claude Code, Cowork, Design, Science, unlimited Projects, Research. Pricing table: 200K context. “Fable 5 and Fable 5.1 aren’t included in your plan's usage limits. You can use them with usage credits.”
Max 5x $100/mo
“Five times more usage per session than the Pro plan,” plus a weekly limit across all models.
“Fable 5 and Fable 5.1 are included as a standard part of your plan. You can use up to 50% of your weekly usage limits on Fable models at no extra cost.” Higher output limits, priority at peak.
Max 20x $200/mo
“20 times more usage per session than the Pro plan,” plus a weekly limit across all models.
“Fable 5 and Fable 5.1 are included as a standard part of your plan. You can use up to 50% of your weekly usage limits on Fable models at no extra cost.” Early access to advanced features.
Team $25/seat/mo standard ($20 annual) · $125/seat/mo premium ($100 annual)
Standard seats: more usage than Pro. Premium seats: “5x more usage than standard seats.”
Pricing table: 200K context. Standard seats use Fable 5 and Fable 5.1 with usage credits; on premium seats, both are included as a standard part of the plan, up to 50% of weekly usage limits at no extra cost.
Enterprise $20/seat/mo, billed annually, plus usage at API rates
“Seat price + usage at API rates.” “Usage cost scales with model and task.”
“All Team plan features, plus:” user and organization spend limits, role-based access, SCIM, audit logs, Compliance API, custom data retention, network-level access control, IP allowlisting, and an available HIPAA-ready offering.
Official usage wording: “The number of messages you can send will vary based on your Claude plan.” Pro and Max session limits reset every five hours and both have weekly limits; usage-based Enterprise “won’t have specific usage limits, but will be charged based on consumption.” The pricing table shows 200K context. Paid-plan support says “Claude Fable 5.1, Opus 5, and Sonnet 5 support a 1M token context window on all paid plans when chatting with Claude,” while “Claude Opus 4.8, Opus 4.7, Opus 4.6, and Sonnet 4.6 support a 500K token context window”; Claude Code and Cowork carry separate model-specific 1M exceptions.
Deciding, not just comparing? Claude Pro vs Max, from someone who pays for the 20x tier
02
ChatGPT (OpenAI)
Free $0
“Unlimited text chats with GPT-5.6 Luna,” subject to abuse guardrails.
No GPT-5.6 Sol. Limited uploads, image gen, voice, deep research, Codex. 27K context.
Go $8/mo (corrected Sep 5, 2026 — read off OpenAI's rendered pricing page; an earlier $12 entry here was wrong)
“Free and Go users both have unlimited everyday text chats,” plus higher limits than Free for image gen, uploads, data analysis.
No GPT-6 Astra, no GPT-5.6 Sol, no legacy models. Reasoning via Think on GPT-5.6 Luna. Ad-eligible. 54K/256K context, identical to Plus.
Plus $20/mo
Standard Plus pools (OpenAI publishes no fixed counts).
GPT-5.6 Sol yes, Sol Pro no. Deep research, scheduled tasks, record mode, expanded Codex. 54K/256K context.
Pro (two tiers) $100/mo · $200/mo (new $200 sign-ups and upgrades paused since Sep 10, 2026 — existing $200 subs keep renewing, $100 still available)
“Pro $100 unlocks 5x higher usage than Plus, while Pro $200 unlocks 20x usage than Plus.”
GPT-5.6 Sol Pro included. Sol/Terra/Luna “unlimited*”. 128K/400K context.
OpenAI's pricing pages render prices client-side; the numbers below come from OpenAI's own help-center plan articles. No annual billing exists for Go, Plus, or Pro.
Deciding, not just comparing? Claude Max vs ChatGPT Pro — I pay for both
03
Gemini (Google)
Free $0
5-hour refresh windows up to a weekly limit.
Gemini 3.6 Flash; varying access to Gemini 3.1 Pro.
Google AI Plus $4.99/mo
“2x higher usage limits than Free.”
“Get 200 Google Flow Credits” with access to Gemini Omni Flash and custom tool creation. Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Gmail/Vids, Gemini in Chrome (early access), 400 GB storage.
Google AI Pro $19.99/mo
“4x higher usage limits than Free.”
Deep Research, Gemini in Gmail/Docs/Vids, Flow (1,000 Google Flow Credits), 5 TB, YouTube Premium Lite. Deep Think and Gemini Spark are not listed on this tier.
Google AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo
“5x higher usage limits vs. AI Pro.”
First access to Deep Think and Gemini Spark (select countries), Project Genie, “10,000 or 25,000 Google Flow Credits,” storage starting at 20 TB, YouTube Premium.
Google AI Ultra 20x $199.99/mo
“20x higher usage limits vs. AI Pro.”
First access to Deep Think and Gemini Spark (select countries), Project Genie, “10,000 or 25,000 Google Flow Credits,” storage starting at 20 TB, YouTube Premium.
Google's official limit language: limits “factor in the complexity of your prompt, the features you use, and the length of your chat,” refreshing every 5 hours until a weekly limit.
Deciding, not just comparing? Gemini vs ChatGPT: your job probably already bought you one
04
Microsoft Copilot
Copilot (free) Free
“Subject to available capacity and limits.”
“Microsoft offers a limited free version of Copilot subject to available capacity and limits.” “For deeper integration across Microsoft 365 apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, Copilot is included with eligible Microsoft 365 subscriptions.”
Microsoft 365 Personal $9.99/mo or $99.99/yr
Overall usage: “Higher than free.” AI image generation: “Higher than free.”
Copilot in Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook desktop. 1 TB.
Microsoft 365 Family $12.99/mo or $129.99/yr
Overall usage: “Higher than free.” AI image generation: “Higher than free.”
“Everything in Microsoft 365 Personal, plus: For 1 to 6 people (AI subscription owner only).” Up to 6 TB of secure cloud storage (1 TB per person).
Microsoft 365 Premium $19.99/mo or $199.99/yr
Overall usage: “Extensive.” AI image generation: “Extensive.”
Advanced Copilot chat with extensive usage; limited usage for agentic AI that gets things done for you including advanced research and analytics; preferred access to AI models during peak times.
Microsoft 365 Pro $99.99/mo (monthly billing only)
Overall usage: “Highest.” AI image generation: “Highest.”
“Everything in Microsoft 365 Premium, plus:” Advanced Copilot chat with highest usage; highest usage for agentic AI that gets things done for you including advanced research and analytics; highest usage for visual AI assistance from your screen or camera.
Microsoft 365 Copilot (work seat) $30.00/user/mo, paid yearly
“Annual subscription–auto renews.” A separate qualifying Microsoft 365 plan license is required.
“Everything in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, plus:” AI chat grounded in business data; Copilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Microsoft Teams; agents with Copilot Studio.
The individual page covers Copilot Free plus Microsoft 365 Personal, Family, Premium, and Pro. The enterprise page lists Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat as “Included” and Microsoft 365 Copilot at “$30.00 user/month, paid yearly.” Consumer AI features are owner-only; “usage limits apply.”
Deciding, not just comparing? Copilot vs ChatGPT: first find out which Copilot you have
05
Grok (xAI)
Free $0
“Generous limits” (xAI's wording). Search marked “Limited.”
Real-time web + X search, voice mode, connectors.
SuperGrok Lite $10/mo (signed-in subscription screen; not priced on x.ai/pricing)
Increased limits at regular speed. 2x longer conversations than free.
Create apps with a single prompt, Expert Mode in chat, AI image and video creation.
SuperGrok $30/mo
Everything in Lite, plus 5x conversation and chat usage.
Smarter answers in Expert Mode, image + video generation, longer voice conversations, faster replies, more powerful coding tools, and Grok Bot access.
SuperGrok Plus $100/mo
“Significantly higher usage across Chat, Imagine, Voice & Build.” Priority access at peak times.
Everything in SuperGrok, plus 1080p video creation, lightning-fast replies, and early access to new features.
SuperGrok Business $30/seat (signed-in subscription screen, Business tab)
Everything in SuperGrok, at a per-seat price.
Sharing and collaboration, centralized billing and invoicing, advanced team + seat management, user analytics and reporting, domain verification, excluded from training by default.
SuperGrok Heavy $300/mo (signed-in subscription screen; not priced on x.ai/pricing)
Highest usage at the fastest speed.
Everything in SuperGrok Plus, plus the most powerful intelligence for extremely hard problems, X Premium+ included at no extra cost, dedicated support and early access.
Heads up on sourcing: x.ai/pricing prints only Free, SuperGrok and SuperGrok Plus. Lite, Heavy and Business appear on the signed-in subscription screen at grok.com (Settings → Manage your subscription) — those three prices below are read off my own account, screenshotted in the post. Two ways to pay for Grok: direct SuperGrok plans, or X Premium bundles (Premium $8/mo adds “increased usage limits on Grok”; Premium+ $40/mo adds higher limits; Premium Business includes SuperGrok access). Grok Bot (launched Aug 11, early beta) comes with its own usage pool, separate from your Grok chat plan, per xAI's launch post — Bot work does not drain the chat allowance.
Deciding, not just comparing? What is Grok Bot? A paying user's week-one review
06
Perplexity
Free $0
“Good for limited daily usage.” Web answers, uploads, asset gen, Comet Agent all “Limited.”
Basic AI models. Citations in every answer.
Pro $20/mo
10x web answers, uploads, asset generation, and Comet Agent vs Free.
Deep Research, top models + model selection, 4,000 bonus credits, 400+ connectors.
Max $200/mo
“Highest usage limits and memory,” priority access.
Frontier models, Model Council, Brain, 35,000 bonus credits + 10,000 monthly credits, 5x video gen.
Monthly pricing only shown on the official page.
Deciding, not just comparing? Perplexity vs ChatGPT: keep it free, pay the other one
Plan-change alerts
I read the AI pricing pages so you don't have to.
Get one short email the day any plan on the tracker changes price or limits — Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Grok, Perplexity. The kind of change I catch: Fable 5 quietly leaving Claude Pro's plan limits, Copilot Pro's consumer plan disappearing — both documented and dated on this tracker's changelog. No schedule, no filler: a change happens, you hear about it.
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Every plan change, dated
The part vendor pages don't give you: what changed and when. Entries before 2026-08-21 come from dated observations and screenshots in our published reviews.
- 2026-09-11
xAI: the full SuperGrok ladder is now on the tracker — Lite $10/mo, Heavy $300/mo and Business $30/seat added alongside Free, SuperGrok $30 and SuperGrok Plus $100. These three are NOT on x.ai/pricing, which lists Lite and Heavy as comparison-table columns with no number; they print on the signed-in subscription screen at grok.com, read off my own paying account and screenshotted in the post. An earlier note here said no published price existed for “Lite or Heavy” — true of the public page, and it also got tangled with the separately-unpriced Grok Bot agent tiers. Both now stated precisely.
- 2026-09-11
OpenAI: new sign-ups and upgrades to ChatGPT Pro $200 are paused as of September 10, 2026, after demand for GPT-6 Astra outran capacity. Existing $200 subscriptions keep renewing and Pro $100, Plus, Go and API are unaffected (help.openai.com).
- 2026-09-11
Microsoft: added Microsoft 365 Pro at $99.99/month (monthly billing only); corrected Personal and Family AI image generation to “Higher than free” and Premium overall/image usage from “Highest” to “Extensive.” The enterprise work seat remains $30/user/month, paid yearly. Sources: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/pricing/individuals and https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/pricing/enterprise.
- 2026-09-11
Anthropic: expanded the context note with the current paid-chat 500K exceptions for Opus 4.8, Opus 4.7, Opus 4.6, and Sonnet 4.6, plus the separate Claude Code and Cowork 1M exceptions. Source: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/8606394-how-large-is-the-context-window-on-paid-claude-plans.
- 2026-09-05
CORRECTION: our ChatGPT Go row said $12/mo. Go is $8/mo, read off OpenAI's own rendered pricing page (it serves plan prices client-side, so scrapes miss them). Also corrected: Go does have reasoning, via Think on GPT-5.6 Luna; it lacks GPT-6 Astra and GPT-5.6 Sol. Go and Plus share the same 54K/256K context window.
- 2026-09-04
Anthropic: added the Enterprise plan at $20 per seat per month, billed annually, plus usage at API rates; the page says “Usage cost scales with model and task.” Source: https://claude.com/pricing.
- 2026-09-01
Microsoft: added Microsoft 365 Family at $12.99/month or $129.99/year, with AI available to the subscription owner only, from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/pricing/individuals.
- 2026-09-01
Google: split AI Ultra's $99.99 5x and $199.99 20x options, corrected its Flow-credit wording to “10,000 or 25,000,” added AI Plus's 200 Flow credits, and removed Deep Think and Gemini Spark from AI Pro based on https://gemini.google/subscriptions/.
- 2026-09-01
Anthropic: Fable 5.1 now follows Fable 5's plan inclusion rules, and Fable 5.1, Opus 5, and Sonnet 5 support a 1M paid-plan chat context window; sources: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15424964-claude-fable-5-on-your-plan and https://support.claude.com/en/articles/8606394-how-large-is-the-context-window-on-paid-claude-plans.
- 2026-08-29
xAI: Grok Bot (launched August 11, early beta) added to the tracker. “Grok Bot access” is listed on the $30 SuperGrok tier per x.ai/pricing (checked August 28), with its own usage pool separate from chat plans per the launch post. No published price for Bot Lite or Heavy. Launch-week Reddit claims of $120/seat or a $200–300 requirement are stale — full breakdown in our week-one review.
- 2026-08-21
Anthropic's 50% weekly-usage boost on paid plans (running since May 13) reported extended again through August 31 — its third extension — with Anthropic saying it hopes to make the allowance permanent.
- 2026-08-21
Baseline snapshot published. Every number re-read off the official pages today. Notable find: Microsoft's standalone Copilot Pro consumer plan is gone — the old pricing URL 404s and consumer Copilot now ships inside Microsoft 365 Personal/Family/Premium.
- 2026-08-07
Anthropic: Claude Cowork listed as beta on web and mobile for Max, Team, and Enterprise, “rolling out to Pro plans over the next several weeks” (Anthropic's own wording at the time).
- 2026-07-31
Google's consumer lineup observed as Free / AI Plus / AI Pro / AI Ultra (screenshotted for our Gemini review). Claude pricing page observed at Free $0 / Pro $17–20 / Max from $100.
- 2026-07-27
ChatGPT Go observed at $12/mo with the official note “this plan may include ads” (documented in our Go vs Plus review). See the 2026-09-05 entry: the $12 figure was wrong.
- 2026-07-20
Anthropic: Fable 5 moved OUT of Claude Pro's plan usage — it now bills as separate usage credits on Pro, and is included on Max capped at 50% of weekly limits. The single biggest plan-value change of the summer.
The dataset
The full price history ships as a CC-BY CSV on GitHub: ai-plan-pricing-history . Use it, cite it, build on it.