ChatGPT

by OpenAI

General-purpose AI assistant for questions, writing, analysis, images and voice.

Freemium

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About

ChatGPT is OpenAI's conversational assistant. It answers questions, drafts and edits text, works with uploaded files, searches the web, generates images and can carry out multi-step tasks in agent mode.

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Useful features

  • Chat with file uploads and web search
  • Image generation and editing
  • Voice conversations on mobile and desktop
  • Deep research reports and an agent mode for multi-step tasks

Good for

  • Drafting emails, posts and documents
  • Summarizing and analyzing files
  • Brainstorming and everyday questions

Pricing

Freemium. Free plan with usage limits. Paid plans, from Go and Plus up to Pro, add higher limits and more capable models.

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