ChatGPT
Chat, work, create and code with AI
ChatGPT is OpenAI's AI chat assistant for answering questions, writing, creating images and coding. A free version is open to everyone, and paid individual plans named Go, Plus and Pro sit above it, with Business and Enterprise for organisations. It suits people who want to generate images, do research with its deep research mode, or study using a dedicated study mode.
What ChatGPT does
At its core, ChatGPT is a text chat with OpenAI's GPT models, but the same window also handles image generation, voice chats (including voice with video), file uploads, data analysis and vision. Deep research is built in for longer investigations, and memory can carry context from past chats into new ones.
For ongoing work, projects, scheduled tasks and custom GPTs become available from the Plus plan upward. Study mode is aimed at learning, while extensions bring ChatGPT into Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Google Sheets. Access to the Codex coding agent is part of the feature list too, in limited form on the free version.
The free version allows unlimited text chats subject to abuse guardrails, while uploads, image creation, voice, deep research, memory and Codex are all capped. ChatGPT runs on the web, iOS and Android, and a desktop app is offered for ChatGPT Work. Organisations can choose Business, which starts at 2 users, or Enterprise. People on individual plans can opt out of having their content used to train models.
Features
- Text chat with GPT models
- Image generation
- Voice chats, including voice with video
- Deep research
- Memory, including memory with past chats
- File uploads, data analysis and vision
- Projects, scheduled tasks and custom GPTs (Plus and above)
- Codex coding agent access
- Study mode
- Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Google Sheets extensions
Strengths and limits
Each point comes from the features and plan details above. No point is an opinion.
Strengths
- A free version is available to everyone, with unlimited text chats subject to abuse guardrails.
- One assistant covers chat, image generation, voice chats, deep research and file analysis.
- Available on web, iOS and Android, plus a desktop app for ChatGPT Work.
- Individual-plan users can opt out of their content being used to train models.
Limits
- Projects, scheduled tasks and custom GPTs require the Plus plan or above.
- On the free version, image creation, voice chats, deep research and uploads are limited.
What people use ChatGPT for
- AI tools to generate imagesImage generation sits inside the same chat, so you can describe a picture and refine it conversationally; free users get limited image creation.
- AI tools to do researchDeep research handles longer investigations, and file uploads with data analysis let you bring your own material into the question.
- AI tools to studyStudy mode is built for learning, and memory with past chats lets it keep track of what you have already covered.
ChatGPT FAQ
Is ChatGPT free?
Yes. A free version is available to everyone, with unlimited text chats subject to abuse guardrails and limits on uploads, images, voice and deep research. Paid individual plans are Go, Plus and Pro.
Which devices does ChatGPT run on?
It is available on the web, iOS and Android, and there is a desktop app for ChatGPT Work.
Can I stop ChatGPT from training on my content?
On individual plans, users can opt out of having their content used to train models.
Where this listing comes from
Facts were read from these pages on Nov 6, 2026. The description was written from those facts. See the methodology.
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