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ChatGPT plans & usage limits (Oct 2026)
OpenAI · official pricing: https://chatgpt.com/pricing
| Plan | Price | Messages / usage | Reset windows | Context window | Image & video | Deep research | Agents & coding | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT Free | Free | Unlimited everyday text chats (subject to abuse guardrails); limited messages with uploads | Separate limits for uploads, images, voice and tools; reset windows not published on pricing page | total context (GPT Instant); ~12 pages input | Limited image creation | Limited | Limited Codex; limited ChatGPT Work (desktop) | ✓ 2026-10-17 |
| ChatGPT Go | $8/mo | Unlimited everyday text chats; more messages with tools than Free | not published | total context (GPT Instant); reasoning context | More image creation than Free | Limited | Limited Codex; limited ChatGPT Work (desktop) | ✓ 2026-10-17 |
| ChatGPT Plus | $20/mo | Unlimited everyday text chats; expanded messages and uploads; advanced reasoning models metered | Model/feature allowances; reset windows not published on pricing page | total context (GPT Instant); reasoning context (~320 pages input) | More complex image creation, incl. image generation with Thinking | Expanded deep research | Codex included; ChatGPT Work on desktop, web and mobile | ✓ 2026-10-17 |
| ChatGPT Pro 100 | $100/mo | Pro reasoning (GPT-6 Pro / GPT-6 Astra) on a weekly allowance shared with GPT-5.6 Sol Pro | Weekly allowance for Pro models | total context (Instant); reasoning context | Unlimited and faster image creation | Maximum deep research | Longer Codex and ChatGPT Work sessions; Dot always-on agent | ✓ 2026-10-17 |
| ChatGPT Pro 200 | $200/mo | More included usage than Pro 100; GPT-6 Pro weekly limit, then auto-switch to GPT-5.6 Thinking (Medium) | Weekly GPT-6 Pro limit; daily GPT-5.6 Sol Pro allowance | total context (Instant); reasoning context | Unlimited and faster image creation | Maximum deep research | Longer Codex and ChatGPT Work sessions; Dot always-on agent | ✓ 2026-10-17 |
| ChatGPT Pro 500 | $500/mo | Highest included usage of the Pro plans | not published | total context (Instant); reasoning context | Unlimited and faster image creation | Maximum deep research | Only Pro tier with Ultrafast (GPT-6 Astra / GPT-6.1 Sol) at 8x the standard usage rate | ✓ 2026-10-17 |
📡 Latest real ChatGPT limit reports
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Reports hitting the ChatGPT usage limit.
“I wanted to know why I'm running out of usage so quickly and it seems like it was when I started using …”
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Reports hitting the ChatGPT usage limit.
“claude and codex's 5h limit sucks and usage limit drains pretty fast but does one job well with tests.”
— @PradheepSundar1 on X · View source ↗
Reports hitting the ChatGPT Pro weekly limit.
“I burn through my $200 codex weekly limit in 24h”
— @Says_Warraich on X · View source ↗
Reports hitting the ChatGPT weekly limit.
“… same it feels like my codex is running 24/7 I hit weekly limit of 100$ once in past 5 month but it …”
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Recent ChatGPT changes
- ChatGPT deadline
Deadline: ChatGPT student offer (4 free months of Plus)
Eligible US college students must claim by Oct 31, 2026. Source ↗
- ChatGPT deadline
Deadline: Pro 200 grandfathered allowance ends
Eligible Pro 200 subscribers move to the lower allowance after this date. Source ↗
- ChatGPT plan
ChatGPT Pro 500 launches; new Pro 200 subs get a lower allowance
Three Pro tiers: $100, $200, $500. Grandfathered Pro 200 subscribers keep the old allowance through Oct 29, 2026. Source ↗
Sloane: Same $200 price, less usage for new subscribers. That's why I read the fine print. - ChatGPT limits
Unlimited text chats for ChatGPT Free and Go; effort slider for Plus/Pro
GPT-5.6 Luna becomes default for Free/Go with unlimited text chats (rolling out the following week). Uploads, images, voice and tools keep separate limits. Source ↗
Sloane: “Unlimited” means the text box. Uploads, images and voice still have caps.