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ZDNET’s key takeaways
- OpenAI announced a new subscription tier, ChatGPT Go.
- The $10 monthly plan is available in 18 countries.
- ChatGPT Go could compete with Google’s similar AI Plus Plan.
OpenAI is expanding its chatbot access to more countries through its latest subscription plan. ChatGPT Go, launched in August specifically for India, offers OpenAI’s most popular features at a lower price — under $10 a month, according to The Verge — and is now coming to 16 more countries, the company announced earlier this week.
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“ChatGPT Go is designed for people who are looking to gain access to our most popular ChatGPT features at a more affordable price,” OpenAI’s Nick Turley writes on X.
What ChatGPT Go offers
ChatGPT Go includes everything offered in the Free plan with the addition of extended access to GPT-5, image generation tools, file uploads, Python and other data analysis tools, extended file upload access, and longer memory.
The Go tier sits between ChatGPT Free, which offers limited access to features like fast response times, memory, data analysis, and vision, and ChatGPT Plus, a $20 monthly subscription with extended access to GPT-5, access to ChatGPT Agent, and more access to different models.
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This subscription tier is available in 18 select countries, including India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Indonesia. OpenAI is planning to expand country availability, it said in the blog announcing ChatGPT Go.
OpenAI is rolling out the new subscription tier gradually.
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The news of OpenAI’s expanded ChatGPT tier directly competes with the news that Google’s AI Plus plan is coming to 36 more countries. Google’s first-wave rollout deployed the plan to 40 countries. AI Plus offers increased limits for its photo editing and image generation models.
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Both companies are expanding their AI to more markets, signaling a growing interest in affordable AI outside of the US.
