ChatGPT
OpenAI's flagship AI assistant for chat, reasoning, image and video generation, and computer use.
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How the 7.4 was reached
- Quality of output9/10
Strong independent benchmarks: GPT-5 at 94.6% on AIME 2025 and 88% on Aider Polyglot, plus medical exam results. Source: getpassionfruit.com
- Ease of use9/10
Free plan available on web, iOS and Android; just log in and start chatting. Source: chatgpt.com
- Pricing value8/10
Useful free plan with unlimited text chats; paid Go, Plus and Pro tiers published, though prices were redacted in the source. Source: chatgpt.com
- API and integration quality2/10
No API or integration facts found on the checked pages or by search. Source: chatgpt.com
- Solves the problem it claims to solve9/10
900 million weekly users, 4.9 app store rating and wide Fortune 500 use show the chat, work and create claim delivered. Source: sqmagazine.co.uk
7.4/10 is the average of the five criterion scores above. The evidence comes from 4 different sources.Scores come from public evidence (the tool's own pages and documentation, and independent reviews); we do not test every tool hands-on. Scored 29 September 2026, on version 1 of our five-criteria scoring method.
Pricing
- Access to GPT-5 with daily limits
- Limited image generation
- Limited file uploads
- Voice mode (basic)
- Higher GPT-5 limits
- GPT-5 Thinking for harder problems
- Sora video generation
- Image generation
- Custom GPTs
- Voice mode (advanced)
- Unlimited GPT-5 and GPT-5 Thinking
- GPT-5 Pro mode
- Operator (computer-use agent)
- Sora unlimited
- Priority access during peaks
- Everything in Plus
- Higher usage limits
- Team workspace
- Admin console
- Data not used for training
- SSO/SAML
- Domain capture
- Audit logs
- Custom data retention
- Dedicated support
For the full list of what each plan includes, and current prices, see chatgpt.com.
Key Features
- GPT-5 base model and GPT-5 Thinking reasoning mode
- Built-in image generation
- Sora text-to-video generation
- Voice mode with natural conversation
- Operator agent for browser and computer-use tasks
- Custom GPTs and GPT Store
- Code Interpreter for data analysis
- Integrated web search and citations
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Largest feature surface across chat, image, video, voice, and agents
- GPT Store ecosystem with hundreds of thousands of custom GPTs
- Strong image and video generation built in
- Most familiar UX for general consumers
Cons
- Pro tier at $200/mo is the most expensive consumer AI plan
- Reasoning-mode latency can be high on complex prompts
- Free tier limits are tight relative to competitors
ChatGPT is a strong, easy general assistant with a useful free plan on web, iOS and Android, and independent benchmarks back its output quality. No API or integration details were found, which matters for teams building on it.
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