by OpenAI · Chat assistants
Worth it if you want one chat app for text, images, voice and deep research, and $8 (Go) or $20 (Plus) a month fits.
Skip if you want a yearly discount (only the 2-seat Business plan has one) or exact message counts (OpenAI doesn’t publish them).
Start free if the free plan covers you: Unlimited text chats subject to abuse guardrails.
| Plan | Monthly USDCAD | Yearly USDCAD/mo | Limits, in OpenAI’s words |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBest for trying it before you pay | Free | — | Unlimited text chats subject to abuse guardrails |
| GoBest for the lowest paid price | $8.00CA$11.00 Official CAD | — | Unlimited text chats subject to abuse guardrails |
| Plus | $20.00CA$25.00 Official CAD | — | Limits apply |
| Pro (from)Agent: Dots · rolling out | $100.00CA$136.00 Official CAD | — | 3 usage tiers, from $100/mo; unlimited subject to abuse guardrails |
| Business Standard TeamBest for teams, priced per seat | $25.00CA$34.00 Official CAD | $20.00CA$27.00 Official CAD≈ $240billed CA$324 yearly Save 20% | Per seat, min 2 seats. CAD CA$34 monthly / CA$27 yearly |
| Business Premium TeamBest for teams, priced per seatAgent: Dots · rolling out | $125.00CA$170.00 Official CAD | $100.00CA$135.00 Official CAD≈ $1,200billed CA$1,620 yearly Save 20% | Per seat; 5x Standard usage, no 5-hour limit. CAD CA$170 monthly / CA$135 yearly |
Before tax, from OpenAI’s official pricing page ↗. ≈ = converted from USD at 1.4196 (Bank of Canada, Oct 15). Other CAD prices are the vendor’s own Canadian price or the App Store Canada price. Hover a price for its label and checked date.
Go $8, Plus $20, Pro from $100 (3 usage tiers). No annual price for personal plans. Go may include ads. Business per seat: Standard $25/mo or $20/mo yearly; Premium $125/mo or $100/mo yearly (min 2 seats).
Free plan: Unlimited text chats subject to abuse guardrails.
| Plan | Monthly USDCAD | Yearly USDCAD/mo | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBest for trying it before you pay | Free | — | Verified · Source for Free: OpenAI pricing page ↗Verified · Source ↗ |
| GoBest for the lowest paid price | $8.00CA$11.00 Official CAD+ 13% HST = CA$12.43/mo in ON | — | Verified · Source for Go: OpenAI pricing page ↗Checked · chatgpt.com (source for this CAD price) ↗ |
| Plus | $20.00CA$25.00 Official CAD+ 13% HST = CA$28.25/mo in ON | — | Verified · Source for Plus: OpenAI pricing page ↗Checked · chatgpt.com (source for this CAD price) ↗ |
| Pro (from)Agent: Dots · rolling out | $100.00CA$136.00 Official CAD+ 13% HST = CA$153.68/mo in ON | — | Verified · Source for Pro (from): OpenAI pricing page ↗Checked · chatgpt.com (source for this CAD price) ↗ |
| Business Standard TeamBest for teams, priced per seat | $25.00CA$34.00 Official CAD+ 13% HST = CA$38.42/mo in ON | $20.00CA$27.00 Official CAD≈ $240billed CA$324 yearly Save 20%+ 13% HST = CA$30.51/mo in ON | Verified · Source for Business Standard: OpenAI pricing page ↗Checked · chatgpt.com (source for this CAD price) ↗ |
| Business Premium TeamBest for teams, priced per seatAgent: Dots · rolling out | $125.00CA$170.00 Official CAD+ 13% HST = CA$192.10/mo in ON | $100.00CA$135.00 Official CAD≈ $1,200billed CA$1,620 yearly Save 20%+ 13% HST = CA$152.55/mo in ON | Verified · Source for Business Premium: OpenAI pricing page ↗Checked · chatgpt.com (source for this CAD price) ↗ |
USD from OpenAI’s US pricing page, before tax. Switch to CAD to see Canadian prices with sales tax.Official CAD = OpenAI’s page shows CAD to Canadians. App Store CAD = Apple App Store Canada (web checkout may differ). Estimate (≈) = USD × 1.4196, Bank of Canada, Oct 15, 2026. Tax is an estimate: what you pay depends on the vendor’s GST/HST registration. Yearly totals with tax
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| Tool | Cheapest paid USDCAD/mo | Free plan | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Character.AIVerified Character Technologies | $4.99≈CA$7.08 Estimate | Yes | ChatGPT vs Character.AI |
| Gemini (Google AI)Verified Google | $4.99CA$6.99 Official CAD | Yes | ChatGPT vs Gemini |
| Grok (X Subscription)Verified xAI | $8.00≈CA$11.36 Estimate | Yes | ChatGPT vs Grok |
| Mistral Le ChatVerified Mistral AI | $14.99≈CA$21.28 Estimate | Yes | ChatGPT vs Mistral Le Chat |
| VenicePartly verified Venice.ai | $18.00≈CA$25.55 Estimate | Yes | ChatGPT vs Venice |
Prices checked – against official pricing pages. Before tax. ≈ = converted from USD at 1.4196 (Bank of Canada, Oct 15). Other CAD prices are the vendor’s own Canadian price or the App Store Canada price. Hover a price for its label and checked date.
Options for chat that you can run yourself or use on a hosted service. Checked .
| Your setup | Option | Licence or price | Needs / free tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows or Linux PC with an NVIDIA GPU or Apple Silicon Mac | Qwen3 (8B) ↗ | Apache-2.0 | 8B ≈ 6–8GB VRAM at 4-bit; runs on 16GB Macs |
| CPU only or a laptop | Ollama ↗ | MIT | Runs on macOS/Windows/Linux; RAM needs scale with model (8B ≈ 8–16GB RAM) |
| No hardware (hosted) | OpenRouter (free models) ↗ | Pay per token for paid models; ':free' model variants $0 | Yes: free models 20 req/min, 50/day (1000/day after $10 lifetime credit purchase) |
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USD prices from OpenAI's official pricing page (US version, before tax), last verified . A script re-checks that every listed price still appears on that page, and nothing here changes until a person confirms it. Each CAD price shows where it came from and when we checked it; estimates use the Bank of Canada rate (1.4196, Oct 15, 2026). Usage limits, credits and models are quoted from the vendor’s page; “Not published” means the page doesn’t say. Full method