OpenAI's AI-powered chatbot platform, ChatGPT, has undergone significant expansions, introducing new features, pricing tiers, and industry implications that are set to revolutionize human-AI interaction and business applications. The platform's memory feature now allows users to save preferences, ensuring more tailored chats, while its upgraded voice mode enables real-time interactions. Additionally, the GPT Store offers AI-powered applications and services, further enhancing the platform's capabilities.

However, the question of how much ChatGPT costs is more complex than expected. OpenAI offers a range of plans, both paid and free, catering to customers from individuals to nonprofits, small- and medium-sized businesses, educational institutions, and enterprises. To navigate these options, a comprehensive guide to ChatGPT pricing has been created, which will be updated as new plans are introduced.

The free version of ChatGPT has undergone significant upgrades, now offering access to OpenAI's GPT-4o mini model, responses augmented with web content, and the ability to upload files and photos. Free users also have limited access to advanced features, including Advanced Voice mode, GPT-4o, and o3-mini. However, daily capacity limits on the GPT-4o model and file uploads, depending on demand, are notable downsides.

For individual users seeking more capabilities, ChatGPT Plus is available for $20 per month. This plan offers higher capacity, access to OpenAI's reasoning models, and multimodal features like Advanced Voice mode with video and screen sharing. Subscribers also gain limited access to newer tools, including OpenAI's deep research agent and Sora's video generation.

ChatGPT Pro, priced at $200 per month, provides near-unlimited access to OpenAI's products and priority access to new features. This plan is ideal for users who want to try out new features first and have unlimited access to reasoning models, GPT-4o, and Advanced Voice mode.

For businesses and organizations, ChatGPT Team offers a dedicated workspace and admin tools for team management, with pricing starting at $30 per user per month or $25 per user per month billed annually for up to 149 users. This plan allows teams to build and share custom apps based on OpenAI models, tailored for specific use cases or departments.

Larger organizations can opt for ChatGPT Enterprise, which adds "enterprise-grade" privacy and data analysis capabilities, enhanced performance, and customization options. Although the pricing is not publicly disclosed, reports suggest it costs around $60 per user per month with a minimum of 150 users and a 12-month contract.

OpenAI has also introduced ChatGPT Edu, a version built for universities and educational institutions, which supports SCIM, an open protocol used to simplify cloud identity and access management. ChatGPT Edu customers receive data analysis tools, admin controls, single sign-on, enhanced security, and the ability to build and share custom chatbots.

Lastly, OpenAI for Nonprofits offers discounts for eligible organizations, with nonprofits able to access ChatGPT Team at a discounted rate of $20 monthly per user. Larger nonprofits can receive a 50% discount on ChatGPT Enterprise, working out to about $30 per user.

The implications of ChatGPT's expansions are far-reaching, with potential to transform industries such as customer service, education, and healthcare. As AI-powered chatbots become more sophisticated, businesses and organizations will need to adapt and integrate these technologies to remain competitive. OpenAI's ChatGPT is at the forefront of this revolution, and its latest developments are likely to have a significant impact on the future of human-AI interaction.