ERNIE Bot
BaiduChina
25
Baidu's flagship assistant, now on open-weight ERNIE models.
- Version
- 5.0-thinking-preview
- Cost
- Pay-as-you-go API pricing based on tokens. Token Plan Personal Edition and some free trials available.
- Model
- DeepSeek-V3.1
ChatGPT
OpenAI · #3 most active of 27 in Writing
The most widely used consumer AI assistant, spanning writing, analysis, images and voice.
100
Trust score · Verified
2 data points checked · 2026-09-12
Current version
GPT-6 Astra
Entry cost
Pricing not published in the provided documentation
Changes / 30d
12
The short answers · verified September 16, 2026
- What is the latest version of ChatGPT?
- The current shipped version of ChatGPT is GPT-6 Astra, as of September 16, 2026.
- How much does ChatGPT cost?
- ChatGPT has no published flat entry price. Pricing not published in the provided documentation
- What AI model does ChatGPT use?
- ChatGPT runs primarily on GPT Image.
Source: OpenAI — help.openai.com · Reusable under CC BY 4.0 — cite Tomorrow
Capabilities
- Voice mode
- Deep research
- Canvas
- Agent mode
- Projects
- Connectors
- Realtime API
- Voice agents
- Computer use
- Code interpreter
- Image generation
- Video generation
- Web search
- File search
- Prompt caching
- Fine-tuning
- Plugins
- Workspace Agents
- Memories
- Live translation
- MCP Connectors
- Text generation
- Code generation
- Realtime transcription
- MCP and Connectors
- Structured output
- Embeddings
- Images and vision
- Audio and speech
- Reasoning models
- Vision fine-tuning
- API
- Voice & Audio
- Agents
- text generation
- code generation
- multimodal
- agents
- voice & audio
- image generation
- fine-tuning
- Multimodal
- File inputs
- Image inputs
- Speech generation
- Agent Builder
- MCP Server
- text-generation
- code-interpreter
- voice-agents
- voice agents
- code interpreter
- prompt caching
- audio
- mcp server
- plugins
- Agent builder
- API access
- Realtime audio
- MCP Server support
- agent builder
- image-generation
- mcp-servers
- web-search
- Voice
- MCP connections
- reasoning
- images and vision
- video generation
- audio and speech
- realtime api
- Reasoning
- Responses API
- WebSocket mode
- Multi-agent
Pricing
Free Tier
Free tier available for ChatGPT usage
Free
Entry price over time
9 of 48 points reconstructed from Internet Archive captures (hollow dots) — dated by capture, not by when we first saw the page. View a capture
Geek mode
Models under the hood
- disclosed
GPT Image
OpenAI
- disclosed
GPT-5.2
OpenAI
- disclosed
GPT-5.2 Thinking
OpenAI
- disclosed
GPT-5.4
OpenAI
- disclosed
gpt-5.6
OpenAI
- disclosed
gpt-6-astra
OpenAI
Context window
196K tokens on Plus
Public API
yes
Multi-model routing
yes
Stack signals
- Model router
- MCP connectors
Shared model stack
Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.
- GPT-5.2OpenAI · 20 products
- GPT-5.6+1 aliasOpenAI · 9 products
- GPT-6 Astra+1 aliasOpenAI · 8 products
- GPT-5.4OpenAI · 4 products
- GPT-5.2 ThinkingOpenAI · 2 products
- GPT ImageOpenAI · 1 product
green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unattributed. Aliases are folded into one model; provider concentration counts only models with an established vendor.
Reported scale
Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.
Weekly active users
~1B
weekly users
Reported as approaching 1B weekly actives; not a direct OpenAI disclosure.
as of Jul 2026·The Information ·inferred
- Vendor stated
Weekly active users
800M
weekly users
Weekly actives, not paying seats.
as of Oct 2025·OpenAI DevDay keynote ·disclosed
- Vendor stated
Business seats
1M+
paid seats
as of Aug 2025·OpenAI business blog ·disclosed
Also in Writing
All WritingHunyuan
TencentChina
16
Tencent's multimodal model family and assistant.
- Version
- Hunyuan-role-latest
- Cost
- Free trial up to 1 million tokens. Pay-as-you-go pricing applies afterward.
- Model
- Hunyuan-a13b
Kimi
Moonshot AIChina
10
Long-context assistant and agentic K-series models.
- Version
- Kimi K3
- Cost
- API access with pay-as-you-go pricing based on token consumption. File APIs are currently free.
- Model
- Kimi K2.6
Notion AI
Notion
10
AI inside your workspace
- Version
- 3.7
- Cost
- Free tier · from $10/mo
- Model
- Claude Sonnet 4.5
Qwen Chat
AlibabaChina
10
Alibaba's assistant on the widely forked Qwen model family.
- Version
- Qwen3-2507
- Cost
- Free to chat on official website
- Model
- Qwen3
DeepSeek
DeepSeekChina
9
Open-weight reasoning models at a fraction of frontier pricing.
- Version
- DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash
- Cost
- Pay-as-you-go API pricing based on token consumption. No flat monthly fee.
- Model
- DeepSeek-R1
Elsewhere on the same models
Products in other segments that name one of ChatGPT's models in their stack.
Breeze
HubSpot
3
AI across the CRM
- Version
- Breeze Assistant
- Cost
- Free tier · from $20/mo
- Model
- GPT-5.2
ChatGPT Agent
OpenAI
7
Browser-using assistant
- Version
- gpt-6-astra
- Cost
- from $20/mo
- Model
- GPT-5.2
ChatGPT Deep Research
OpenAI
4
Multi-step research reports
- Version
- gpt-6-astra
- Cost
- from $20/mo
- Model
- GPT-5.2 Thinking
Consensus
Consensus
Evidence-based answers from science
- Version
- 2025 platform
- Cost
- Free tier · from $9/mo
- Model
- GPT-5.2
ThoughtSpot Spotter
ThoughtSpot
3
Agentic analytics
- Version
- Spotter
- Cost
- from $50/mo
- Model
- GPT-5.2
Change history
- version
- capability
New capabilities: Responses API, WebSocket mode, Multi-agent
72 tracked75 tracked · +Responses API, WebSocket mode, Multi-agent
source - version
- capability
- capability
New capabilities: reasoning, images and vision, video generation
66 tracked71 tracked · +reasoning, images and vision, video generation, audio and speech, realtime api
source - capability
- capability
- version
- version
- version
- version
- capability
New capabilities: image-generation, mcp-servers, web-search
61 tracked64 tracked · +image-generation, mcp-servers, web-search
source - version
- version
- model
ChatGPT added gpt-6-astra to its model stack
GPT Image, GPT-5.2, GPT-5.2 Thinking, GPT-5.4, gpt-5.6GPT Image, GPT-5.2, GPT-5.2 Thinking, GPT-5.4, gpt-5.6, gpt-6-astra
source - capability
- capability
New capabilities: API access, Realtime audio, MCP Server support
57 tracked60 tracked · +API access, Realtime audio, MCP Server support
source - version
- version
- capability
- version
- capability
New capabilities: audio, mcp server, plugins
53 tracked56 tracked · +audio, mcp server, plugins
source - capability
New capabilities: voice agents, code interpreter, prompt caching
50 tracked53 tracked · +voice agents, code interpreter, prompt caching
source - version
- version
- capability
New capabilities: text-generation, code-interpreter, voice-agents
47 tracked50 tracked · +text-generation, code-interpreter, voice-agents
source - version
- version
- version
- version
- version
- capability
- capability
New capabilities: Speech generation, Agent Builder
44 tracked46 tracked · +Speech generation, Agent Builder
source - version
- capability
- capability
- pricing
- capability
New capabilities: text generation, code generation, multimodal
34 tracked41 tracked · +text generation, code generation, multimodal, agents, voice & audio, image generation, fine-tuning
source - capability
New capabilities: API, Voice & Audio, Agents
31 tracked34 tracked · +API, Voice & Audio, Agents
source - version
ChatGPT compared
Straight head-to-head pages against the busiest products in Writing.
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Tomorrow. (2026). ChatGPT — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-09-17, from https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/chatgpt
BibTeX
@misc{tomorrow-tools-chatgpt,
author = {{Tomorrow}},
title = {ChatGPT — version, pricing and model stack},
year = {2026},
publisher = {AlienSquad},
howpublished = {\url{https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/chatgpt}},
note = {Accessed: 2026-09-17}
}