OpenAI (ChatGPT/DALL-E) — OpenAI's ChatGPT assistant, spanning a free tier through $200/month Pro plans, with image generation now handled by GPT Image rather than the retired DALL-E.
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Best for: individuals and teams wanting one AI assistant for writing, coding, research, and image generation
Pricing: Free with limits; $8/month Go, $20/month Plus, $200/month Pro; Business from $20/seat/month; Enterprise custom-priced.
- ChatGPT is free with usage limits, or $8/month (Go), $20/month (Plus), or $200/month (Pro) for individuals.
- ChatGPT Business costs $20/seat/month billed annually ($25/month billed monthly), 2-seat minimum; Enterprise is custom-priced, reportedly from around $60/user/month.
- DALL-E, OpenAI's original image generator, had its API shut down on May 12, 2026, replaced by GPT Image models inside ChatGPT.
- ChatGPT has native apps for Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android in addition to the web.
- ChatGPT holds a 4.4/5 rating from 389 reviews on Capterra and a 4.8/5 rating from 704 reviews on Product Hunt.
Limitations: DALL-E is fully retired; the API shut down May 12, 2026, breaking any workflow still built on it.; Enterprise pricing requires a sales conversation and a roughly 150-seat minimum.; Free and Go-tier usage limits are materially lower than Plus or Pro.
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What is OpenAI (ChatGPT/DALL-E)?
ChatGPT is OpenAI's conversational AI assistant: it answers questions, writes and edits text and code, analyzes uploaded files and images, browses the web, and generates images, all from a single chat interface. It is the primary consumer product built on OpenAI's GPT model family. DALL-E, OpenAI's earlier standalone text-to-image model, is discontinued: OpenAI announced its deprecation in November 2025 and shut down the DALL-E API on May 12, 2026. Image generation inside ChatGPT now runs on the GPT Image model family (branded to consumers as ChatGPT Images 2.0), which produces higher-resolution output and more reliable in-image text than DALL-E did. Anyone building on the old DALL-E API must migrate to gpt-image-1, gpt-image-1-mini, or gpt-image-2.
OpenAI is best known for ChatGPT, its conversational AI assistant, available free with usage limits, or on paid individual plans: Go at $8/month, Plus at $20/month, and Pro at $200/month for the highest usage caps and access to the most capable models. Business plans (formerly ChatGPT Team) run $20/seat/month billed annually or $25/month billed monthly with a 2-seat minimum, adding SSO, admin controls, and compliance certifications; Enterprise pricing is negotiated directly, with a roughly 150-seat minimum and reported floor around $60/user/month. DALL-E, OpenAI's original standalone image generator, was retired from the ChatGPT interface and its API was shut down in the API on May 12, 2026, replaced by the GPT Image models (marketed to consumers as ChatGPT Images 2.0) that generate at native 2K resolution and render text more reliably. ChatGPT is available on the web and native apps for Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android.
Standout feature: A single assistant covering conversation, coding, file/image analysis, web browsing, and image generation, now on the GPT Image models that replaced DALL-E with higher resolution and more reliable in-image text.
Biggest weakness: DALL-E, the product this listing was originally built around, is fully retired — the API shut down May 12, 2026 — so any integration or workflow still calling the DALL-E API breaks and must be migrated to GPT Image; free and Go-tier ChatGPT users also face materially lower usage limits than Plus or Pro.
Pros
- Free tier requires no payment to start using ChatGPT for chat, file analysis, and limited image generation.
- Native desktop and mobile apps exist for Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android in addition to the web.
- Business and Enterprise tiers add SSO, admin controls, and compliance certifications (SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001) for organizational deployment.
- GPT Image generation (replacing DALL-E) produces higher resolution output with more reliable text rendering.
Cons
- DALL-E is fully discontinued — the API shut down May 12, 2026 — breaking any workflow still built on it.
- Enterprise pricing is not published; it requires a sales conversation and a roughly 150-seat minimum with annual commitment.
- Free and Go-tier usage limits are materially lower than Plus or Pro, pushing regular users toward the $20/month plan.
- Pro tier at $200/month is a steep jump for individual users who only occasionally need its highest-tier model access.
OpenAI (ChatGPT/DALL-E) pricing
Free tier · paid from $8/mo
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Access to ChatGPT with standard model and usage limits. |
| Go | $8/mo | Entry-level paid tier with expanded usage limits over Free. |
| Plus | $20/mo | Higher usage limits, access to advanced models, and image/voice features. |
| Pro | $200/mo | Highest individual usage limits and access to the most capable available models. |
| Business | $20/mo | Per seat, billed annually ($25/month billed monthly); 2-seat minimum. Adds shared workspaces, SAML SSO, admin controls, SOC 2 Type 2 compliance, and the Codex agent. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom negotiated pricing, reportedly starting around $60/user/month with a roughly 150-seat minimum and mandatory annual commitment. |
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