AI Assistant Pricing in 2026: What ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude Cost
Here is the short version. In August 2026 you can get a genuinely useful AI assistant for nothing. A good paid one starts at five dollars a month. The top tier costs two hundred. And a lot of people are paying for something their phone already gives them for free.Prices move fast in this category. Google cut one of its plans by nearly forty percent in June. OpenAI added a whole new tier in April. So every number below was checked against the company's own page on 4 August 2026, and where a company does not publish a price, I have said so rather than guessing.Here is the whole market on one screen.AssistantFree tierEntry paid planTop consumer planChatGPTYes, with adsGo, $8/moPro, $200/mo
Google GeminiYesGoogle AI Plus, $4.99/moGoogle AI Ultra, $199.99/mo
ClaudeYesPro, $20/moMax 20x...