OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Go in India: Affordable AI Access with Advanced Features

On August 18, 2025, OpenAI officially introduced ChatGPT Go, a new affordable subscription plan tailored exclusively for users in India. Priced at just ₹399 per month (including GST), ChatGPT Go aims to bring enhanced AI capabilities to a wider audience at a significantly lower cost compared to existing plans.

ChatGPT Go includes all features of the free ChatGPT plan but adds several notable benefits: more message allowance, larger file upload capacity supporting documents and spreadsheets, expanded image generation credits, advanced data analysis tools, and longer memory for more personalized interactions. This service is accessible across web, mobile (iOS and Android), and desktop platforms (macOS and Windows), offering flexibility for diverse user preferences.

One of the key offerings of ChatGPT Go is access to GPT-5, OpenAI's latest language model, which delivers improvements in reducing hallucinations, enhancing instruction following, and providing more relevant and comprehensive responses. GPT-5 became the default model for ChatGPT earlier this month, replacing older models like GPT-4o and GPT-4.1, which were deprecated as part of this upgrade.

While ChatGPT Go provides substantial capabilities suitable for students, freelancers, and professionals requiring increased usage beyond the free tier, OpenAI also maintains its ChatGPT Plus subscription. Priced higher, ChatGPT Plus offers all ChatGPT Go benefits plus access to GPT-4o and legacy models, deep research mode, agent mode for autonomous workflows, and advanced features such as Sora video generation. ChatGPT Plus is geared towards power users, researchers, and businesses with heavy demands for AI-assisted content creation and automation.

The introduction of ChatGPT Go represents a strategic effort by OpenAI to enhance AI accessibility in India, offering advanced tools at about one-fifth the cost of ChatGPT Plus. Users can subscribe via credit card or UPI, making it convenient within the Indian market context.

OpenAI continues to iterate on GPT-5’s personality to make interactions warmer and more personable, aiming to balance friendliness without excessive flattery. This ongoing research indicates OpenAI's commitment to user experience enhancement.

Overall, ChatGPT Go offers a promising entry point for more Indians to harness advanced AI technology affordably, bridging the gap between free tools and premium professional-grade offerings.