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ChatGPT vs Poe: pricing and free tier side by side

✓ ChatGPT Checked 2026-09-08 · Poe Checked 2026-09-08

ChatGPT vs Poe

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ChatGPT and Poe are both Chatbots tools. Pricing, free tiers and language support compared below.

OpenAI

Has a free plan

NT$0/month, open to everyone. The official site lists the free-tier limits one by one: limited access to GPT-5.5 Instant, limited messages and uploads, limited and slower image generation, limited deep research, limited memory and context, limited Codex, limited ChatGPT Work desktop app. The only place the official site gives concrete numbers is the plan comparison table: free-tier GPT Instant total context window 27K (Go/Plus 54K, Pro 128K); free-tier single-input cap about 12 pages of text (Go/Plus about 40 pages, Pro about 250 pages); the context window for reasoning models is marked depends on the situation for the free tier (Go/Plus 256K, Pro 400K). Response time on the free tier is marked as limited by system resources and service conditions; only paid plans are fast. Chat history is unlimited on the free tier. Whether content is used for model training can be opted out of. The official site has never published a concrete messages-per-day figure, and this site does not fill in an estimate. (Read directly from chatgpt.com/zh-Hant/pricing over a Taiwan connection on 2026-08-09)

Cheapest paid plan: US$8 / mo

Chinese support: Full

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Quora

Has a free plan

2026-07-26 update: The daily free points have been reduced from 3,000 points to approximately 300 points (non-cumulative), which took effect around late March 2026. This information is confirmed by two independent secondary sources (aidetectplus.com and carletontorpin.com), but the official pricing page cannot be directly verified due to repeated WebFetch failures, only obtaining cookies and navigation pages. Therefore, this figure is confirmed by secondary sources, not directly verified by the official website.

Cheapest paid plan: US$4.99 / mo

Chinese support: Partial

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Full paid plans compared

ChatGPT

PlanPriceWhat you get
GoUS$8 / moOnly adds capacity, not features. | 🇹🇼 Actual Taiwan list price NT$270/month (read directly from the Traditional Chinese official site via a Taiwan connection on 2026-08-09, not a USD exchange-rate conversion, logged separately per rule 10.5).
PlusUS$20 / mo| 🇹🇼 Actual Taiwan list price NT$690/month (checked 2026-08-09 via a Taiwan connection reading the official Traditional Chinese site directly — not a USD exchange-rate conversion, recorded separately per 10.5)
ProUS$100 / moA third-party source mentioned that a lower-tier Pro plan was added in April 2026, but this has not been directly confirmed on the official website; ⚠️as of 2026-07-26, the official website agent (r.jina.ai) shows the official description as a single "Pro: From US$100/month, 5x or 20x more usage", without any mention of "Pro Max", and it remains to be manually reviewed whether this Pro/Pro Max two-tier model should be merged into a single Pro plan (with 5x/20x usage options) |🇹🇼 The actual price in Taiwan is NT$3300/month (as of 2026-08-09, directly read from the official website's Traditional Chinese version in Taiwan, not converted from USD, recorded with a decimal point of 10.5)
Pro MaxUS$200 / moThe original database's US$200 Pro plan currently coexists with a lower-level Pro plan (from a third-party source, not directly confirmed on the official website); ⚠️as of 2026-07-26, the official website's proxy capture did not show "Pro Max" as an official name, possibly fabricated by a third party or actually referring to the 20x usage option of the Pro plan, pending manual review
BusinessUS$25 / user / mo(5 user ≈ US$125/mo)Self-serve enterprise plan, per user/month (from third-party sources, not directly confirmed on the official website); as of 2026-07-26, a secondary source (help.openai.com summary) states that the actual price is US$20/person/month billed annually or US$25/person/month billed monthly (with a minimum of 2 people), not directly confirmed on the official website

Poe

PlanPriceWhat you get
10,000 points/dayUS$4.99 / moThe price in Taiwan is displayed as NT$1,740 per year (approximately NT$145 per month). As of 2026-08-08, Claude personally checked the official website and corrected the information. The official website has changed to a point system, and the original plan name (brand naming system) is no longer available on the website. The monthly cost in USD has been confirmed directly from the official website's embedded JSON monthlyCost.
660,000 points/monthUS$19.99 / moThe price displayed on the Taiwan website is NT$6,990 per year (approximately NT$582 per month). As of 2026-08-08, Claude personally checked the official website and corrected the information. The official website has changed to a point-based system, and the original plan name (brand naming system) is no longer available on the website. The monthly price in USD has been confirmed directly from the official website's embedded JSON monthlyCost.
1.65 million points/monthUS$49.99 / moThe price in Taiwan is displayed as NT$17,490 per year. As of 2026-08-08, Claude personally checked the official website and corrected the information. The official website has changed to a point system, and the original plan name (brand naming system) no longer exists on the website. The monthly cost in USD has been confirmed directly from the official website's embedded JSON monthlyCost.
3.3 million points/monthUS$99.99 / moThe annual subscription price for Taiwan is NT$34,990. As of 2026-08-08, I, Claude, have personally checked the official website and made corrections. The official website has switched to a point system, and the original plan names (brand naming system) are no longer available on the website. The monthly subscription price in USD has been confirmed directly from the official website's embedded JSON monthlyCost.
8.25 million points/monthUS$249.99 / moThe price in Taiwan is displayed as NT$87,490 per year. On 2026-08-08, Claude personally checked the official website and corrected it. The official website has changed to a point system, and the original plan name (brand naming system) no longer exists on the website. The monthly price in USD has been confirmed from the official website's embedded JSON monthlyCost.

Which one should you pick?

Both offer a free plan. Compare paid tiers against your needs.

On entry price, Poe starts at US$4.99 / mo, cheaper than ChatGPT (US$8 / mo).

FAQ

Is there a free version of ChatGPT?

Yes. NT$0/month, open to everyone. The official site lists the free-tier limits one by one: limited access to GPT-5.5 Instant, limited messages and uploads, limited and slower image generation, limited deep research, limited memory and context, limited Codex, limited ChatGPT Work desktop app. The only place the official site gives concrete numbers is the plan comparison table: free-tier GPT Instant total context window 27K (Go/Plus 54K, Pro 128K); free-tier single-input cap about 12 pages of text (Go/Plus about 40 pages, Pro about 250 pages); the context window for reasoning models is marked depends on the situation for the free tier (Go/Plus 256K, Pro 400K). Response time on the free tier is marked as limited by system resources and service conditions; only paid plans are fast. Chat history is unlimited on the free tier. Whether content is used for model training can be opted out of. The official site has never published a concrete messages-per-day figure, and this site does not fill in an estimate. (Read directly from chatgpt.com/zh-Hant/pricing over a Taiwan connection on 2026-08-09)

How much does ChatGPT cost?

The cheapest is the plan from ChatGPT named Go, at about US$8 / mo.

Does ChatGPT support Chinese?

ChatGPT offers full Chinese interface support.

Is there a free version of Poe?

Yes. 2026-07-26 update: The daily free points have been reduced from 3,000 points to approximately 300 points (non-cumulative), which took effect around late March 2026. This information is confirmed by two independent secondary sources (aidetectplus.com and carletontorpin.com), but the official pricing page cannot be directly verified due to repeated WebFetch failures, only obtaining cookies and navigation pages. Therefore, this figure is confirmed by secondary sources, not directly verified by the official website.

How much does Poe cost?

The cheapest is the plan from Poe named 10,000 points/day, at about US$4.99 / mo.

Does Poe support Chinese?

Poe only partially supports Chinese.

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