ChatGPT
by OpenAI •General AI Assistants
OpenAI's general-purpose AI assistant for writing, reasoning, research, coding, files, images and voice.
What is ChatGPT?
AI Orbit decision brief
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Recorded strengths
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Features & use cases
Core capabilities listed for ChatGPT.
Deep Research
Performs multi-source research, synthesis and evidence-oriented investigation.
Text Generation
Generates original text from natural-language instructions or structured prompts.
Reasoning
Supports multi-step reasoning, planning, analysis and problem solving.
Web Browsing & Search
Retrieves and synthesizes information from live or indexed web sources.
Document & PDF Analysis
Reads, extracts, summarizes and answers questions over uploaded documents and PDFs.
Image Understanding
Interprets images, screenshots, diagrams and other visual inputs.
Image Generation
Creates images from text, references or structured creative instructions.
Code Generation
Generates source code, functions, components or complete implementations.
Multimodal
Works across multiple modalities such as text, image, audio or video.
Access, deployment & licensing
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Privacy, security & compliance
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Integrations
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Pricing overview
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Enterprise
Contact Sales / Custom Pricing
Review · verified 1 month ago
- Enterprise pricing is custom
- credit-based and token-based enterprise pricing options may apply.
Free
Review · verified 2 weeks ago
- Free consumer plan
- feature and message limits apply.
Go
Review · verified 2 weeks ago
- US list price
- localized pricing may vary by market.
Plus
Review · verified 2 weeks ago
- Monthly billing
- API usage is billed separately.
Business
Stale · verified 1 month ago
- $25/user/month billed monthly
- $20/user/month when billed annually
- 2+ users.
Business Standard
USD 240.00 billed yearly
Review · verified 2 weeks ago
- $25/month billed monthly or $20/month equivalent billed annually.
Business Premium
USD 1,200.00 billed yearly
Review · verified 2 weeks ago
- $125/month billed monthly or $100/month equivalent billed annually.
Pro
Stale · verified 1 month ago
- Individual subscription
- usage limits apply.
Verified benchmarks & scores
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DeepResearch Bench — RACE Overall
ChatGPT side-by-side comparisons
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ChatGPT FAQ
Quick answers based on the information currently available in this AI Orbit profile.
What is ChatGPT?
ChatGPT is OpenAI's general-purpose AI assistant available across web, desktop and mobile. It supports everyday chat, reasoning, file uploads and analysis, image generation, voice, deep research, projects, scheduled tasks and custom GPTs, with capabilities varying by plan. ChatGPT is provided by OpenAI and AI Orbit categorizes it under Chat & Assistants. Its structured capability profile includes Deep Research, Text Generation, Reasoning and Web Browsing & Search; field-level verification may still be pending for some capability mappings.
Who makes ChatGPT?
ChatGPT is provided by OpenAI. AI research and deployment company developing frontier models, multimodal systems, developer APIs and consumer AI products. Within AI Orbit, the product is cataloged in Chat & Assistants, which describes its primary product category rather than the provider itself.
What is ChatGPT best for?
AI Orbit currently maps ChatGPT to structured use cases including General AI Assistance and Question Answering. These are reviewed taxonomy mappings used for discovery and fit; field-level evidence may still be pending, so they are not presented as independently verified claims. Supporting cataloged capabilities include Deep Research, Text Generation, Reasoning and Web Browsing & Search.
What integrations does ChatGPT support?
Verified integration evidence on AI Orbit currently includes GitHub, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 and Slack. These are individually source-backed integration records, not a generic assumption based on the product simply advertising integrations. The provider may support additional integrations that have not yet been individually verified in this profile.
How does ChatGPT handle privacy and security?
Consumer ChatGPT users can control whether conversations are used for training. OpenAI states that ChatGPT Business, Enterprise and API data are not used for training by default. AI Orbit records the data-training policy as: Depends on plan / workspace settings. ChatGPT Business includes encrypted business data, SAML SSO, MFA and centralized administration; Enterprise adds broader security, retention and governance controls. Verified security certifications listed on the profile include SOC 2 Type 2, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018 and ISO/IEC 27701.
How much does ChatGPT cost?
AI Orbit currently has verified plan-level pricing data for ChatGPT, including Enterprise, Free, Go and Plus. Exact rates, billing units, limits and verification dates are shown in the pricing section of this profile rather than compressed into a single potentially misleading price. Because providers can change prices and plan limits, check the linked official pricing source before making a purchase or production decision.