01Read this first
These prices were checked on 11 November 2026. Prices and plans change often, so check the tool's own pricing page before you pay. This is the only page in the course with prices on it, so it's the only page that goes out of date this way.
Prices are monthly, in US dollars, before tax. Outside the US, the price and the currency are often different. Each tool's own pricing page shows the price where you live.
02Which plan do you need?
- Start free. Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok all have a free plan, and it's enough to begin the course. Claude Code is the exception.
- Pay when you hit a limit, not before. Signs: you run out of messages, or a feature you need is on a paid plan.
- One paid plan is usually enough. Use free plans of the others for second opinions.
- For Claude Code, you need a paid Claude plan.
03Claude
- Free: $0. Projects, up to five. No Claude Code.
- Pro: $20 a month, or $17 a month if you pay for a year. More use than Free. Includes Claude Code and Claude in Chrome. The strongest model, Fable, costs extra on Pro. It's paid for with usage credits.
- Max: $100 a month. Five times Pro's use. Includes Fable.
- Ultra: $200 a month. Ten times Pro's use each week.
Source: claude.com/pricing.
04ChatGPT
- Free: $0. Includes projects, and limited ChatGPT Work in the desktop app.
- Go: $8 a month. More messages and uploads. May include ads.
- Plus: $20 a month. Stronger models, scheduled tasks, and ChatGPT Work on desktop, web and mobile.
- Pro: from $100 a month, in three levels. The most use and the strongest models.
Source: chatgpt.com/pricing.
05Gemini
- Free: $0.
- Google AI Plus: $4.99 a month.
- Google AI Pro: $19.99 a month.
- Google AI Ultra: from $99.99 a month, with a $199.99 level too.
Source: gemini.google/subscriptions.
06Grok
Grok's plans are part of The X Subscription, which also covers X and the coding tool Cursor.
- Free: $0. Limited use.
- Plus: $8 a month.
- Premium: $30 a month. Four times Plus's use. Includes Grok Bot, xAI's separate product for making your own bots.
- Super: $100 a month.
- Ultra: $200 a month.
Older SuperGrok and X Premium plans carry on unless you switch. Source: docs.x.ai, "Pricing" for The X Subscription, last updated 11 October 2026.
07Sources
All checked on 11 November 2026, on each company's own pricing page.
- Claude: claude.com/pricing.
- ChatGPT: chatgpt.com/pricing, read by hand. That page also confirms projects are on the free plan.
- Gemini: gemini.google/subscriptions (US page). It shows "$" without saying "US dollars".
- Grok: docs.x.ai/x-subscription/pricing, read by hand.
- Which plan you need: our own advice.