OpenAI launches a sub $5 ChatGPT plan in India

Today, OpenAI has launched a new, cheaper chatgpt paid subscription plan in India called Chatgpt Go, priced at £ 399 per month ($ 4.60), which is more affordable than the £ 1,999 (about $ 23) per month plus plan.

A few days ago, the company had called in the local currency prices for all its plans, and with this launch users will also enable users to pay via UPI (Unified Payment Interface), the payment framework of India.

Nick Turley, VP at OpenAI and Head of Chatgpt, said that this plan will increase the message, generating images and uploading files with 10 times over the free layer. The Chatgpt Go plan will also make better memory retention possible for more personalized answers, Turely said.

“Making chatgpt more affordable is an important question from users! We are first rolled out in India and will learn from feedback before we expand to other countries,” Turley said.

From the point of view of currency version, the plus plan was higher than $ 20 for Indian users when they are offered in local currency. The new GO plan offers a cheaper alternative to people who want to use chatgpt in the first place for chat, image generation and file processing.

Tibor Blaho, a software engineer with a reputation for accurate leaks of upcoming AI products, had previously plagued This plan and its details.

While the company this plan is repaired to India, the company said Support page That it works to expand this plan to more regions.

Last month, Turley noted that Chatgpt now has more than 700 million weekly users worldwide – an increase of 500 million in March. OpenAi launched the updated image generator function for Chatgpt in March, And since then it has seen an increase in use in India. OpenAi CEO Sam Altman said in a recent podcast that is India The second largest market in the company. With the GO plan, it wants to cash in on that.

According to App Analytics Firm AppFigures, India has been the leading country in terms of Chatgpt -app -Downloads on various platforms, with more than 29 million downloads that come from the country for the past 90 days. However, the app earned only $ 3.6 million during this period of users in the country.

This step will probably push more consumers to subscribe to the use of chatgpt more, given the prices. Other AI companies have also taken steps to withdraw users of the internet user base of the country of more than 850 million. Last month, Perplexity worked together with network provider Airtel to offer FreeLexity Pro subscriptions. Google has also been gained A free AI Pro plan for students in India for a year.

Although the relocation of OpenAi does not give freebies, local and affordable prices will probably result in a better conversion rate for chatgpt in India.