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What Does My AI Plan Actually Include?

Plan pages tell you what to buy. This tells you what you already have. Pick your tier under each vendor and get a straight list of the models you can select today (with the exact picker label where it differs), the apps and surfaces included, what your tier does not get, and one honest line on what the next tier up would add — computed instantly from a verified table, never from a model's memory.

✓ Every model your plan can pick today — GPT-6 Astra, Fable 5.1, Gemini 3.8 Flash✓ Flags the catches: Fable via credits only, Astra only in ChatGPT Work and Codex✓ Verified September 2026 and dated on the page — no AI run, no account

Results in instant · Saves ~30 minutes of help-center reading

Step 1

What do you pay for today?

You pay$0/mo

What do you pay Anthropic for?
AnthropicClaude
What do you pay OpenAI for?
OpenAIChatGPT
What do you pay Google for?
GoogleGemini
What do you pay xAI for?
xAIGrok
Step 2

What you actually have today

Compare with
Anthropic
Claude Free$0
Models you can pick today
  • Claude Sonnetthe default model. Anthropic lists Sonnet 5.5 (Sept 28, 2026) as the current Sonnet and Sonnet 5 as legacy, but has not yet published which version this plan runs. Check the model picker.
  • Claude Haikulimited. Anthropic lists Haiku 5.5 (Oct 7, 2026) as the current Haiku and Haiku 4.5 as legacy, but has not published which version this plan runs. Check the model picker.
Included
  • Claude chat on web, desktop, and mobile
  • Context window up to 1M tokens (varies by model)
  • Memory across chat (on by default)
Not on this tier
  • Claude Opus 5.5
  • Claude Fable 5.1 (no credits option on Free either)
  • Claude Cowork
  • Claude Code
  • Claude Docs, Claude Slides, and Claude Design
  • Claude Science
  • Claude in Chrome and Claude in Microsoft 365
Rolling out

Cowork and chat are merging into one Claude (announced Sept 16, 2026). Anthropic says Free follows "soon"; it has not said Free gets the Cowork features that are paid-only today.

One tier up gets you

Pro ($20/mo, $17/mo annual) adds Opus 5.5, Cowork, Claude Code, Claude Docs and Slides (beta), Claude Design, Claude in Chrome, and Microsoft 365, plus the option to buy Fable 5.1 usage credits.

OpenAI
ChatGPT Free$0
Models you can pick today
  • GPT-5.6 Lunathe chat default from Aug 6, 2026 until GPT-6 Luna began rolling out to Free on Oct 8, 2026
  • GPT-5.6 Terrain Codex and ChatGPT Work only
  • GPT-6 Lunathe chat default, rolling out to Free and Go from Oct 8, 2026 (desktop app only before that)
Included
  • ChatGPT chat on web, desktop, and mobile
  • Codex, plus limited ChatGPT Work in the desktop app only, on GPT-5.6 Terra
  • "Think" mode (added Aug 14, 2026)
Not on this tier
  • GPT-5.6 Sol and GPT-6 Sol
  • GPT-6 Astra, anywhere (not in chat, not in Work, not in Codex)
  • Extra High reasoning (Pro and Business only)
One tier up gets you

Go ($8/mo) keeps the same models with higher limits. Plus ($20/mo) is the first tier with GPT-6 Sol in chat (since Oct 7, 2026), plus GPT-6 Luna and a limited GPT-6 Astra allowance inside ChatGPT Work and Codex.

Plan inclusions verified September 2026 against each vendor's pricing and help pages. Vendors change these monthly, so treat anything under “check before you rely on it” as a prompt to open the vendor's own plan page.

Common questions

Does this tool work with ChatGPT?

The tool itself runs on Claude (Anthropic) right here on the page — you don't need any AI subscription to use it. Everything it generates is plain text, so you can paste the output into ChatGPT, a document, or an email and keep working there. If you mainly work in ChatGPT, you can also reuse your inputs there to refine further.

What AI model powers this tool and the example output?

Claude, Anthropic's AI. The example outputs shown on tool pages were generated with Claude.

Does the paid AI Operating System work with ChatGPT?

Yes — each AI Operating System is written and tested for Claude, and every one includes a portable prompts-only set that works in ChatGPT and Gemini (copy and paste, occasionally with a minor tweak). The Cowork plugin editions specifically require a paid Claude plan.

Claude is a product of Anthropic. The AI Career Lab is not affiliated with Anthropic or OpenAI.