Pricing That Actually Makes Sense

Why pay $20-200/month when you can pay per message?

Features

ChatGPT Free

$0/month

ChatGPT Plus

$20/month

ChatGPT Pro

$200/month

Lookinglass

Pay-as-you-go
From $0.0001/message
gpt-4o Access
✗
Standard
Unlimited*
✓ Full Access
gpt-5 Access
Limited
Expanded
Unlimited*
✓ Full Access
O-Series Access
✗
Standard
Unlimited*
✓ All 7 Models
Pro Model Access
✗
✗
gpt-5-pro only
✓ All 3 Pro Models
Total Models Available
~3
~10
~15
✓ 21 Models
Response Times
Limited & slow
Fast
Fast
✓ Real-time
Context Window
16K
32K
128K
✓ Up to 1M
Choose Specific Model
✗
Limited
Limited
✓ Full Control
Context Window Control
Auto-truncates
Auto-truncates
Auto-truncates
✓ You control
Cost Transparency
✗
✗
✗
✓ Pre-message costs
Conversation Storage
Cloud stored
Cloud stored
Cloud stored
✓ Device only
Spending Protection
✗
✗
✗
✓ Spending alerts
Monthly Commitment
None
$20 required
$200 required
✓ None
Usage-Based Pricing
✗
✗
✗
✓ Only pay for use
Smart Savings Discounts
✗
✗
✗
✓ Save 50%

ChatGPT Free

$0/month
gpt-4o Access
✗
gpt-5 Access
Limited
O-Series Models
✗
Pro Models
✗
Total Models
~3
Response Times
Limited & slow
Context Window
16K
Choose Model
✗
Cost Transparency
✗

ChatGPT Plus

$20/month
gpt-4o Access
Standard
gpt-5 Access
Expanded
O-Series Models
Standard
Pro Models
✗
Total Models
~10
Response Times
Fast
Context Window
32K
Choose Model
Limited
Cost Transparency
✗

ChatGPT Pro

$200/month
gpt-4o Access
Unlimited*
gpt-5 Access
Unlimited*
O-Series Models
Unlimited*
Pro Models
gpt-5-pro only
Total Models
~15
Response Times
Fast
Context Window
128K
Choose Model
Limited
Cost Transparency
✗

Lookinglass

Pay-as-you-go
From $0.0001/message
gpt-4o Access
✓ Full Access
gpt-5 Access
✓ Full Access
O-Series Models
✓ All 7 Models
Pro Models
✓ All 3 Pro Models
Total Models
21 Models
Response Times
✓ Real-time
Context Window
✓ Up to 1M
Choose Model
✓ Full Control
Cost Transparency
✓ Pre-message costs

*OpenAI's "Unlimited" requires "reasonable use"—you don't define what's reasonable, they do. View OpenAI's official pricing.

Real Usage Cost Examples

See how much you'd actually spend based on different usage patterns:

Light User

10-20 messages/month

Mostly simple questions

gpt-4o and gpt-5

ChatGPT Plus: $20/month
Lookinglass: $1-3/month
Save $17–19/month

Regular User

50-100 messages/month

Mix of simple & complex tasks

Occasional o3 usage

ChatGPT Plus: $20/month
Lookinglass: $5-15/month
Save $5-15/month

Power User

200+ messages/month

Heavy o3/o3-pro usage

Complex reasoning tasks

ChatGPT Pro: $200/month
Lookinglass: $30-80/month
Save $120-170/month

Calculate Your Savings

Estimate your monthly costs based on your usage pattern:

250
Save 50% when you can wait
*Smart savings available for o3 only (not o3-pro)

ChatGPT Plus

$20/month

Lookinglass

$8/month
Your monthly savings: $12

Why Pay-as-You-Go Makes Sense

No Subscription

No Subscription Fatigue

Stop paying for AI you don't use. With subscriptions, you pay whether you send 5 messages or 500.

Budget Control

Budget Control

Set spending limits with spending protection. See maximum possible cost before sending.

Model Flexibility

Model Flexibility

Use cheap models for simple tasks, premium models for complex ones. You optimize cost per task.

Complete Transparency

Complete Transparency

Export detailed usage reports. Track exactly where your money goes. Full audit trail.

How Our Pricing Works

Our pricing is based on the actual computational cost of your requests:

Model Used

Premium models like o3-pro cost more than basic models like gpt-5-nano

gpt-5-nano (smart savings): $0.06 input / $0.50 output per 1M tokens
gpt-4o: $6.25 input / $25 output per 1M tokens
o3-pro: $50 input / $200 output per 1M tokens

Billing Plan

Fast & reliable for immediate responses, smart savings for exactly 50% savings when you can wait

Smart savings available: gpt-5, gpt-5-mini, gpt-5-nano, o3, o4-mini
Fast & reliable only: gpt-4o, o1, o3-pro, and other models

Context Window

Control how much conversation history the AI remembers. Disable for unrelated questions like "How big was the Titanic?" Keep enabled to remind the AI of recent conversation - disabling it gives the AI amnesia where every message feels like your first interaction.

Message Length

Longer messages and responses use more computational resources. A simple "What's 2+2?" costs much less than "Write a detailed business plan for a coffee shop."

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