OpenAI has launched a new budget subscription called ChatGPT Go in India, priced at 390 rupees ($4.60) per month. The company announced the rollout on 19 August 2025, making India the first country to receive the plan.
The subscription offers users ten times more message limits than the free version, along with access to image generation and file uploads. However, it excludes advanced GPT-5 reasoning, custom GPTs, and has lower limits compared to higher-tier plans such as ChatGPT Plus and Pro.
OpenAI’s product head Nick Turley said on X that affordability had been a key request from Indian users. “We’re rolling out Go in India first and will learn from feedback before expanding to other countries,” he wrote.
India is OpenAI’s second-largest market after the United States. The company recently introduced local currency pricing through India’s payment framework, with ChatGPT Plus now costing 1,999 rupees ($22.95) and ChatGPT Pro 19,990 rupees ($229.50). Both are higher than their previous global prices of $20 and $200.
CEO Sam Altman has previously met with India’s IT minister to discuss lower-cost AI access, underscoring the country’s importance as a market. OpenAI says ChatGPT now has 700 million weekly users worldwide, up from 500 million in March.
The ChatGPT Go plan is expected to expand to other countries, though OpenAI has not yet confirmed where or when.
