GPT-Live (ChatGPT Voice) Pricing
All plans and pricing as of 2026-07-09
Included in ChatGPT (no separate price)
- ✓GPT-Live-1: default ChatGPT Voice model for Go, Plus, and Pro users
- ✓GPT-Live-1 mini: default for Free users
- ✓Reasoning-effort choice per conversation: Instant (GPT-5.5 Instant behind the scenes) or Medium/High (GPT-5.5 Thinking)
- ✓Rolling out globally 2026-07-08 across iOS, Android, and chatgpt.com
- ✓No API at launch -- OpenAI says API access is 'coming soon' (sign-up form for developers/enterprises)
Is GPT-Live (ChatGPT Voice) Worth the Price?
Value Score: 9/10
Overall Score: 8.6/10 · Anyone who talks to ChatGPT -- commute Q&A, language practice, hands-free help, kids' stories. It's the new default, free with every tier, and the conversational feel is the best shipping voice AI experience right now.
GPT-Live is the biggest step-change in consumer voice AI since Advanced Voice Mode shipped: full-duplex conversation that finally stops feeling like walkie-talkie turns, plus a delegation trick that quietly gives your voice assistant frontier-model intelligence without breaking flow. The GPQA and BrowseComp deltas over AVM are not incremental -- they're a different class. What keeps it from a higher score is scope: no API, no video/screen-share, no custom voices. As a ChatGPT feature it's excellent and free; as a platform it hasn't started yet. If the API lands at reasonable pricing, this becomes a direct threat to every voice-agent stack.
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How GPT-Live (ChatGPT Voice) Pricing Compares
| Tool | Free Tier | Starting Price | Value Score | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-Live (ChatGPT Voice)(this tool) | Yes | $0 extra | 9/10 | 8.6 |
| ElevenLabs | Yes | $0 | 7/10 | 8.5 |
| Descript | Yes | $0 | 8/10 | 8.5 |
| Grok Speech (STT + TTS APIs) | No | $0.10/per hour | 9/10 | 8.1 |
| Cohere Transcribe | Yes | $0 | 9/10 | 8.0 |
| Microsoft MAI-Voice-2 | Yes | Not disclosed/per 1M characters | 8/10 | 7.3 |