₹399 a Month: ChatGPT Subscription Price After Free Year Ends

The ChatGPT subscription price for Go in India is ₹399 a month once your free year ends. The earliest free years run out from 4 November 2026. Here is how to check your date, keep it or cancel in time.

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₹399 a Month: ChatGPT Subscription Price After Free Year Ends

A year ago, OpenAI handed Indian users a free year of ChatGPT Go, and many claimed it and moved on. That year is now up. From 4 November 2026, the earliest free plans start turning into a paid ChatGPT subscription priced at ₹399 a month.

If you added a card or UPI to claim the offer, the money can leave your account without another prompt. Here is what the ChatGPT subscription price looks like now, and how to keep or cancel your plan on your own terms.

Quick answer

  • OpenAI began giving Indian users 12 months of ChatGPT Go free on 4 November 2025, so the first free years end from 4 November 2026.
  • After the free year, Go renews at ₹399 a month unless you cancel.
  • Your end date is 12 months from the day you claimed it, so check Settings, then Billing.
  • To stop the charge, cancel at least 24 hours before the billing date, on the same platform where you subscribed.

When does the free ChatGPT Go year end?

Your free year ends 12 months after the day you claimed it, so the earliest claims end from 4 November 2026 and later ones follow.

Business Today reports that OpenAI began offering 12 months of ChatGPT Go free to Indian users on 4 November 2025, and that the earliest free years reach their end from 4 November 2026 (Business Today).

There is no single cutoff date for everyone. If you signed up in November 2025, your date comes first. If you joined later, your renewal comes later.

Business Today also says a widely shared December cutoff could not be confirmed. So ignore forwards that give one date for the whole country.

OpenAI's own help page puts it simply: your free trial ends on the date shown for your subscription (OpenAI Help Center).

What is the ChatGPT subscription price in India now?

ChatGPT Go costs ₹399 a month in India, and the next plan up, Plus, costs ₹1,999 a month.

NUKTA AI, which checked OpenAI's India pricing page, lists Go at ₹399 a month and Plus at ₹1,999 a month (NUKTA AI). OpenAI's help page confirms that a renewed Go plan is charged at ₹399 per month unless you cancel.

There is no yearly Go plan to lock in a lower rate. Go is billed every month, and NUKTA AI notes that the Go plan "may include ads".

ChatGPT Go at ₹399 a month against ChatGPT Plus at ₹1,999 a month in India

Source: NUKTA AI, citing OpenAI's India pricing page

Prices in the Google Play or Apple App Store can differ, so the amount on your own billing page is the one that counts.

What does ₹399 a month actually get you?

Go mainly gives you higher limits than the free plan for images, file uploads and data analysis, plus a longer memory.

Digit lists the Go benefits as higher usage limits, more image generation, more document uploads, advanced data analysis tools and more personalised replies across chats (Digit).

Everyday text chats are part of both Free and Go. So if you mostly ask quick questions, the free plan may be enough.

If you hit the free limits every week, for things like reports, images or spreadsheets, ₹399 a month may still be worth it.

Will OpenAI offer a discount to stay on Go?

Some accounts may see a discounted continuation offer, but it is not guaranteed and it does not restart the free year.

OpenAI says a continuation offer may appear when you cancel or return to Go, on the web and in the Android app but not in the iOS app (OpenAI Help Center). The offer applies a lower monthly price for 3 paid billing periods.

After those 3 periods, the plan goes back to ₹399 per month unless you cancel. Offers also differ by account and by where you subscribed, so a friend's deal may not show up for you.

What most guides miss: the discount only delays the full ₹399 bill; it does not remove it. If you accept an offer, put a reminder in your calendar for the end of the 3 paid periods, because that is when the regular ChatGPT subscription price kicks in, and the same auto-renewal trap returns.

How do I cancel ChatGPT Go before I am charged?

Cancel on the same platform you used to subscribe, at least 24 hours before your next billing date.

Digit lays out the steps for the website: open ChatGPT, go to your profile, then Settings, then Billing, and choose Cancel Plan (Digit).

  • Website: profile icon, Settings, Billing, Cancel Plan.
  • Android (Google Play): Play Store, profile picture, Payments and subscriptions, Subscriptions, ChatGPT, Cancel subscription.
  • iPhone (App Store): Settings app, your name, Subscriptions, ChatGPT, Cancel Subscription.

Use the same Google account you bought it with on Android. Uninstalling the app does not cancel a subscription.

UPI users should take one more step. Business Today advises opening your UPI app to check whether an autopay mandate for ChatGPT is still active.

Should you keep it or go back to the free plan?

Keep Go if you use ChatGPT for real work every week; cancel if you use it rarely, since you can subscribe again later.

NUKTA AI suggests a simple test: keep it for weekly work such as quotations, replies and reports, and cancel if you use it only for simple questions (NUKTA AI).

There is a warning from another free AI deal. Business Today notes that Perplexity's free year for Airtel users began ending in July, and users who did not cancel were charged.

If you cancel, your account drops back to the free plan with lower limits. OpenAI says returning later needs a new checkout and does not restore the expired free year.

Canceling also does not automatically refund earlier charges, so act before the date, not after.

FAQs

Is ChatGPT Go still free in India?

Not for new users, and not forever for old ones. The free year runs 12 months from the day you claimed it, so the earliest plans end from 4 November 2026.

What is the ChatGPT subscription price after the free year?

Go renews at ₹399 a month unless you cancel. Plus costs ₹1,999 a month.

Will I get a refund if I am charged by mistake?

Canceling does not automatically refund earlier charges, says OpenAI. You have to follow its separate refund request process, so it is easier to cancel before the billing date.

Does deleting the ChatGPT app cancel my plan?

No. Uninstalling the app does not cancel a subscription. Cancel on the website, in Google Play or in the App Store, wherever you subscribed.

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