Pick ChatGPT if
everyone who wants a hosted general assistant — writing, Q&A, light research, images.
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Our take
Pick ChatGPT if everyone who wants a hosted general assistant — writing, Q&A, light research, images. Pick Gamma if founders, marketers, and educators who need a shareable deck faster than slides-from-scratch. Skip ChatGPT if teams that cannot send prompts to OpenAI, or developers who need a repo-aware IDE (Cursor) or a local runtime (Ollama). Skip Gamma if teams that already live in Notion wikis, or designers who
Best for
ChatGPT A general-purpose conversation
Gamma A first-draft slide or one-pager
Free plan
ChatGPT $0 · unlimited everyday text chats (abuse guardrails). Limited uploads, images, voice, deep research, memory, Codex, and desktop Work. Confirmed as the free plan on chatgpt.com/pricing copy and Help
Gamma $0 · 400 credits once (no monthly refill on the public card)
Lowest paid
ChatGPT Plus $20/mo, monthly only
Gamma Plus $9/user/mo yearly
Next step up
ChatGPT Pro $100 / $200 / $500 per month
Gamma Pro $18/user/mo yearly
Coding agent
ChatGPT Codex, rate-limited on Free
Gamma Agent modes
Runs where
ChatGPT Local or hosted
Gamma Hosted
Watch out
ChatGPT chatgpt.com/pricing HTML still hides $
Gamma Free credits do not refill
Last checked
ChatGPT 2026-10-19 · help.openai.com
Gamma 2026-10-19 · gamma.app/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Gamma if
founders, marketers, and educators who need a shareable deck faster than slides-from-scratch.
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