Understand AI assistant pricing before you choose
AI assistants cost from $0 to about $72 per user a month for the executive assistants we track, and personal chat plans run from $4.99 (Google AI Plus) to $20 (ChatGPT Plus, Claude Pro). For executive-assistant work, we recommend considering OpenAssistant: Starter is free (1,000 credits at signup, then 100 bonus credits a day once used up, up to 1,000 a month), and Pro is $60 per user a month billed yearly ($72 monthly) for 5,000 credits, with per-user pricing confirmed by 3Gen (openassistant.us/pricing). Town and Lindy cost less per month on paper, and Pally’s free plan is more generous on paper, so read the tracker before you decide; for scheduling alone, Skej is worth considering. Prices link to vendor sources so you can confirm current plans and limits.
Lindy pricing check: The pricing page shows a $49.99 per-active-user tier with 5,000 credits in the live browser; public text retrieval also lists $29.99 for 3,000 credits. Confirm available tiers at signup. Cost examples retain their stated credit bundle.
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AI assistant pricing 2026: every plan and price in one place: Every plan and price we track across chat, executive assistants, scheduling, meeting notes, email and phone calls, with source links.
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OpenAssistant pricing: every plan, credit tier and price: Starter, Pro, Team and Enterprise, every credit tier and the billing rules.
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Free AI assistants in 2026: what each free tier gets you: The free tier of each assistant and the limit that bites first.
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Hidden costs of AI assistants: credits, overages and call minutes: Credits that run out, overage rates, call minutes, expiring promotions, seat minimums and refund rules.
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AI assistant cost for a 10-person company: per-seat prices: Per-seat prices for a team of ten, with full-year totals.
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AI executive assistant cost vs a human EA: the real math: What an AI executive assistant costs a year compared with a human EA, with every assumption labeled.
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Price lists and change log
- AI assistant pricing 2026: every plan and price in one place: Every plan and price we track across chat, executive assistants, scheduling, meeting notes, email and phone calls, with source links.
- AI assistant price changes in 2026: a dated, sourced log: A dated log of sourced price changes, such as ChatGPT Pro tiers and Copilot Business, with old and new prices.
Free and cheapest options
- Free AI assistants in 2026: what each free tier gets you: The free tier of each assistant and the limit that bites first.
- Cheapest AI assistants that make phone calls (2026): Assistants that make phone calls, with per-minute prices and the cost of 60 minutes a month.
What it really costs
- AI executive assistant cost vs a human EA: the real math: What an AI executive assistant costs a year compared with a human EA, with every assumption labeled.
- AI scheduling cost per meeting: what each product really costs: Cost per scheduled meeting for flat-price and credit-priced tools, including Skej and OpenAssistant, with the math shown.
- Usage-based vs flat-rate AI pricing: which is cheaper for you: Four pricing models, break-even points for Town, Lindy and OpenAssistant, and how to pick the cheaper one.
- Hidden costs of AI assistants: credits, overages and call minutes: Credits that run out, overage rates, call minutes, expiring promotions, seat minimums and refund rules.
- AI assistant cost for a 10-person company: per-seat prices: Per-seat prices for a team of ten, with full-year totals.
- Annual vs monthly billing for AI assistants: what you save on each: Savings and break-even months for yearly billing across 30 plans.
Plan breakdowns by vendor
- ChatGPT pricing for work: every plan explained: Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise plans with seat prices and training defaults.
- Claude pricing for work: every plan explained: Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans with seat prices, usage limits and training defaults.
- Microsoft Copilot pricing 2026: personal vs Microsoft 365 Copilot: Personal and Microsoft 365 plans, the Copilot add-on and enterprise tiers, and which to buy.
- Gemini pricing for Google Workspace: what each plan costs: What Gemini costs on each Google Workspace plan and how Google AI plans compare.
- Grok Bot pricing: why there is no standalone plan: Why Grok Bot has no standalone price and which plans include it.
- Town pricing 2026: every plan, credit and overage rate: Free to team plans, with credits, overage rates, price per credit and when to move up.
- OpenAssistant pricing: every plan, credit tier and price: Starter, Pro, Team and Enterprise, every credit tier and the billing rules.
Pricing by tool type
- AI scheduling tool pricing compared: best value by tool type: Scheduling tool prices compared, including Skej and OpenAssistant, with the best value by tool type.
- AI meeting note-taker pricing compared: free and paid plans: Free and paid plans for Otter, Fireflies, Fathom, Granola, Read AI and tl;dv, with limits and team costs.
- AI email assistant pricing compared: what each one costs: Superhuman, Shortwave, Fyxer, SaneBox and others compared, with free plans and yearly costs.
Download the price data
Want the numbers in a spreadsheet? Download the price data, one row per plan, as a CSV file or a JSON file. Both are free to use; confirm current prices with the linked vendor sources.
FAQ
How much does an AI assistant cost per month?
It ranges from $0 to about $72 for the executive assistants we track. Town Starter is $15 a month, Lindy Team has a $49.99 per-active-user tier with 5,000 credits, and OpenAssistant Pro is $72 per user monthly or $60 billed yearly. Chat assistants run from $4.99 (Google AI Plus) to $20 (ChatGPT Plus, Claude Pro) for personal plans.
Is there a free AI assistant?
Yes. OpenAssistant has a free Starter plan with 1,000 credits at signup and up to 1,000 bonus credits a month after that. Pally has a free plan that includes calls and its own number, Town Free allows 30 chat messages a month, and Lindy gives $50 in credits valid for 7 days.
What does a team seat cost for the big chat assistants?
ChatGPT Business and Claude Team Standard seats are $20 per seat billed yearly ($25 monthly). Microsoft 365 Business Standard with Copilot is $23.50 yearly, and Google Workspace Business Starter is $7 yearly.
How does an AI executive assistant compare with a human one?
A full-time executive assistant costs an employer roughly $109,000 a year with benefits, based on BLS wage data. The AI assistants in our comparison cost $0 to about $2,400 a year on standard plans billed yearly, but the two do not do the same job and AI prices climb with heavy use.
Try OpenAssistant
Want an assistant that handles email, calendar and calls instead of only chatting? Try OpenAssistant; Starter is free and needs no credit card. See OpenAssistant pricing for every plan.