AI Automations for Business · 2026-08-13 · 28 min
Do you actually need to pay for ChatGPT or Claude? A listener asked when it's time to stop using a free account and upgrade, so Noel and Katie go through both platforms feature by feature. What you get free on ChatGPT (which is more generous than most people realise), what Claude holds back on its free tier including projects, extended research and the ability to top up your usage, and which models you're limited to on each. They also compare the business and team plans, per-seat pricing, and why the "unlimited" chats on ChatGPT come with an asterisk. The honest conclusion: free works fine for light occasional use, and ChatGPT's free account is the better one to test drive. But if AI is part of your daily workflow, or you want Cowork and Claude Code, the subscription pays for itself. Plus the week's news: Anthropic scrapping the planned Sonnet 5 price rise, and Seedance 2.5 bringing 30 second AI video with proper camera control. Send us Fan Mail How to find us: We have a free LinkedIn group (AI Automations For Business), the group is open to all.
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