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Ranking · 14 plans · updated 15 Nov 2026

Most capability per pound spent

The most capability per pound. Not the cheapest — free tiers are excluded, because this answers which paid plan is worth it.

WeightingIntelligence 16%Features 13%Value 51%Sentiment 20%Why these?

Capacity and Reliability are not counted yet: we cannot measure them for every provider. How missing data is handled

14 of 14 plans
  • 1
    Google AI Plus
    Everything in Free, with higher limits
    87.4Excellent
    $4.99
    /month
    No change
    Score breakdown
    Intelligence
    48
    Features
    90
    Value
    100
    Sentiment
    86
    Medium confidence
    Why it scores well
    • Strong capability for the price — Solid models and features for $4.99/month
    • Strong recent user reviews — 91% of App Store reviews in the last 30 days give 4–5 stars
    Where it loses points
    • Model quality lags the current frontier — Gemini 3.6 Flash: 155.2 on the Epoch Capabilities Index
    • Missing features that matter for this category — No coding agent

    Usage basis: 2x higher usage limits than Free.

  • 2
    ChatGPT Plus
    GPT-5.6 in Chat. GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Astra in Codex, Astra with a small allowance (about 5–45 messages per 5 hours).
    84.4Very good
    $20
    /month
    No change
  • 3
    Claude Pro
    Opus, Sonnet and Haiku. Fable only on paid usage credits.
    78.5Very good
    $20
    /month
    1Up 1 place
  • 4
    Google AI Pro
    Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.1 Pro, Deep Research
    78.2Very good
    $19.99
    /month
    1Down 1 place
  • 5
    Perplexity Pro
    Grok 4.7, GPT-6 Sol, Gemini 3.8 Flash and Claude Sonnet 5, among others
    70.9Good
    $20
    /month
    No change
  • 6
    SuperGrok
    Grok 4.6 with higher rate limits
    66.3Good
    $30
    /month
    No change
  • 7
    ChatGPT Pro
    GPT-6 Pro (Astra) in Chat, and GPT-6 Astra and Sol in Codex with much higher allowances
    50.9Mixed
    $100
    /month
    No change
  • 8
    Google AI Ultra (5x)
    Highest access to Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.1 Pro
    48.0Weak
    $99.99
    /month
    No change
  • 9
    SuperGrok Plus
    Significantly higher usage, 1080p video and priority access
    46.3Weak
    $100
    /month
    No change
  • 10
    Claude Max (5x)
    Everything in Pro. Fable only on paid usage credits.
    45.1Weak
    $100
    /month
    No change
  • 11
    Google AI Ultra (20x)
    Highest access to Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.1 Pro
    41.9Weak
    $199.99
    /month
    No change
  • 12
    SuperGrok Heavy
    Everything in SuperGrok Plus, highest usage and the multi-agent Heavy mode
    38.4Weak
    $300
    unverified/month
    No change
  • 13
    Claude Max (20x)
    Everything in Pro. Fable only on paid usage credits.
    38.2Weak
    $200
    /month
    No change
  • 14
    Perplexity Max
    Everything in Pro, with higher limits on Deep Research, file uploads and video
    35.9Weak
    $200
    /month
    No change

Listed, not ranked

Either the provider has closed the plan to new subscribers, or we have no independent benchmark for any model it includes — usually because the provider does not say which model you get. Rather than rank them on a guess or recommend something you cannot buy, we list them with their price and source.

  • ChatGPT Go
    Expanded access to OpenAI's instant model
    Not ranked: no independently measured model
    $8/month
  • SuperGrok Lite
    A lighter SuperGrok tier. xAI lists it without a price or details on its pricing page.
    Not ranked: no independently measured model
    $10/month
    unverified
  • ChatGPT Pro (20x)
    GPT-6 Pro (Astra) in Chat, and GPT-6 Astra and Sol in Codex with much higher allowances
    Not ranked: closed to new subscribers
    $200/month
    unverified