Agree, both my daughter as I are using ChatGPT extensively for learning. Me, for software development and infra-related stuff. My daughter for drawing, or Latin or Greek mythology. When my other kids will grow older, I have no doubt that they will use ChatGPT as well. However, paying 100 or 120 dollars per month to get my whole family on ChatGPT, is slightly banana’s. I would love to see a family discount (for all members in the same household) or something. Just like Spotify, Netflix, BitWarden, etc.
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Yes, please I’m willing to pay more, but not at 2x price, though, so this would fix that problem. like Google Fi, T-mobile does
1x$ for 1 user
1.75x$ for 2 users
2.5x$ for 3 users
, and so on.
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"OpenAI, it’s time to step up: where’s the Family Plan?
Let’s be real—AI is the future, but right now, your pricing locks out families who need it most. Parents juggling work, kids hungry for knowledge, teens cramming for exams—they all need access. But $20 a head? That’s not inclusion; that’s exclusion.
Here’s the cold, hard truth:
Affordable Access: Families shouldn’t have to decide between empowering their kids with AI or keeping the lights on. One plan, one price, for everyone under one roof. Simple. Fair.
🛡️ Kid Safety, Built-In: We don’t just need AI; we need safe AI. Parental controls, content moderation, age-appropriate filters—this isn’t optional. It’s essential.
Separate Profiles: No one wants to scroll through Dad’s tax chat to find little Timmy’s “Why do penguins waddle?” AI can be personal and family-friendly at the same time.
More Flexibility: Not every household is the same. Prompt bundles, adjustable usage tiers—give us options. You’re supposed to be innovating, right?
Families ARE the Future: AI should be shaping young minds, sparking creativity, and teaching the next generation—not sitting behind a paywall out of reach.
OpenAI, this isn’t just a request. It’s a demand for accessibility, fairness, and a future where everyone—yes, everyone—gets a seat at the table.
Are you ready to be the leader we all thought you were?"
Make the Family Plan happen. Now.
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100% agree, it will be great to have one payment going out each month and share the subscription with different outlook accounts for the family members. Please introduce this feature. Thanks.
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I’m waiting for this. Idea to be a live.
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+1
I have 12 kids, and several of them use ChatGPT for various projects and school related things, but the limitations are frustrating when I’m already paying for a Plus account for me but they can’t use it. Can’t justify the Teams pricing with the kid’s limited usage, and parental controls of some sort would be great (have already had issues with kids using GPT to try and cheat or get around family rules). I’d gladly pay like $30 for a Family Plus plan, but any more than that gets ridiculous when they’re using it sporadically.
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Additional note: I’m tired of family plans all being targeted at a specific family size with no flexibility for larger families. For our Apple family, I have to kick a kid out for another to have access. That’s dumb. Even if I had to pay a little more for more family members, that makes sense more than just hard-capping a family at some arbitrary size based on social norms in a particular country or region (many cultures exceed 1.5 average kids by a lot, so it seems a little culturally biased and unnecessarily limiting).
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How come it’s so long to bring a family plan?
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With Google One plan on the market it’s surprising OpenAI haven’t introduced a family sharing plan yet
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What is the response from company?
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Bumping this thread.
I accidentally introduced my wife to ChatGPT while she was playing The Sims 4 and it opened her eyes to a whole new world → now our 8-year-old son uses it to help with his homework → and that brings us to today, where I’m now paying $60/month for three separate subscriptions.
Please, OpenAI?
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Just chiming in to support this
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I am onboard, right now my family have access to gemini through our family google one subscription but we think chatgpt is far superior, it would be nice being able to share.
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I’m also for family plan. Since apple added apple inteligence and my wife also uses chatgpt now 
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Very supportive of this suggestion. Hopefully it’s gets heard/seen 
. Family subscription for the win!
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I absolutely would buy a family Plus plan. I can’t justify the expense of a monthly Plus plan for all of my kids. You know how it goes, give to one and you have to give to the others 
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I fully agree with this post…
I work with LLMs daily and am building tools and writing code. I want to teach my 13 year old son how to use LLMs to learn, not cheat, which is what his friends are doing.
I’m engaged enough to know that there is NOTHING I can do to keep a very smart 13 year old from getting around any security I put into a system… so telling him no won’t work, I want to show him the benefits of using the LLM for ideation, not just answers.
I also have a 32 year old daughter who is doing her masters in philosophy, and I’d love to open a chat with her and a GPT for us to discuss ethics, ai, philosophy, and all kinds of fun things.
A family sharing plan would be awesome.
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What is the latest with this, Team @OpenAI_Support? Much desired, even needed now, I would argue. Time line , please?
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I agree! As someone who has raised a family and continues to nurture a home filled with curiosity, creativity, and thoughtful conversation, I’d like to add my voice to what I know is a growing chorus: please consider offering a Family Plan for ChatGPT.
This tool has immense potential not just for individuals, but for entire households. In our home, learning is a shared experience—discussions range from history to philosophy, storytelling to science. ChatGPT has proven to be a useful companion in those journeys. Yet, the current model, which requires separate subscriptions for each person, becomes impractical for families who wish to foster shared engagement across multiple age groups.
A well-designed family plan—with access for spouses, teens, or college-aged children—could:
• Encourage responsible and guided use of AI for young learners
• Support collaborative learning and creativity
• Reduce the financial barrier for multi-user households
• Foster more intentional, communal engagement with these tools
In a world increasingly reliant on digital literacy, AI can be more than a solitary assistant—it can be a family tutor, a creative co-writer, and a conversation partner at the dinner table. That’s a vision I would gladly support—and I hope you will too.
Warmly,
Michelle
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TL;DR — Recent ChatGPT updates (o3, o4-mini, o4-mini-high) and improved citation features make it easier to recommend ChatGPT as a practical starting point for mainstream tasks over traditional methods such as search engines. A fairly priced family plan would let current users onboard less tech-savvy relatives, expanding responsible AI usage—but users should still apply normal internet discretion.
I’ve always hesitated to genuinely recommend ChatGPT-Plus to less-technical friends and family due to two major issues:
- Prompt-engineering complexity: Earlier models demanded specialized prompts to reliably get useful responses.
- Hallucination and reliability concerns: AI-generated answers historically required heavy fact-checking, making it difficult for casual or lower-information users to trust and safely use.
The recent releases (o3, o4-mini, and o4-mini-high), particularly combined with the improved integrated web-search and clear citation framework, meaningfully mitigate (though not eliminate) these barriers. Now, it’s considerably simpler to use ChatGPT as a first step in mainstream information searches. However, it’s crucial to recognize that despite these advancements, users should still approach AI-generated responses with the same critical skepticism they’d use with any random internet resource. LLM-enhanced chatbots, after all, are still effectively akin to a very well-read but imperfect peer prone to errors.
What sets the latest ChatGPT apart is not absolute reliability—no such resource exists—but the ease with which users can now validate responses directly via provided citations. This significantly reduces friction compared to alternatives that still require manual web searches.
Despite these usability improvements, the $20/month cost remains prohibitive for casual users. Several commenters have already suggested solutions like sub-$10 tiers or family plans with per-user discounts. I’d echo these sentiments but emphasize another angle:
- Enabling current enthusiasts to responsibly onboard less tech-savvy users via family plans is an opportunity.
- A reasonably priced multi-user household plan would lower entry barriers, spreading responsible AI usage.
- It would organically leverage existing passionate users as trusted evangelists.
This approach aligns with your stated goal of making AI genuinely accessible and useful—but crucially, it would happen through responsible channels, with built-in encouragement to critically evaluate and validate information, something easier today due to your recent updates.
—A ChatGPT-Plus subscriber keen to responsibly introduce AI’s benefits to family members without breaking the bank.
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