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ChatGPT Plus alternative: pay per message

Subscriptions charge the same whether you send three messages a month or three hundred a day. Most people are closer to the first. On CrapGPT you pay what each reply actually costs, plus a thin margin, and every price is shown before you send.

What a month really costs

Usage	Ling 3.1 Flash (best value)	Claude Opus 5.5 (top ranked)	ChatGPT Plus (approx.)
5 chats a day	NZ$0.03	NZ$3.32	NZ$35.00
20 chats a day	NZ$0.12	NZ$13.29	NZ$35.00
60 chats a day	NZ$0.37	NZ$39.88	NZ$35.00

Costs use each model's measured cost per chat (0.021¢ and 2.22¢). ChatGPT Plus is shown at roughly US$20 a month (about NZ$35); check current pricing. Updated 2026-10-11.

What you give up, and what you don't

You keep: top models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek and more, web search, file and link reading, image generation and a code sandbox.
You gain: a model picker that suggests the best-value model for each job, and a free daily allowance.
You lose: vendor-only features such as custom GPTs and voice mode.

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