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ChatGPT Images

Make and edit pictures by chatting with ChatGPT: describe what you want or upload a photo and ask for changes. Works on the free plan with tighter limits; paid plans allow more.

Go to ChatGPT Images’s website

At a glance

Open or closed: Closed
Only usable through the maker's app or API
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Licence: OpenAI Terms of Use (The maker's own terms)
Business use of ChatGPT Business/Enterprise and the API falls under OpenAI's separate Business Terms.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Can I sell what I make?: Yes
Terms say you own the Output and OpenAI assigns you its rights in it, on any plan; there is no separate clause on commercial use. Similar outputs may be given to other users.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial
Cost: Free option: Limited image creation on the Free plan.
Plans below.
How you use it: In your browser, Phone app, Desktop app
Release says it is available across desktop, mobile and web; the same models are on the OpenAI API (GPT-Image-2.5). Platform names not listed separately.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked, but the page was unclear or partial
Skill needed: No setup
Inferred: works inside the ordinary ChatGPT chat.
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Made by: OpenAI OpCo, LLC (US)
Terms name OpenAI OpCo, LLC, a Delaware company, 1455 3rd Street, San Francisco. EU users contract under separate EU terms.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Status: Available
Images 2.5 rolled out on 8 Sept 2026, replacing Images 2.0.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page

What you can make with it

A picture, from a description (main use)
A picture, by changing a photo I have
A picture, the same character or style across many images

text to imageimage to image

Targeted edits that keep the rest of a photo the same; better at keeping subjects from reference photos consistent.

source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page

Plans and prices

No paid plans listed.

Prices rendered by script; not readable. Page lists Free, Go, Plus, Pro (monthly), Business (monthly or annual) and Enterprise. Free 'limited', Go 'more', Pro 'unlimited and faster' image creation.

source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · inferred or from a secondary source; needs review

Rights and safety

Trains on your work?: Trains on your work unless you opt out
Terms: content may be used to train models; you can opt out.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Watermark: Content credentials (C2PA), Invisible watermark
Images from ChatGPT include C2PA metadata and an invisible SynthID watermark.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page

Models it uses (not yet listed on Plainly)

GPT-Image-2.5 Flare, GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst

Other options for “A picture, from a description”

Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Adobe Photoshop, Akool, Artbreeder, Bria, Canva AI (Magic Studio), Civitai, Clipdrop, ComfyUI, Creatify, DeeVid AI, DiffusionBee, DomoAI, Draw Things, Dreamina, Dzine, fal, Filmora, FlexClip, FLUX.1 [dev], FLUX.1 [schnell], FLUX.1 Kontext, FLUX.2

About this entry

Facts last checked 12 Oct 2026 against the maker’s own pages (each fact links to its source). Entry status: draft. Plain-English summary written by Plainly.