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GChatGPT vs DeepL
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose ChatGPT if…
- you're in its core audience: individuals and students, writers and knowledge workers
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Choose DeepL if…
- you need an API to build on
- you work on Windows, macOS, iOS
- you're in its core audience: individual professionals, business and localization teams
Side by side
Feature ChatGPT DeepL
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$8/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentYesYes
Data retention—Texts and documents deleted after the contracted services are fully performed
Security and compliance—SOC 2 Type II, GDPR
Web search—
File upload & analysis—
Image generation—
PlatformsWebWeb, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Chrome, API
CategoryAI ChatbotsTranslation
CompanyOpenAIDeepL SE
Based in—Germany
Founded—2017
Part of——
Key features
C ChatGPT
- Chat-based answers to questions and tasks
- Help with writing and editing
- Coding help through the included Codex agent
- Several individual tiers from Free to Pro
- Per-seat team workspaces through Business
- Enterprise plan sold through sales
D DeepL
- Text translation in 100+ languages
- Document translation that keeps the original layout
- Real-time voice translation for meetings and conversations
- DeepL Write for style and tone adjustments
- Custom glossaries and style rules
- Translation memory on the Business plan
- Add-ins for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace
- Developer API and MCP integrations with AI assistants
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
ChatGPT
Free$0
Go$8/mo (US)
Plus$20/mo
ProFrom $100/mo
Business$20/user/mo billed annually; $25 monthly
EnterpriseCustom
DeepL
FreeFree
Individual€7.49/mo billed annually
Team€24.99/user/mo billed annually
Business€49.99/user/mo billed annually
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
ChatGPT
- Free plan available
- Go plan costs $8/month in the US
- Codex is included in all plans, Free included
- Business plan starts at just 2 users
- Free plan has limited features
- Pro tiers cost $100–$500 per month
- Enterprise pricing is only available from sales
DeepL
- Free version includes 50,000 characters a month
- 30-day free trial on Individual and Team plans
- Apps for desktop, mobile, browsers and Office suites
- API available for developers
- Pricing page lists EUR prices billed annually and does not show USD prices
- Free version allows only 1 file translation a month
- No API pricing is shown on the plans page
- Free trial is not available to users who have had a DeepL trial before
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