Free ChatGPT users now access custom GPTs, data analytics, and vision features

ChatGPT has expanded the features available to free ChatGPT users, now including access to custom GPTs, that were previously exclusive to paid subscribers. These new capabilities encompass data analytics, vision functions, and the ability to use browse and memory features. Initially introduced with GPT-4o in early May, these tools enable users to analyze charts, ask questions about photos, and more.

Among the available custom GPTs, there are hundreds of third-party services, ranging from tools for extracting information and chatting with PDFs to other useful tools from OpenAI like DALL-E 3, or plugins from Canva, Adobe Express, or Khan Academy. You can explore all the plugins available in the store. Creators of custom GPTs can participate in a revenue-sharing program that OpenAI has been testing since March. However, free users can only discover and use existing custom GPTs, not create their own.

Despite these enhancements, paid subscribers still enjoy certain advantages, such as significantly higher message limits compared to free users. Free users who reach their message or conversation limit with GPT-4o will be switched back to GPT-3.5 and won't have access to other premium features like vision functions.