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Check Your AI Plan Today, Before Prices and Limits Change

Open each AI account you pay for, note the plan, price and what changed with a date and screenshot, and keep a simple 'my AI plans' table with a last-checked date.

20 min practicePlatform independentUpdated · Last checked Nov 9, 2026
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A small table titled my AI plans with three rows, a last-checked column and a calendar reminder beside it.
Designed illustration; not a screenshot or a recorded model result.

The useful result

A finished 'my AI plans' table with plan, price, what changed, source, a last-checked date and a screenshot name for each AI tool you use.

  • Open each AI account and note the plan, price and renewal date with a dated screenshot.
  • Tell an official page, an email and a news report apart, and write which one you used.
  • Keep a 'my AI plans' table with a last-checked column and a next check date.

You pay for an AI plan in October. In November the model you liked has vanished from the list. The price is the same. The features moved, and nobody asked you. (Imagined example. A real change like it was reported in October; see below.)

That can really happen. 9to5Google reported on 14 October 2026 that Google was emailing Google AI Plus subscribers ($4.99 a month on its page). The email said that from 13 November 2026, Pro models can be selected only on AI Pro and above. 9to5Google also says Google had announced a subscription change earlier in October. The 13 November date comes from an email one Reddit user shared, and a couple of others said they got the same one. Treat it as reported, not as true for everyone. Check your own email.

In 20 minutes you will open each AI account, note plan, price and changes, and keep a table with a last-checked date. We read the official pages on 9 November 2026; we have not run this on a live account.

Before you start

  • Login details for each AI account you pay for or use (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or others).
  • About 20 minutes and a notes app or spreadsheet. Any free chat assistant works for the formatting prompts.

Review evidence

Documentation-based review · 2026-11-09

Sources opened and checked on 9 November 2026. Figures are dated and describe what the sources reported, not rules. Prompts and examples are illustrative; no model output or outcome is claimed.

1

Open each account and write down plan, price and any notice

Log in to each AI tool. Open Settings, then Billing or Plan. Write down the plan name, the price you pay, the renewal date and any banner marked new or changed. Take a screenshot with the date in its file name. Screenshots can show your email address and the last digits of a card, so keep them private and never upload them to a chat. Never paste card numbers or passwords. Then ask a chat only to tidy your notes into a table.

Try this prompt
Turn my rough notes into a table with these columns: Tool | Plan | Price I pay | Renews | Notice or change shown. Use only my notes. If something is missing, write "not noted". Do not look anything up and do not guess any price.

MY NOTES:
[PASTE YOUR NOTES FROM EACH ACCOUNT]

Example / expected result

Illustrative example; not a recorded model result.

Notes: Gemini, AI Plus, 4.99 a month, renews on the 20th, email about Pro models. Claude, Free. | Tool | Plan | Price I pay | Renews | Notice or change shown | | Gemini | AI Plus | 4.99 a month | 20th | Email about Pro models | | Claude | Free | 0 | not noted | not noted |

Check your result

Every row has a plan name, and anything you did not see says "not noted". You saved one screenshot per tool with the date in the file name.

2

Compare your account with the official pricing page

Open each official page: chatgpt.com/pricing, claude.com/pricing and gemini.google/subscriptions. Pages differ by country and language. For each change, write what it is, the date it applies, and whether you read it on an official page, in an email or in the news. For Google AI Plus, check your own email for the 13 November change. Do not assume it applies to you. A newsletter can flag changes: LimitDigest (2 November 2026) reported that Claude Max 20x became Ultra on 30 October. Claude's pricing page now lists an Ultra plan, but we did not confirm the rename itself, and a newsletter is not the official source.

Try this prompt
Compare two notes. A is what my account shows. B is what the official page says. Do NOT say which is right. List only the differences, quote each side, and label every difference "check on the official page".

A:
[WHAT MY ACCOUNT SHOWS]

B:
[WHAT THE OFFICIAL PAGE SAYS, COPIED]

Example / expected result

Illustrative example; not a recorded model result.

A: AI Plus. Email says Pro models only on AI Pro and above from 13 Nov 2026. B: Gemini page, 9 Nov 2026: AI Plus 4.99 a month lists "Access to our Flash model"; AI Pro 19.99 a month lists "Access to our Pro model". Differences: 1) The email gives a date, 13 Nov 2026, that the page does not: check on the official page. 2) The page lists the Pro model under AI Pro and AI Ultra, not under AI Plus.

Check your result

Each change has a date, a place you read it, and a label: official page, email or news report. Nothing is called certain without the official page.

3

Build your "my AI plans" table with a last-checked column

Keep one table in a note or spreadsheet. Add a Last checked column and a Screenshot column. Add a row for each tool, and write a next check date, such as in a month. This is our own habit. Claude's page says prices and plans are subject to change, so the table is your record. Each time, change only the cells you re-read.

Try this prompt
Here is my current table and my new notes. Change only the cells my new notes mention. Set Last checked to [TODAY'S DATE] for those rows. Leave every other cell exactly as it is. After the table, list each cell you changed.

TABLE:
[PASTE YOUR TABLE]

NEW NOTES:
[PASTE WHAT YOU RE-READ TODAY]

Example / expected result

Illustrative example; not a recorded model result.

(Example numbers, not current prices.) | Tool | Plan | Price | What changed (date, source) | Last checked | Screenshot | | Claude | Pro | 20 a month, or 17 on annual | none noted | 9 Nov 2026 | claude-9nov.png | | Gemini | AI Plus | 4.99 a month | Reported 13 Nov Pro-model change, from an email: check mine | 9 Nov 2026 | gemini-9nov.png | Cells changed: Claude row, Last checked. Gemini row, Last checked.

Check your result

Every row has a date in Last checked. The list of changed cells matches what you typed. Your next check date is in your calendar.

When it goes wrong

A news report is not your bill. 9to5Google's date came from a shared email, so check your own email and plan page. The ChatGPT page we read on 9 November 2026 listed plan names, and the price amounts were blank in our copy, so open it while logged in. A chat assistant can invent a price or a rule: use it only to format, never to look things up. This is general information, not financial advice. If unsure whether to cancel, ask the provider's support.

Make it your own

Try this today (10 minutes): open one AI account, write down the plan, price and renewal date, take a dated screenshot, and add one row to your table with today's date in Last checked. Then set a reminder for next month.

Useful next resources

Compare Free AI Plans Before You CommitTrace a Statistic or Quote Back to Its Original SourceTest the thinking setting on three of your own tasks

Sources and review

Last checked Nov 9, 2026. Features and account limits can change. Verify important results against your original material.

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