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I Spent ₹1999 on ChatGPT Plus in India — Was It Worth It? Here’s the Honest Truth.

By Mohit Singhania | June 2025

A few weeks ago, I was stuck.

My UPI wallet had around ₹3000. Not enough to buy a new mic or upgrade my blog hosting, but enough for a few days of good food — or one slightly reckless experiment.

I had two options:

Option 1: Order pizza for the next 5 days.
Option 2: Buy ChatGPT Plus for ₹1999 and see if all that GPT-4o hype was real.

Guess what I did?

I skipped the pizza.

I know, I know — bold move. But here’s what really happened next, without the marketing drama or fake guru noise. Just a content creator trying to get more done without losing his mind.

Table of Contents

Why I Even Thought of Paying for ChatGPT (When the Free One’s Right There)

Look, I was already a heavy user of the free ChatGPT. Writing blogs, rewriting intros, researching content ideas — it was basically my unpaid intern.

But it came with mood swings.

Sometimes it would go:

“I’m at capacity. Try again later.”

Or it would randomly forget what I told it two replies ago.

Plus, GPT-3.5 often felt like it was reading off Wikipedia with no personality. I needed better tone, better context understanding, and most importantly — speed.

So one night (while I was this close to ordering biryani), I said screw it and clicked “Upgrade.”

So What Did ₹1999 Actually Get Me?

This is where things get interesting.

The moment I upgraded, I unlocked GPT-4o — OpenAI’s latest and smartest model. And man, it’s different.

Here’s what changed instantly:

Smarter replies that sounded like I wrote them myself (finally, no more robotic intros)
Access to memory — it remembered my tone, blog name, even my YouTube script style
Tools like image & PDF uploads that made it feel like an AI assistant, not just a chatbox
Lightning-fast responses — no more “Try again later”

And yeah… it started feeling fun to work again.

I Tracked Everything for 30 Days — Here’s What I Built (and Saved)

I didn’t want this to be one of those “I feel productive” kind of reviews. So I tracked it.

Every blog post, every thumbnail concept, every YouTube script. I noted down how long each task took with GPT-4o and how long it would’ve taken me without it.

Here’s what the month looked like:

Task	My Usual Time	With GPT-4o	Time Saved
Write 7 blog posts	28 hrs	10 hrs	18 hrs
5 YouTube scripts	15 hrs	6 hrs	9 hrs
12 thumbnail ideas	6 hrs	2 hrs	4 hrs
Reddit comment writing	10 hrs	2 hrs	8 hrs
Keyword research + planning	6 hrs	1.5 hrs	4.5 hrs
SEO & Internal Linking	6 hrs	3 hrs	3 hrs
Total	71 hrs	24.5 hrs	47 hrs

That’s 47 hours saved in one month.

Now if we’re being practical, even if my time is worth just ₹300/hour (which, let’s be honest, is modest), GPT-4o gave me ₹14,100 worth of time for ₹1999.

That’s over 11x ROI — and this wasn’t hypothetical. This was my real work, published and shipped.

An illustrated invoice for ₹1999 stamped with “11.7X ROI,” surrounded by flying blog posts, scripts, and charts representing creative productivity. — **This AI-generated visual shows how ChatGPT Plus turned a ₹1999 investment into massive content output — with blogs, scripts, and analytics to prove it. *Illustrative image. Not an actual invoice.* **

What I Actually Used It For (Not Just “Write Me a Poem”)

Most people think ChatGPT is for fun questions or random life hacks.

But here’s what I actually did with it:

Rewrote boring blog intros into scroll-stopping hooks
Turned bullet notes into SEO-optimized paragraphs
Created full affiliate tables in HTML
Drafted YouTube scripts that actually sounded like me
Researched trending topics in under 10 minutes
Found keywords my competitors weren’t using
Even used it to craft Reddit comments that didn’t sound… AI-ish

It wasn’t replacing me. It was upgrading me.

And weirdly enough, I started enjoying the creative process again. It’s like having a super fast writing partner who never says “bro, I’m tired.”

Small Confession: I Regretted It… For Like 2 Days

Honestly, the first two days were meh.

I expected fireworks. But I was still using it like GPT-3.5 — basic prompts, vague tasks, no structure. I almost canceled.

But then I changed my approach. I got specific.

Instead of:

“Write a blog on smartphones”
I said:
“Write a spicy blog post in Indian English about the top 5 phones under ₹20,000, use sarcasm, make it funny, and include real product links.”

That’s when things clicked.

It wasn’t just giving better content — it was giving content I actually wanted.

But Is GPT-4o Better Than Claude, Gemini or Perplexity?

I’ve tried them all — Claude, Gemini, Perplexity. They’re good in different ways. But here’s the truth:

Tool	Best For	Why I Still Chose GPT-4o
Claude	Reading long docs & analysis	Too serious, dry tone
Gemini	Google-style search integration	Too robotic, very “AI”
Perplexity	Fast research summaries	Great tool, not a writer
GPT-4o	Content creation + tone + memory	Feels like me, just faster

Claude is your professor. Gemini is your library. GPT-4o is your smart, funny creative friend who helps you ship.

Who Should Actually Pay for This?

You should consider ChatGPT Plus if:

You create content regularly — blogs, videos, newsletters
You freelance and juggle multiple clients
You’re trying to scale something solo — YouTube, blog, Instagram, whatever
You value speed more than perfection

You should skip it if:

You open ChatGPT once a week to ask what to cook tonight
You expect it to do everything without giving it good input
You’re not actively building or writing anything

Final Verdict: Worth ₹1999? Hell Yes — If You Use It Right

In the end, here’s my take:

This wasn’t a “cool toy” buy. It was an investment.

GPT-4o didn’t replace my work. It multiplied my output.

I wrote more in 30 days than I had in the last 3 months. And it felt easier, smoother, faster.

Not because AI is magic. But because it gave me momentum.

If you’re trying to build something — content, audience, brand, income — then ₹1999 is not a splurge. It’s your creative steroid.

Not Sure If It’s for You? Try This

Here’s a mini test:

Make a list of 5 tasks that drain your time every week.
Try ChatGPT free version first.
Upgrade for one month.
Use GPT-4o only for those 5 tasks.
Track how much faster you get them done.

If you save less than ₹1999 worth of time… cancel. But if you’re like me, you’ll smile every time you publish.

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