Meta is launching subscriptions for its AI chatbot for the first time, offering Meta One Plus for $7.99 per month and Meta One Premium for $19.99 per month. The rollout starts in Singapore, Guatemala, and Bolivia, with plans to expand to more countries. Meta AI remains free for casual use, but usage limits apply to free users, especially for image and video generation and more compute-intensive reasoning features. Paid subscribers can exceed those limits and receive expanded access to image generation, video creation, and extended reasoning capabilities. Pricing is positioned to compete with ChatGPT Plus and Google AI Pro, with a lower entry tier designed to attract users already active on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. The AI subscriptions also bundle access to app-specific paid features across Meta’s product family.
"Meta is selling subscriptions to its AI chatbot for the first time, introducing two paid tiers that put it in direct competition with OpenAI and Google for consumer AI revenue. Meta One Plus costs $7.99 per month and Meta One Premium costs $19.99 per month. Both tiers give users expanded access to image generation, video creation, and extended reasoning capabilities that will be capped for free users."
"The subscriptions are rolling out initially in Singapore, Guatemala, and Bolivia, with plans to expand to more countries. Meta AI will remain free for casual use, but users who generate images and videos frequently or rely on the chatbot's more compute-intensive reasoning features will eventually hit usage limits that only paid subscribers can exceed."
"The pricing is deliberate. Meta One Premium at $19.99 matches the price of ChatGPT Plus and Google AI Pro almost exactly. Meta One Plus at $7.99 undercuts both by more than half, creating an entry point that neither OpenAI nor Google currently offers at that level. The bet is that users who already spend time inside Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook will pay a fraction of what they would pay for a standalone AI product because Meta AI is embedded in apps they already use."
"The AI subscriptions are part of a broader subscription rollout across Meta's product family. Instagram Plus and Facebook Plus cost $3.99 per month, while WhatsApp Plus costs $2.99 per month. These app-specific subscriptions offer features like profile customisation, enhanced reactions, and story analytics. Users who buy a Meta AI subscription also get access to all app-specific subscription features, creating a bundle incentive."
Read at TNW | Artificial-Intelligence
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]