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Guide, published November 10, 2026. Checked on each company's own help and pricing pages that day.

Can you gift ChatGPT Plus? What works for ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini

Yes, with limits. OpenAI sells ChatGPT gift cards in the US, from $15 to $250, through retailers such as Best Buy. The card adds dollars to the recipient's ChatGPT wallet for Plus on the web, at $20 a month, but it can't pay for a plan billed by Apple or Google. Claude gifts are paused for now, and Gemini goes through Google's family sharing.

ChatGPT gift card
$15 to $250
ChatGPT Plus
$20 a month
Claude gifts
Paused
Gemini sharing
Up to 5 people

How a ChatGPT gift card works

OpenAI's ChatGPT gift cards are US dollar cards sold through participating retailers in the US, such as Best Buy, in amounts from $15 to $250. After you buy one and send it, the recipient enters the PIN at chatgpt.com/redeem on the web, and the full amount goes into the OpenAI wallet on their account.

Redeeming doesn't start a plan by itself. The recipient picks Plus, or another plan, on ChatGPT's website, and the wallet pays first. If the card doesn't cover the whole bill, the rest goes on their own payment card, and any dollars left over stay in the wallet for the next renewal.

Months a gift card pays for at ChatGPT's monthly prices, before sales tax
CardPlus at $20Go at $8
$201 month2 months + $4
$603 months7 months + $4
$1206 months15 months
$24012 months30 months

Prices are from ChatGPT's US pricing page on November 10, 2026. Pro starts at $100 a month, so a $100 card pays for one month of the lowest Pro tier. Our ChatGPT page has more on the plans.

Who can use a ChatGPT gift card?

Only someone in the US with a ChatGPT account billed in US dollars. OpenAI's help page puts it plainly: "Do not buy a US gift card for someone who cannot meet these location and billing requirements. Sending a digital or physical card to another country does not make it eligible there."

The card works on ChatGPT Free, Go, Plus and Pro accounts, and for owners of a ChatGPT Business workspace. Once it's redeemed, the money can't move to another account or go back onto the card, so the recipient should check they're signed in to the right account before entering the PIN.

What if they pay for ChatGPT on an iPhone or Android phone?

Then the card can't pay for their current plan. OpenAI says gift card balances can't pay for subscriptions billed through the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. To use the card, they cancel in the store where they subscribed, wait until that plan ends and subscribe again on ChatGPT's website with the same account. Redeeming the card doesn't cancel the old plan for them.

What are ChatGPT Plus CDK codes?

Marketplaces also sell "ChatGPT Plus CDK" codes. They come from third-party resellers and get used on the reseller's own website instead of chatgpt.com/redeem, so they aren't OpenAI's gift cards, which OpenAI sells through participating authorized retailers.

We'd skip them. If a plan bought that way stops working, a refund is between you and the reseller. A service that needs the recipient's ChatGPT login also runs into OpenAI's terms of use, which say: "You may not share your account credentials or make your account available to anyone else." OpenAI can suspend or delete an account that breaks its terms.

Can you gift Claude Pro?

Not right now. On November 10, 2026, Anthropic's help page on gifting said: "Gift subscriptions are currently unavailable to purchase. This applies to all accounts." It gave no date yet for when buying will open again.

Gifts bought before the pause still work. The recipient redeems them on the web at claude.ai/gift/redeem, with no credit card needed, and a gift expires 365 days after it was bought. Gifts can't be stacked, and someone who pays for Claude through the App Store or Google Play has to wait until that plan ends to redeem one. Claude Pro itself costs $20 a month, or $200 a year paid up front.

Can you gift Gemini?

Google's route is family sharing. A Google AI Pro plan, $19.99 a month in the US, can be shared with up to five other people in a Google family group. Google says family members on a Google AI Pro plan "can enjoy select AI benefits and features at no extra cost", and its family help page lists the Gemini app among the benefits everyone in the group can use.

The person who sets up the group has to be 18 or older, and everyone they invite has to live in the same country. Members keep their own accounts, and their files stay private. For a few products, such as Google Flow and Google Antigravity, the whole family shares one set of usage limits.

A Google Play gift card is a less certain option. Play balance pays for many subscriptions on Google Play, but Google's help page says "Some subscriptions do not accept Stored Value," so check before you count on one for Google AI Pro.

ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini gifts side by side

AIHow to give itLimits
ChatGPTA gift card from $15 to $250, spent on Plus at $20 a monthUS only, and not for plans billed by Apple or Google
ClaudeNot possible right now, since gift purchases are pausedGifts bought earlier still redeem on the web
GeminiShare your Google AI Pro plan, $19.99 a monthSame country, up to five other people

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Questions

Can you buy a ChatGPT Plus gift card?

Yes, in the US. OpenAI sells ChatGPT gift cards through retailers such as Best Buy, from $15 to $250. The card adds dollars to the recipient's ChatGPT wallet, which pays for Plus at $20 a month on ChatGPT's website.

Can I gift ChatGPT Plus to someone outside the US?

Not with a gift card. OpenAI says its cards work only in the US, for accounts billed in US dollars, and that sending a card to another country does not make it eligible there.

Does a ChatGPT gift card work with an iPhone subscription?

No. OpenAI says gift card balances can't pay for subscriptions billed through the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. The recipient would cancel in the store, wait for that plan to end and subscribe again on ChatGPT's website.

Can you gift Claude Pro?

Not right now. On November 10, 2026, Anthropic's help page said gift subscriptions were unavailable to purchase for all accounts, with no date yet for their return. Gifts bought earlier can still be redeemed at claude.ai/gift/redeem.

How do I give someone Gemini?

Share your Google AI Pro plan through a Google family group. Up to five other people in the same country get select AI benefits, including the Gemini app, at no extra cost, while you pay $19.99 a month.

Are ChatGPT Plus CDK codes safe to buy?

We'd skip them. They come from third-party resellers and aren't OpenAI's gift cards. A service that needs the recipient's login runs into OpenAI's rule against sharing an account, and OpenAI can suspend accounts that break its terms.

Sources

Each page was read on November 10, 2026. OpenAI's gift card article showed "Updated: 5 days ago" that day.