How to buy ChatGPT Plus as a gift

There is no checkout button labeled “gift Plus for 12 months.” OpenAI’s paths are:

1. A ChatGPT gift card redeemed into their web wallet, then used toward Plus ($20/month on pricing).
2. Gift credits for credit-based features, not day-to-day chat.
3. Paying on their account yourself (awkward; avoid).

Practical recipe

Buy a $50-$100 gift card if they are GPT-only and bill on the web. Warn them App Store Plus will not consume the wallet until they move billing to web. If they also use Claude or Gemini, send multi-model prepaid credit instead so the gift is not trapped in one lab.

Brass sells prepaid packs of $10 to $250 you can gift by email or as a card you print. Credits never expire. The recipient spends them across Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok and DeepSeek. US only, 18 and over; an unclaimed gift returns to you after 90 days.

Still shopping for the holidays? A Brass pack goes by email or as a card you print at home, so it is there the day you give it. Send a pack.

Sources

1. Anthropic: How to gift a Claude subscription
2. Claude pricing
3. OpenAI: Buying and redeeming OpenAI gift cards
4. OpenAI: Gifting credits in ChatGPT
5. OpenAI: ChatGPT and Codex pricing
6. OpenAI: About ChatGPT Pro tiers

Related guides

• Can you gift ChatGPT Plus?

  Not as a named Plus gift SKU. Fund their web wallet with a gift card, or send prepaid multi-model credit instead.

• Where to buy a ChatGPT gift card and what it covers

  OpenAI sells digital ChatGPT gift cards of $15 to $250 through US retailers such as Best Buy. How to redeem one, what the balance pays for and what it will not.

• Gift ChatGPT for Christmas without a subscription trap

  Use a gift card or gift credits with clear rules, or send prepaid credit that does not renew on their card.