
For users of ChatGPT Plus, Team, or Enterprise plans, understanding the specific message limits for each model is essential for an efficient workflow. This guide provides a straightforward breakdown of the 2025 usage caps, categorized by model type. Within each category, the models are sorted from the most restricted to the least restricted.
The various models in the ChatGPT suite are designed for different types of tasks. Below are their current limits, separated into two functional categories.
Creative Models: For Content Generation
This group includes models primarily used for content creation.
- GPT-4.5
- Limit: 50 messages per week.
- GPT-4
- Limit: 40 messages every 3 hours (this cap includes interactions with custom GPTs).
- GPT-4o
- Limit: 80 messages every 3 hours.
- GPT-4.1
- Limit: 80 messages every 3 hours.
- GPT-4.1 mini
- Limit: Unlimited usage.
Thinking Models: For Foundational and Research Tasks
This category consists of specialized tools and foundational models often applied to research, data processing, and other analytical functions.
- Deep Research Tool
- Limit: 10 queries per month.
- o3 pro
- Limit: 20 messages per month.
- Availability: Exclusive to ChatGPT Team, Enterprise and Pro plans.
- o3
- Limit: 100 messages a week.
- o4-mini-high
- Limit: 100 messages a day.
- o4-mini
- Limit: 300 messages per day.
How Usage Limits and Resets Work
When you reach the message cap for a model, you will be notified and the model will become unavailable for selection until the limit resets.
To see when a limit will reset, hover your mouse over the model’s name in the selection menu.
- Weekly limits reset seven days from your first message.
- Daily limits reset at 00:00 UTC.
- Three-hour limits reset on a rolling basis.
There is currently no interface to view how many messages you have used against your current limit.
Note on the ChatGPT Pro Plan
A higher-tier subscription, the ChatGPT Pro plan, is also available. It offers unlimited access to the o3
, o4-mini-high
, and o4-mini
models, removing their standard daily and weekly caps for users with high-volume requirements.