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Can I get ChatGPT Dots? Plan, country and workspace checker

Check if you can get a dot in three taps: which ChatGPT plans include one, where Pro leaves it out, and what a work account needs before Your dot appears.

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You can get a dot if you're 18 or over and you have ChatGPT Pro outside the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, a Business Premium seat anywhere, or an Enterprise workspace where an admin has turned dots on. Free, Go and Plus don't include one.

#Check your account

Start with your own case.

Can you get a dot?

Three taps: your plan, where you live, your workspace.

  1. Which ChatGPT plan are you on?

  2. Where do you live?

    The EEA is the EU plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

  3. Your workspace

    This one depends on your plan. Tap your plan first.

Tap your plan to start.

Find the line that matches your plan and where you live.

Pro · outside the EEA, UK and Switzerland

Yes. Your Pro plan includes one dot.

Pro 100, Pro 200 and Pro 500 each come with one dot at no extra cost. You need to be 18 or over.

Do this next

  1. Open ChatGPT on a computer, in a browser or the desktop app.
  2. Click Your dot, right under New chat.
  3. Follow the short setup screens. Set up your dot shows each one.

No Your dot entry? Access can take several days to reach an account. Try these fixes.

Pro · in the EEA, UK or Switzerland

No. Pro doesn't include a dot where you live.

In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, all three Pro tiers come without a dot.

Do this next

  • Open a ChatGPT Business workspace and take a Premium seat. Premium seats include a dot in every region.
  • A workspace needs 2 seats. The cheapest setup is 1 Premium + 1 Standard: $120 a month billed annually ($1,440 for the year), or $150 a month billed monthly.

Dots in Europe and the UK walks through that route.

Free, Go or Plus · outside the EEA, UK and Switzerland

No. Free, Go and Plus don't include a dot.

A dot comes with Pro, with a Business Premium seat, or with an Enterprise workspace that has turned dots on.

Do this next

  • Upgrade to Pro 100: $100 a month, billed monthly. It's the cheapest plan with a dot where you live.
  • Skip Pro 200 and Pro 500 unless you want the extra usage. Every Pro tier includes the same one dot.

See what each plan costs.

Free, Go or Plus · in the EEA, UK or Switzerland

No. Free, Go and Plus don't include a dot.

Upgrading to Pro won't get you one either: Pro has no dot in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland.

Do this next

  • Open a ChatGPT Business workspace and take a Premium seat. Premium seats include a dot in every region.
  • A workspace needs 2 seats. The cheapest setup is 1 Premium + 1 Standard: $120 a month billed annually ($1,440 for the year), or $150 a month billed monthly.

Dots in Europe and the UK walks through that route.

Business · Premium seat · any region

Yes. Your Premium seat includes one dot.

Premium seats come with a dot in every region ChatGPT supports, including the EEA, the UK and Switzerland. You need to be 18 or over.

Do this next

  1. Open ChatGPT on a computer, in a browser or the desktop app.
  2. Click Your dot, right under New chat.
  3. Follow the short setup screens. Set up your dot shows each one.

No Your dot entry? Access can take several days to reach an account. Try these fixes.

Business · Standard seat · any region

No. Standard seats don't include a dot.

In a Business workspace the dot comes with the seat. Premium has one and Standard doesn't, even side by side in the same workspace.

Do this next

  • Ask your workspace owner to switch your seat to Premium. Owners change seat types in workspace settings.
  • A Premium seat costs $100 per user per month billed annually, or $125 billed monthly.

Work out what your workspace would pay.

Business · seat not known

It depends on your seat.

Premium seats include a dot. Standard seats don't.

Do this next

  • Ask your workspace owner which seat you're on.
  • Premium: open ChatGPT on a computer and click Your dot, under New chat.
  • Standard: ask for a switch to Premium. It costs $100 per user per month billed annually, or $125 billed monthly.

Enterprise, Edu or Healthcare · dots turned on

Yes. Your workspace has dots turned on.

In these workspaces a dot is a beta feature that an admin enables. Yours has. You need to be 18 or over.

Do this next

  1. Open ChatGPT on a computer, in a browser or the desktop app.
  2. Click Your dot, right under New chat.
  3. Follow the short setup screens. Set up your dot shows each one.

No Your dot entry? Ask your admin to check that Use dots (Beta) is on for a role you hold.

Enterprise, Edu or Healthcare · dots not turned on

Not yet. An admin has to turn dots on.

Dots are off by default in Enterprise, Edu and Healthcare workspaces.

Do this next

  • Ask a workspace owner to enable Use dots (Beta). It's under Workspace settings, then Permissions & roles.
  • They can turn it on for everyone, or for chosen groups.

Dots for workspace admins has the steps to send them.

Enterprise · FedRAMP, EKM or UAE inference residency

No. This kind of workspace can't use dots.

Three kinds of workspace are left out of the beta: FedRAMP workspaces, workspaces with Enterprise Key Management (EKM), and workspaces with inference residency set to the UAE.

Do this next

  • There's no setting for you or your admin to change.
  • Not sure your workspace is one of the three? Your admin will know.

Dots for workspace admins lists what each workspace type can do.

What you'll see in ChatGPT

The top of the ChatGPT sidebar on the web: New chat, then Your dot, then Projects

On a computer, Your dot sits in the sidebar, right under New chat. No entry there means no dot on this account yet.

Image: Pat Simmons

What ChatGPT shows a Pro account in the EEA, UK or Switzerland

A ChatGPT dialog: Dots aren't available in your region yet. Your Pro plan doesn't have access to dots yet. We'll let you know when they become available. Got it

The dialog reads Dots aren't available in your region yet. ChatGPT lets you know when dots reach your region.

Image: Sharbel A.

Open on its own page

#Which plans include a dot?

The checker answers for one account. This table is the whole rule, plan by plan.

Who can get a dot

Plan Dot included Where What else has to be true
Free, Go, Plus No Nowhere Nothing. Move to a plan below
Pro 100, Pro 200, Pro 500 Yes Outside the EEA, UK and Switzerland You're 18 or over
Business, Standard seat No Nowhere Switch the seat to Premium
Business, Premium seat Yes Every region You're 18 or over
Enterprise, Edu, Healthcare Partial Rolling out worldwide An admin turns dots on

The dot comes with the plan at no extra cost. Pricing has what each row costs.

#Where does Pro include a dot?

The Pro row is the one that depends on where you live. Pro includes a dot everywhere except three places: the EEA, the UK and Switzerland. A Business Premium seat includes one there too.

dot includedno dotdot includedPro planEverywhere elseEEA, UK, SwitzerlandBusiness Premiumseatdot includedno dotdot includedPro planEverywhere elseEEA, UK,SwitzerlandBusinessPremium seat
The block is on Pro, and only in three places. The seat type gets you past it.

The EEA is the EU plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. OpenAI doesn't publish a country-by-country list, so go by that: if you live in one of those countries, the UK or Switzerland, Pro comes without a dot. Dots in Europe and the UK covers the Business route step by step.

#On a work or school account?

The last row of the table needs someone else to act. In an Enterprise, Edu or Healthcare workspace, dots start switched off. A workspace owner turns on one setting, for everyone or for chosen groups.

Workspace settings
Permissions & roles
Use dots (Beta)For everyone by default, or for chosen groups through custom roles.
ask your admin for this one
The setting is called Use dots (Beta). It lives under Workspace settings, then Permissions & roles.

Three kinds of workspace can't turn dots on at all:

  • FedRAMP workspaces
  • Workspaces with Enterprise Key Management (EKM)
  • Workspaces with inference residency set to the UAE

HIPAA workspaces can use dots if they meet the other requirements. Admins: Dots for workspace admins has every setting.

#Check you've got it

Plan, place and seat type decide it between them. Try the rule on seven people.

Sort it

Who gets a dot today? Sort each person.

  • Pro 100 in CanadaEvery Pro tier includes a dot outside the EEA, the UK and Switzerland.
  • Pro 200 in GermanyGermany is in the EEA, where Pro comes without a dot.
  • Pro 500 in JapanSame rule as Pro 100. The tier changes the usage, not the dot.
  • Pro 100 in NorwayNorway isn't in the EU, but it is in the EEA.
  • Plus in the United StatesPlus doesn't include a dot anywhere.
  • Business Standard seat in CanadaIn Business the dot comes with the Premium seat.
  • Business Premium seat in FrancePremium seats include a dot in every region.

Gets a dot

    Doesn't

      Show the answer

      Gets a dot: Pro 100 in Canada (Every Pro tier includes a dot outside the EEA, the UK and Switzerland.); Business Premium seat in France (Premium seats include a dot in every region.); Pro 500 in Japan (Same rule as Pro 100. The tier changes the usage, not the dot.)

      Doesn't: Pro 200 in Germany (Germany is in the EEA, where Pro comes without a dot.); Plus in the United States (Plus doesn't include a dot anywhere.); Pro 100 in Norway (Norway isn't in the EU, but it is in the EEA.); Business Standard seat in Canada (In Business the dot comes with the Premium seat.)

      #Next step

      If you qualify, create your dot. Dots roll out gradually, and access can take several days to reach an account, so the Your dot entry may not be there on day one. Dots not showing up has the fixes if it stays missing.

      When is Dots coming to ChatGPT Plus?

      OpenAI hasn't given a date. It plans to bring dots to more users. Until then, the cheapest plan with a dot is Pro 100 at $100 a month.

      If I can get a dot, can I text it?

      Texting is a separate, limited beta for Pro users in the US, and some Pro users there don't have it. Business and Enterprise workspaces can't use it.

      1. Rebuilt around a three-tap checker, with the real sidebar and region dialog.
      2. First published.

      Sources

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      1. OpenAI Help Center: Getting started with your dot help.openai.com
      2. OpenAI docs: Meet dots learn.chatgpt.com
      3. OpenAI: Introducing dots openai.com
      4. ChatGPT pricing page chatgpt.com
      5. ChatGPT Business page chatgpt.com
      6. OpenAI Help Center: ChatGPT Business overview help.openai.com
      7. OpenAI Help Center: Manage dots in ChatGPT workspaces help.openai.com
      8. OpenAI docs: Local computer access for Work Cloud and dots learn.chatgpt.com
      9. OpenAI Help Center: Dots privacy, security, and safety FAQs help.openai.com
      10. OpenAI Help Center: ChatGPT release notes help.openai.com
      11. EFTA: which countries make up the EEA efta.int
      12. Pat Simmons on YouTube: screenshot of the sidebar youtube.com
      13. Sharbel A. on YouTube: screenshot of the region dialog youtube.com