Subscription Upgrade / Downgrade
Chatly gives you flexibility in managing your subscription. You can upgrade to unlock advanced features or downgrade to optimise costs. This guide explains the benefits of each option, when changes take effect, and how to complete the process.
Why upgrade to “Standard Plan”:
Get more value and access to more features when compared to monthly renewals or basic plan, giving better value for ongoing use.
Plan
AI Models Included
Basic
OpenAI GPT-5 Mini
Chatly-o1 ⚡️
OpenAI GPT-4o-mini
Google Gemini 2.5 Flash
Grok 3 Mini
OpenAI GPT-4.1-nano
OpenAI GPT-4.1-mini
Standard
All models in basic. Including…
OpenAI GPT-5
OpenAI GPT-4o-mini
OpenAI GPT-4.1
OpenAI GPT-4o
OpenAI o4-mini (High)
OpenAI GPT-o3
Anthropic Claude 4 Sonnet
Anthropic Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Grok 4
Google Gemini 2.5 Pro
Deepseek R1
Pricing
Duration
Basic
Standard
Monthly
$10
$20
Quarterly
$23
$45
Yearly
$45
$90
When does an Upgrade Take Effect?
Immediate Upgrade If you choose to upgrade immediately, the new plan will start the same day. Any remaining portion of your current subscription will be credited toward the upgrade (proration).
Upgrade at the End of Billing Cycle You can also choose to upgrade at the end of your current billing period. In this case, your existing plan remains active until the cycle completes, after which the upgraded plan will begin.
Upgrade Cases:
Following are the possible upgrade scenarios. For upgrade as mentioned above, you can opt for the effect period:
Immediate effect:
At the end of billing period
Upgrade with same subscription duration
Plan Duration
Upgrade From
Upgrade To
Monthly
Basic Monthly
Standard Monthly
Quarterly
Basic Quarterly
Standard Quarterly
Yearly
Basic Yearly
Standard Yearly
Upgrade within subscription plan:
Basic Plan
Upgrade From
Upgrade To
Basic Monthly
Basic Quarterly
Basic Monthly
Basic Yearly
Basic Quarterly
Basic Yearly
Standard Plan
Upgrade From
Upgrade To
Standard Monthly
Standard Quarterly
Standard Monthly
Standard Yearly
Standard Quarterly
Standard Yearly
How to Upgrade Your Subscription
Go to “Pricing Plans”
Log in to your Chatly account.
Navigate to Pricing Plans in left side nav.
Check Your Current Plan
Review your existing plan details.
Select Switch to Other Plans.
Select Upgrade Timing
Choose either:
Swap at the end of the subscription period, or
Swap immediately with allocation of your remaining time.
Review Billing Adjustments
Carefully check the billing summary, including credits from unused time.
Confirm and Complete Payment
Confirm the changes.
If applicable, make the payment to activate your upgraded plan.
Downgrade Your Subscription
Following are the possible downgrade scenarios. For downgrade, effect of new downgraded plan will begin at the end of billing period.
Downgrade with same subscription duration:
Plan Duration
Downgrade From
Downgrade To
Monthly
Standard Monthly
Basic Monthly
Quarterly
Standard Quarterly
Basic Quarterly
Yearly
Standard Yearly
Basic Yearly
Downgrade within same subscription plan:
Basic Plan
Downgrade From
Downgrade To
Basic Quarterly
Basic Monthly
Basic Yearly
Basic Quarterly
Basic Yearly
Basic Monthly
Standard Plan
Downgrade From
Downgrade To
Standard Quarterly
Standard Monthly
Standard Yearly
Standard Quarterly
Standard Yearly
Standard Monthly
How to Downgrade Your Subscription
Go to “Pricing Plans”
Log in to your Chatly account.
Navigate to Pricing Plans.
Check Your Current Plan
Review your existing subscription details.
Select Switch to Other Plans.
Select a Plan
Choose the plan that best fits your usage.
Review Billing Adjustments
Confirm the adjustments that will take effect once the current billing cycle ends.
Confirm the Downgrade
Submit the change. Your new plan will begin with the next billing period.
Immediate Swap
Consider the table below to understand if your new upgraded or downgraded subscription plan will be enabled immediately or not.
You can swap to your upgraded plan immediately but for downgrade, your new plan will become effective at the end of billing cycle of your current plan.
Basic Plan
From
To
Swap Immediately Enabled
Basic Monthly
Basic Quarterly
Yes
Basic Monthly
Basic Yearly
Yes
Basic Monthly
Standard Monthly
Yes
Basic Monthly
Standard Quarterly
Yes
Basic Monthly
Standard Yearly
Yes
Basic Quarterly
Basic Monthly
No
Basic Quarterly
Basic Yearly
Yes
Basic Quarterly
Standard Monthly
No
Basic Quarterly
Standard Quarterly
Yes
Basic Quarterly
Standard Yearly
Yes
Basic Yearly
Basic Monthly
No
Basic Yearly
Basic Quarterly
No
Basic Yearly
Standard Monthly
No
Basic Yearly
Standard Quarterly
No
Basic Yearly
Standard Yearly
Yes
Standard Plan
From
To
Swap Immediately Enabled
Standard Monthly
Basic Monthly
No
Standard Monthly
Basic Quarterly
Yes
Standard Monthly
Basic Yearly
Yes
Standard Monthly
Standard Quarterly
Yes
Standard Monthly
Standard Yearly
Yes
Standard Quarterly
Basic Monthly
No
Standard Quarterly
Basic Quarterly
No
Standard Quarterly
Basic Yearly
No
Standard Quarterly
Standard Monthly
No
Standard Quarterly
Standard Yearly
Yes
Standard Yearly
Basic Monthly
No
Standard Yearly
Basic Quarterly
No
Standard Yearly
Basic Yearly
No
Standard Yearly
Standard Monthly
No
Standard Yearly
Standard Quarterly
No
Summary
Upgrades can take effect immediately or at the end of the billing cycle with prorated adjustments. Downgrades always take effect at the start of the next billing period. This flexibility ensures that your Chatly subscription remains aligned with both your needs and your budget.
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