ChatGPT costs MX$350/month in Mexico — here's the MX$35 alternative Mexican developers are using

ChatGPT costs MX$350/month in Mexico — here's the MX$35 alternative If you're a developer in Mexico, you already know the math doesn't work. ChatGPT Plus is $20 USD/month. At the current exchange rate, that's MX$350+ every single month — just to use an AI assistant. That's more than a tank of gas in CDMX. More than a week of groceries in many parts of the country. It's a significant expense that most Mexican developers quietly absorb or quietly avoid. The silent divide The global AI conversation assumes everyone is priced in USD. Silicon Valley sets the price. Everyone else converts — and quietly realizes they're paying a disproportionate share of their income for tools that were built, in part, on open-source work done by developers like them . Mexico has over 700,000 software developers. Many of them are building apps, freelancing for international clients, and competing globally. But they're doing it while paying USD prices on peso salaries. What MX$35/month buys you There's an alte