ChatGPT costs P1,120/month in the Philippines — here's the P112 alternative Filipino developers are using

ChatGPT costs P1,120/month in the Philippines — here's the P112 alternative Filipino developers are using If you're a developer in the Philippines, you already know the math doesn't work. ChatGPT Plus costs $20/month. At current exchange rates, that's P1,120/month — minimum. And that's before the peso weakens further. For a lot of Filipino developers, that's more than a week's worth of meals. It's not a subscription. It's a decision. The peso problem When OpenAI sets prices in USD, they're pricing for San Francisco salaries. The average software developer in the Philippines earns around P30,000–P50,000/month. That makes $20/month feel like $200/month feels to an American developer. You're not getting a worse deal because you're a worse developer. You're getting a worse deal because of where you were born. That's not a pricing complaint. That's a structural injustice. What Filipino developers actually use AI for I've seen the pattern across the community: Freelancers on Upwork and Topta