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 Toptal using AI to write faster, debug quicker, pitch better
- BPO developers building internal tools on evenings and weekends
- Startup founders in BGC and Cebu who can't justify a $20/month SaaS on a bootstrap budget
- Students at UP Diliman, Ateneo, DLSU learning to code with AI assistance
All of them benefit from AI. Most of them can't justify P1,120/month for it.
P112/month changes the math
SimplyLouie is a Claude-powered AI assistant that costs P112/month — one-tenth the price of ChatGPT.
That's less than a Jollibee Chickenjoy meal.
Same quality AI (Claude by Anthropic). No compromise on capability. Just a different business model that doesn't price out 90% of the world.
# For developers: the API works too
curl https://simplylouie.com/api/chat \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"message": "debug this Python function"}'
The 50% that makes it different
Half of every subscription goes to animal rescue. That's not marketing — it's built into the payment flow.
AI accessible to Filipino developers. Animals fed and sheltered. Same P112.
Try it
7-day free trial. No tricks.
P112/month. Cancel anytime. Works in the Philippines.
Built for developers who deserve world-class tools at local-currency prices.
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