A model can reach developers, a paid plan and the consumer app on different days. This page shows where each model can be used, which ordinary plans include it, and the lab source behind every dated claim.
Grok 4.6 is on the free plan. Whether free users get Grok 4.7 is not established. From: Grok 4.7 · Grok 4.6
At a glance
Can you use it?
Find the model, then read across: when anyone could first use it, when it reached the lab's own app, and whether the cheapest paid plan and the free plan include it. Select a model or a cell for the full case, its dates and sources.
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ModelFirst accessIn the appCheapest paid planFree plan
Key: Launch day = the day it was announced · +1 day = one day later · Yes · no date = available now, arrival date not published · Yes / No · plan = that plan includes it, or explicitly does not · Unlisted = the lab does not name that plan · Unknown = the evidence does not settle it · Credits = pay per use from the first request · Restricted = vetted programmes only.
What we record
One launch. Four access questions.
“Available today” may mean API access. Consumer access and plan economics can arrive on their own clocks. A paid subscriber may be able to select a model only through credits. A restricted sibling can remain outside ordinary plans entirely.
01First access
First ordinary self-serve access on any named product surface, including developer/API access.
02In the app
First ordinary access inside the provider’s consumer app, including modes such as Work or Spark.
03Cheapest paid plan
Whether the provider’s lowest ordinary individual paid tier includes the model in a consumer-app mode without usage credits from the first request.
04Free plan
Whether the ordinary free tier includes the model in a consumer-app mode.
The launch cases
A date appears only where the lab’s own pages date the access for that audience. Where they don’t, the card says so and no day count is invented.
Google
Gemini 4 Argon
Announced30 Sept 2026
Argon has no ordinary self-serve path yet. Google is rolling it out to a set of trusted cyber defenders through its Fairwind Program and gathering feedback from early testers. It says Argon will reach developers, enterprises and consumers “as soon as possible”, starting with paid API customers and Google AI Ultra subscribers, and gives no date.
First accessRestricted
Trusted access
Fairwind Program / early testers · Trusted cyber defenders; early testers
No ordinary self-serve date. For trusted defenders and its own teams, Google says it is releasing Argon without cyber guardrails. Wider access waits while Google iterates on guardrails using feedback from early testers.
Google launched Fairwind on 2 Sep as a limited access programme for governments and trusted partners, and says it has more than 650 participating partners.
GPT-6.1 Sol reached the API, ChatGPT Work and Codex on 29 September. OpenAI’s pages disagree on who got it that day: the launch post says all Plus and higher plans, the release notes a rollout starting with Pro. Current ChatGPT pricing includes it on Plus and not on Go or Free.
First accessDated
29 Sept 2026Day 0
OpenAI API / ChatGPT Work / Codex · API developers; eligible paid ChatGPT plans (Plus and up)
The API changelog released GPT-6.1 Sol on 29 Sep, and ChatGPT Work and Codex access began the same day.
ChatGPT Work · Plus and higher (launch post) or Pro first (release notes)
OpenAI’s pages disagree on day 0. The launch post says it was available that day to all Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and Edu users; the release notes describe a rollout starting with Pro and expanding to Plus, Business, Enterprise and Edu. Either way, Work access began on 29 Sep. Work counts as consumer-app access.
Sol reached the API, ChatGPT Work and Codex on 22 September. Work counts as consumer-app access. Go and Free do not include Sol on current ChatGPT pricing.
First accessDated
22 Sept 2026Day 0
OpenAI API / ChatGPT Work / Codex · Developers; eligible paid subscribers
OpenAI released Sol in the API and introduced it in Work and Codex on the same day.
ChatGPT Work · Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and Edu
OpenAI’s launch post made Sol available in ChatGPT Work and Codex for all Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and Edu users, and the release notes date that launch to 22 Sep. Work counts as consumer-app access.
Grok 4.7 was self-serve on Cursor, Grok Build and the API on launch day. grok.com now labels its Expert and Heavy modes Grok 4.7; we found no SpaceXAI announcement and no published date. Expert mode starts at SuperGrok Lite and is not on the Free plan; whether Free’s unnamed Fast mode runs Grok 4.7 is not published.
First accessDated
21 Sept 2026Day 0
Cursor / Grok Build / Grok API · Developers and users of named coding surfaces
SpaceXAI explicitly listed these as available on launch day.
grok.com Expert and Heavy modes · Paid plans (Expert from SuperGrok Lite up)
grok.com now labels its Expert and Heavy modes Grok 4.7. The launch post did not name the chat app, and we found no SpaceXAI announcement of the switch, so no arrival date is published.
SpaceXAI’s pricing table includes Expert mode from SuperGrok Lite up, and grok.com’s Expert mode now runs Grok 4.7. The pricing table’s model row still names Grok 4.6, so this links two SpaceXAI pages; neither states it alone. No inclusion date is published.
Grok Build offers a free start, but that does not establish Grok 4.7 in the ordinary chat product. On grok.com, Free has Fast mode, which names no model, and the pricing table leaves Expert off Free.
Astra reached developer and Work/Codex surfaces first. ChatGPT Go does not include it. Plus has limited Astra access through Work and Codex, while GPT-6 Pro in regular Chat starts on higher tiers.
First accessDated
4 Sept 20261 day
OpenAI API / ChatGPT Work / Codex · API developers; Pro, Business Premium, Enterprise
The API changelog dates Astra to 3 Sep, but the launch post says it first reached a limited set of organisations, with API and paid-plan access over the coming days. On 4 Sep OpenAI said Astra was live in the API and in Work and Codex for Pro, Enterprise and Business Premium. That is the dated event used here.
Work is a mode inside ChatGPT and counts as consumer-app access. OpenAI said rollout to Plus and Business might take a few days; Plus now includes Astra in Work and Codex.
Google shipped developer and consumer access on launch day for the Pro and Ultra plans named in its announcement. Google AI Plus is the lowest paid individual tier and is not named for 3.8 Flash. Google’s plan page lists 3.6 Flash for free users, and from 9 October Google says users without a plan get Flash-Lite only in the Gemini app.
First accessDated
2 Sept 2026Day 0
Gemini API / AI Studio / Gemini consumer surfaces · Developers; Google AI Pro and Ultra
Google directed developers and eligible consumer subscribers to use 3.8 Flash on launch day.
The launch post names Pro and Ultra for consumer access. Google’s plan page lists 3.6 Flash for free users, and from 9 October Google says users without a plan get Flash-Lite only.
Fable 5.1 was generally available from launch, but “available” and “included” diverge by plan. Max and premium seats include usage inside plan limits; Pro and standard seats draw from pay-as-you-go credits from the first request.
First accessDated
1 Sept 2026Day 0
Claude products / API / cloud platforms · Eligible paid users and developers
Anthropic describes Fable 5.1 as generally available and available on all platforms from launch.
Mythos 5.1 has no ordinary self-serve path. Anthropic offers it to vetted cyberdefenders and life scientists through trusted-access programmes, currently to US organisations only; its Cyber Verification Program will add Mythos in the near future. A Claude Enterprise plan on its own gives access only through Claude Security scans, which run on Mythos 5.1.
First accessRestricted
Trusted access
Project Glasswing API / Life Sciences Verification Program / Claude Security · Vetted US organisations; a Claude Enterprise plan alone gives Claude Security scans only
No ordinary self-serve date. The API launched for Project Glasswing participants, and the Life Sciences Verification Program is an invite-only beta. Claude Security scans run on Mythos 5.1 for all Enterprise customers, in public beta, without direct access to the model.
3.7 Flash reached developers and Gemini Spark on launch day for Pro and Ultra subscribers. Google AI Plus is the lowest paid individual tier and is not named for this launch. Google’s plan page lists 3.6 Flash for free users, and from 9 October Google says users without a plan get Flash-Lite only in the Gemini app.
First accessDated
13 Aug 2026Day 0
Gemini API / AI Studio / Antigravity / Gemini Spark · Developers; Google AI Pro and Ultra (Spark)
Google’s launch post directs developers to start building with 3.7 Flash immediately, and Gemini Spark switched to it the same day for Pro and Ultra subscribers.
The launch post names Pro and Ultra for individual access. Google’s plan page lists 3.6 Flash for free users, and from 9 October Google says users without a plan get Flash-Lite only.
Grok 4.6 launched first on developer and coding surfaces. Current SpaceXAI pricing lists 4.6 on every consumer plan, including Free and SuperGrok Lite; the first consumer arrival date is not published. grok.com no longer names 4.6 in any chat mode: Expert and Heavy now run Grok 4.7, and Fast names no model.
First accessDated
12 Aug 2026Day 0
Cursor / Grok Build / API / partners · Developers and users of named coding surfaces
SpaceXAI lists these surfaces as available on launch day.
Current pricing lists Grok 4.6 and the web, iOS and Android apps on every consumer plan. The first app-arrival date is not published, and the grok.com modes that name a model (Expert, Heavy) now name Grok 4.7.
Current pricing lists Grok 4.6 on Free. That table is the only evidence: Free’s Fast mode on grok.com names no model. The first free-tier inclusion date is not published.
The Access Gap records those moments separately. Developer access, consumer access and plan inclusion are separate facts. Credits from the first request have their own state. Unknowns stay unknown. Restricted programmes carry no invented availability date.
The cheapest paid plan means the provider’s lowest ordinary individual paid consumer plan, where one exists. “Included” means usage comes from that plan’s allowance. Credits from the first request are recorded separately. The dataset is a snapshot, so each row carries a checked date and provider source.
This tracker covers frontier releases from OpenAI, Google, SpaceXAI and Anthropic from 12 August 2026 onward, including restricted frontier models such as Claude Mythos 5.1 and Gemini 4 Argon. A restricted variant of a public model, such as 3.8 Flash Cyber, appears as a restricted path on that model’s row. Specialised domain models and releases from other labs are outside this dataset.