ChatGPT Team is now called ChatGPT Business. OpenAI’s help materials list Standard seats at $25 per user per month with monthly billing or $20 per user per month billed annually. Premium seats are listed at $125 per user per month monthly or $100 per user per month billed annually. These prices are in U.S. dollars; prices may vary by country and currency. Business seat subscriptions and API usage are separate budget items. (OpenAI Business FAQ)
ChatGPT Business prices at a glance
| Business seat | Monthly billing | Annual billing rate | Annual cost per seat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $25 per user/month | $20 per user/month, billed annually | $240 |
| Premium | $125 per user/month | $100 per user/month, billed annually | $1,200 |
OpenAI’s general FAQ says a workspace usually requires at least two paid seats. Some customers creating a new workspace may see a one-seat option at checkout; confirm the minimum shown for your account before budgeting. (OpenAI Business FAQ; single-seat configuration)
Example: budget for five seats
Multiply the per-seat rate by the number of seats:
- Five Standard seats, monthly: 5 × $25 = $125 per month.
- Five Standard seats, annual: 5 × $20 = $100 per month equivalent, or $1,200 billed for the year.
- Five Premium seats, monthly: 5 × $125 = $625 per month.
- Five Premium seats, annual: 5 × $100 = $500 per month equivalent, or $6,000 billed for the year.
These calculations cover seats only, before applicable taxes or separate usage charges. Annual rates are billed annually, so the monthly equivalent is useful for budgeting but is not the same as paying month to month. Check the billing frequency and total shown at checkout. (OpenAI billing and seats)
Does a ChatGPT Business seat include production API usage?
No. API usage is billed separately from a ChatGPT subscription. Keep workspace seats and production API usage in separate budget lines. (OpenAI billing for ChatGPT and the API platform)
- Business seats are subscriptions for people using ChatGPT in a shared workspace.
- API usage is for software or services that send requests to OpenAI models.
- You may need both if employees use the workspace and a production application also calls models.
To estimate API costs, multiply the expected usage for each billing unit by the selected model’s corresponding rate, then add the results. For token-priced usage, estimate input and output tokens separately and apply the units and rates shown on the current API pricing page. Do not treat a model-rate example as a forecast without workload assumptions. (OpenAI API pricing)
Before setting an API budget, identify the model, expected request volume, average input and output tokens per request, and any tools or storage the application uses. If those volumes are unknown, measure a representative workload before treating the estimate as a forecast. (OpenAI billing for ChatGPT and the API platform)
Which billing option should you choose?
- Consider monthly billing if your seat count or usage needs are still uncertain.
- Compare annual billing once you have a reliable seat count. Check the billing frequency and total at checkout.
- Keep a separate API budget line if production software will call OpenAI models; estimate it independently from ChatGPT seats.
OpenAI’s FAQ identifies ChatGPT Business as the successor to ChatGPT Team. Confirm the plan name, seat minimum, currency, and total applicable to your account at checkout. (OpenAI Business FAQ)
Sources
Managing billing and seats in ChatGPT Business
Managing billing for ChatGPT and the API platform