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ChatGPT pricing in the US
OpenAI sells ChatGPT in US dollars, before sales tax: Free, Go, Plus and Pro for one person each, Business for 2 to 200 people with standard and premium seats, and Enterprise on custom terms. Use past a plan's limits is paid with credits, and the OpenAI API is priced separately per million tokens.
Country
- Starting price
- Free plan
- Paid from US$8/month (ChatGPT Go)
- Pricing model
- Per person for one user
- Per seat for teams
- Plus usage credits
- Billing
- Monthly or yearly
- Yearly on Business only
- Tax
- Sales tax extra
- Prices in USD; rate by state
- YOY change
- Not enough history
- Last updated
- 18 Oct 2026
How much does ChatGPT cost in the US?
Plans
Six plans priced in USD, excluding sales tax, and Enterprise on custom terms.
| Plan | Monthly | Annual, per month | Who it is for | Key limits |
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| ChatGPT Free | US$0 per user | Not offered | Best for trying out ChatGPT | Key limits
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| ChatGPT Go | US$8 per user | Not offered | Best for longer conversations | Key limits
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| ChatGPT Plus | US$20 per user | Not offered | Best for advanced work and productivity | Key limits
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| ChatGPT Pro | US$100 per user | Not offered | Best for research and coding | Key limits
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| ChatGPT Business, standard seat | US$25 per user | US$20 per user | A secure workspace with company context and tools for teams | Key limits
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| ChatGPT Business, premium seat | US$125 per user | US$100 per user | 5x more usage than standard, with no 5-hour limit | Key limits
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| ChatGPT Enterprise | Custom pricing | Not offered | Enterprise-grade AI, security, and support for businesses operating at scale | Key limits
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Additional costs
Costs on top of the plan price.
| Cost | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Usage past a plan's limits | Not publicly listedChatGPT credits, for Codex and ChatGPT Work, not chat | |
| Business workspace credits | Not publicly listedPooled, with auto-reload and monthly caps per seat type; valid 12 months | |
| Business minimum of 2 seats | US$50 a month on standard seatsBilled for at least 2 seats, standard and premium combined | |
| Business maximum of 200 seats | Enterprise pricingPast 200 paid seats, Enterprise is required | |
| Invoicing and purchase orders | Enterprise pricingEnterprise only; self-serve Business is paid by card | |
| ChatGPT Pro 200 and Pro 500 | US$200 a month; US$500 a monthMonthly, for one person; not priced by the calculator | |
| Ultrafast on Pro 500 | 6 times the standard credit ratePast the included allowance, credits at a multiple of the standard credit rate | |
| OpenAI API | Minimum top-up US$5Prepaid credits on platform.openai.com, in US dollars, expiring after 1 year |
API prices
The OpenAI API is billed by use, in US dollars per million tokens, separately from any ChatGPT plan.
| Model | Input | Output | Cached input | Context window | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-6 Astra | US$10 | US$50 | US$1 | 1.05M tokens | |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | US$2 | US$10 | US$0.10 | 1.05M tokens | |
| GPT-6 Luna | US$0.10 | US$0.50 | US$0.01 | 1.05M tokens |
ChatGPT cost calculator
Enter how many people need ChatGPT, how many need premium seats, any extra usage credits, and any API use to price every plan. Estimates in USD, excluding sales tax.
How many people in each role will use AI?
For example, General office: 10 people. 12 people in total.
- General officeEmail, writing, summaries and researchpeople
- Content and marketingDrafting, editing and campaignspeople
- Software developmentCoding assistants, reviews and debuggingpeople
- Customer supportReplies and ticket summariespeople
- Finance and analysisSpreadsheets, reports and documentspeople
Do you also want AI to do jobs automatically?
How many times a month for each job. For example, 300 if you sign about 300 contracts a month.
Writing
- Answer support emailsa month
- Summarise email threadsa month
- Answer questions from your documentsa month
- Summarise contractsa month
- Draft blog posts or newslettersa month
- Review code changesa month
Decisions
- Route support ticketsa month
- Score inbound leadsa month
- Flag invoices for reviewa month
- Check documents against a policya month
Estimated cost
US$300a month
ChatGPT Business, standard seat: 12 people
- Per year, billed monthly
- US$3,600
- Per year, billed annually
- US$2,880Saves US$720
- Seats
- US$300
How we worked it out
- General office staff use AI in short bursts, so a standard seat covers them.
- Content and marketing staff use AI through the day, within a standard seat's limits.
Estimated, USD, excluding sales tax.
What ChatGPT costs by company size
Estimated cost by number of employees, assuming every employee gets a seat, on the cheapest plan that fits each end of the band.
| Employees | Plans | Monthly cost | Annual cost | |||||||||
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| 1 to 10 | ChatGPT Free to ChatGPT Business, standard seat | US$0 to US$250 | US$0 | to | US$250 | US$0 to US$3,000 | US$0 | to | US$3,000 | |||
| 11 to 50 | ChatGPT Business, standard seat | US$275 to US$1,250 | US$275 | to | US$1,250 | US$3,300 to US$15,000 | US$3,300 | to | US$15,000 | |||
| 51 to 200 | ChatGPT Business, standard seat | US$1,275 to US$5,000 | US$1,275 | to | US$5,000 | US$15,300 to US$60,000 | US$15,300 | to | US$60,000 | |||
| 201 to 500 | No plan fits | |||||||||||
ChatGPT discount codes and offers
Current ChatGPT offers in the US, checked 18 October 2026.
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OpenAI for Nonprofits
Business standard seats at US$8 a month paid yearly or US$10 monthly; up to 75% off Enterprise
Verified through Goodstack
Premium seats and the API excluded
OpenAI's checkout data also carries a Business free trial and introductory offers on Business and Plus, but no public OpenAI page states their terms, so they are left out.
How to negotiate ChatGPT's price
Ranked by confidence of the biggest return.
| Rank | Lever | How it works | What it can save |
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| [01] | Pay yearly for Business | Business standard seats drop from US$25 to US$20 a seat a month when paid yearly, and premium seats from US$125 to US$100. Plus, Go and Pro are monthly only. | US$60 a standard seat a year |
| [02] | Stay on Plus while you are one person | Business bills at least 2 seats. One person on Plus pays US$20 against US$50 for the smallest Business workspace paid monthly. | US$30 a month |
| [03] | Give premium seats only to heavy users | Seats can be mixed on Business. A premium seat is US$100 a month paid yearly against US$20 for a standard seat. | US$80 a seat a month for each premium seat avoided |
| [04] | Start on the lowest Pro tier | Pro 100 is US$100 a month, Pro 200 US$200 and Pro 500 US$500. Move up only once Pro 100's limits bind. | US$100 to US$400 a month |
| [05] | Remove unused Business seats before renewal | Business charges for every seat at the start of each billing cycle, assigned or not. Check who has not used ChatGPT in the last month before a yearly renewal. | US$240 a standard seat a year, paid yearly |
| [06] | Cap workspace credit spend | Business workspace credits can auto-reload, and seats have no credit limit by default. Set monthly caps per seat type so usage past plan limits cannot run unchecked. | Not publicly listed |
| [07] | Ask for Enterprise terms past 200 seats | Self-serve Business stops at 200 paid seats. Enterprise is priced through OpenAI's sales team. | Not publicly listed |
ChatGPT price history
No plan price history has been collected for the US yet. The chart shows the OpenAI API's prices over the last two years.
API prices
ChatGPT's API price over the same two years, one line per model family, in US dollars per million tokens. Each point is the blended price, 70% input and 30% output; hover for each launch and change.
ChatGPT alternatives
Other tools in our price guides for the US, largest first by market share.
| Vendor | Starting price | Pricing model | Key difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini | Free plan; paid from US$4.99 a user a month (Google AI Plus) | Per person on Google AI plans, per user in Google Workspace, plus AI credit top-ups | Per person on Google AI plans, or per user inside Google Workspace, in USD | Price guides |
| Claude | Free plan; paid from US$20 a user a month (Claude Pro) | Per person for one user, per seat for teams, plus usage at API rates | Per person or per seat in USD before sales tax, plus usage at API rates | Price guides |
| Meta AI | Free plan; paid from US$7.99 a user a month (Meta One Core) | Free for everyday use, per person for Core and Premium, per profile for business plans, plus API usage | Free assistant, with paid Meta One bundles per person or per business profile | Price guides |
| Grok | Free plan; paid from US$8 a user a month (Grok Plus) | Per person for one user, per seat for teams, plus prepaid usage credit | Per person or per seat in USD before sales tax, plus prepaid usage credit | Price guides |
| DeepSeek | Pay as you go API, per million tokens | Pay as you go, per million tokens, half price off-peak | API only, pay as you go per million tokens in US dollars, half price off-peak | Price guides |
| Mistral Vibe | Free plan; paid from US$15 a user a month (Mistral Vibe Pro) | Per person for one user, per seat for teams, plus usage at API rates | Per person or per seat in US dollars before tax, with API usage in the same plan | Price guides |
| Qwen | US$8 a user a month (Qwen Token Plan Lite) | Per person for one developer, per seat for teams, plus API usage per token | Per person or per seat in US dollars on monthly Credits quotas, plus API usage per token | Price guides |
| Kimi | Free plan; paid from US$19 a user a month (Kimi Plus) | Per person for one user, per seat for teams, paid yearly, plus usage top-ups | Per person or per seat in US dollars, Business paid yearly, plus top-ups at about API rates | Price guides |
| Z.ai | Free plan; paid from US$18 a user a month (GLM Coding Plan Lite) | Per person for one user, per seat for teams, plus Team overage at API rates | Per person or per seat in US dollars before tax, 20% off quarterly and 30% off yearly | Price guides |
| MiniMax | Free plan; paid from US$22 a user a month (MiniMax M Plan Go) | Per person for one user, no team plan, plus credit packs past plan limits | Per person in US dollars before tax, no team plan, plus credit packs past plan limits | Price guides |
| Jev | Pay as you go API, per million tokens | Pay as you go, per input token, output free | API only, per billion input tokens in US dollars, output free | Price guides |
ChatGPT pricing questions
ChatGPT Free costs nothing. Go is US$8 a month, Plus US$20 and Pro from US$100. Business is US$25 a seat a month, or US$20 paid yearly, for 2 to 200 people, and premium seats are US$125, or US$100 paid yearly. Enterprise is priced on request. Sales tax is added where it applies.
No. OpenAI's checkout data marks every US price as excluding tax, so sales tax is added where your state charges it. OpenAI does not publish the rates, and its help centre has a process for organisations that are exempt.
Plus and Pro are for one person each. Pro comes in three tiers, Pro 100, Pro 200 and Pro 500, with more usage at each, and only Pro 500 includes Ultrafast. Business is a shared workspace for 2 to 200 people with company context and admin, in standard seats or premium seats with 5 times the usage and no 5-hour limit.
Only on Business. A standard seat is US$20 a month paid yearly against US$25 paid monthly, 20% less, and a premium seat US$100 against US$125. Go, Plus and Pro are monthly only, with no annual or multi-month prepay.
No. The OpenAI API is billed separately on platform.openai.com, in US dollars, from prepaid credits with a minimum top-up of US$5 that expire after a year. GPT-6.1 Sol is US$2 per million input tokens and US$10 per million output tokens; GPT-6 Astra is US$10 and US$50; GPT-6 Luna is US$0.10 and US$0.50.
ChatGPT pricing sources and methodology
From OpenAI's public checkout pricing configuration for the United States, read on 18 October 2026, with OpenAI's help centre for plan rules. Its US figures match chatgpt.com/pricing and openai.com/business/pricing as shown from a US connection, which is the check that it holds the live prices. chatgpt.com/pricing and openai.com/business/pricing from a US connection show the same figures.
OpenAI's checkout data marks every US price as excluding tax, and its help centre describes US sales tax exemptions, so sales tax is taken as added by state. The rate is not stated.
Estimates from list prices, excluding sales tax. Free, Go, Plus and Pro serve one person each, so two or more people are priced on Business. Premium seats are priced when entered. Extra usage credits are added at cost, because OpenAI does not publish a credit's price. API tokens are priced on the chosen model from Ensurva's AI price guides, in US dollars; no ChatGPT plan includes API credits. Company size assumes every employee gets a standard seat and no extra usage. Enterprise is not priced.
ChatGPT Pro is listed once, at US$100, the Pro 100 tier. Pro 200 at US$200 and Pro 500 at US$500 are listed as additional costs.
The API table comes from the same data as Ensurva's AI price guides, read from OpenAI's own pricing pages, in US dollars per million tokens.
No dated plan prices have been collected for the US page yet, so the chart shows the OpenAI API's prices only.
Drawn from how OpenAI charges, not from records of negotiated deals.
No public comments from US buyers have been collected yet, so the section is not shown.
Checked monthly against OpenAI's own pages.
The calculator's By use case tab puts each person on a seat that suits how heavily their role uses AI. Software developers use it most, about 15% of their working hours against about 6% across all workers (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2026), so they get the heavier seat where the plan has one. Content, support and finance staff fit a standard seat, and general office staff use AI least. Each automated job is priced at a typical size, about 100 tokens to 75 words: a support reply reads about 1,100 words and writes 200, and a contract summary reads 10,000 and writes 750. Decision jobs read the record and give a short typed answer: about 600 words to route a support ticket, 4,500 to check a document against a policy. Those sizes are Ensurva's own estimates. A model that writes no text, such as Jev, is priced on decision jobs only. Jobs are priced as API use on the vendor's default model, less any API credits the plan includes.
- ChatGPT pricing 18 Oct 2026
- ChatGPT checkout pricing, United States 18 Oct 2026
- OpenAI Business pricing 18 Oct 2026
- About ChatGPT Pro tiers 18 Oct 2026
- ChatGPT Business general FAQ 18 Oct 2026
- Managing billing and seats in ChatGPT Business 18 Oct 2026
- ChatGPT Business models and limits 18 Oct 2026
- Multi-currency billing 18 Oct 2026
- Using credits for flexible usage 18 Oct 2026
- Managing credits in ChatGPT Business 18 Oct 2026
- Prepaid API billing 18 Oct 2026
- OpenAI for Nonprofits 18 Oct 2026
Prices are estimates from OpenAI's published list prices on the date shown. Check chatgpt.com before buying.