ChatGPT Pricing for Business 2026: What Does ChatGPT Cost?

ChatGPT pricing for business is the question that lands on the owner’s desk the moment a second colleague asks “can the company pay for my ChatGPT?” One person already pays $20 out of pocket, two more want it, and now you have to choose between Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and an API price list. This article puts every official ChatGPT price in one place, as of October 2026, and shows what a team actually pays: per seat, per token, and without a seat for everyone.

What is ChatGPT pricing?

ChatGPT pricing is the set of plans and usage rates OpenAI charges for ChatGPT: monthly seats for people who chat with ChatGPT (Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise) and per-token prices for software that calls OpenAI’s models through the API. Seats pay for one person’s access and a usage allowance. The API pays for exactly what a program sends to the model and gets back. ChatGPT is a chat assistant priced per person, not a worker that acts inside your systems¹².

ChatGPT for your whole team with Superkind

Many teams do not need a ChatGPT seat for every person. They need the work done. Superkind is the AI employee for your team: you write to Superkind in Outlook or any email, Microsoft Teams, Slack or the Superkind web app like you would to a colleague, and it does the task in your programs through 1,500+ integrations such as Outlook, Teams, DATEV, HubSpot and SharePoint. Superkind is hosted in Europe, GDPR compliant, aligned with the EU AI Act and never trains models on your data. It works with AI models from OpenAI (the company behind ChatGPT), Anthropic, Mistral and Google, processed in Europe.

1. 1

   You write the task

   In Outlook, Teams, Slack or the web app, in plain words: “Compare the two forklift quotes.” No prompt course and no extra chat seat per colleague.

2. 2

   Superkind does it in your systems

   It takes the quotes from the inbox or SharePoint, uses your company knowledge (suppliers, prices, past orders) and follows your rules, such as “Quotes over EUR 10,000 need sign-off from management”.

3. 3

   Superkind asks before anything goes out

   You get the result with Approve or Reject. Nothing is sent, booked or changed without your OK, and your colleague can approve in Teams or Slack, wherever they work.

4. 4

   Next time it runs as a routine

   What you explain once keeps running, for example “Every Monday - send the quote comparison”. Every task adds to your Company Brain, and that knowledge stays when people leave.

How ChatGPT pricing works

OpenAI sells ChatGPT in two shapes: seats for people and tokens for software. Which one fits depends on who uses it: single people, a team, a large organisation or your own program.

1. Personal plans (Free, Go, Plus, Pro) - one person, one account. Free costs nothing, Go and Plus add more usage and models, Pro adds the most usage and the strongest models for one heavy user¹.
2. ChatGPT Business - a shared workspace with admin controls, billed per seat for a team. Your business data is excluded from model training by default¹⁴.
3. ChatGPT Enterprise - a custom annual contract for a whole organisation, with SSO, SCIM, an admin console, analytics and data residency options. No public price³.
4. API - no seats. Your software pays per million tokens (MTok) in and out, with a different price for each model².
5. Usage limits - every chat plan has message and feature limits that reset on a rolling window. More money buys more usage and stronger models, not unlimited usage¹.

ChatGPT plans compared

This table shows every ChatGPT plan with a published price, with Superkind in the first row for comparison. ChatGPT prices are US list prices per person or seat, before local tax such as VAT. Superkind prices are in euros per company, excl. VAT, with unlimited users.

As of October 2026. ChatGPT source: openai.com/chatgpt/pricing¹, cross-checked against the eWeek AI pricing cheat sheet 2026⁵. Confirm the figure for your country at checkout. Superkind: its own published prices.

ChatGPT Business is the plan OpenAI offers teams (it replaced the earlier ChatGPT Team name). For Enterprise there is no self-serve price: you talk to OpenAI’s sales team and get an annual number based on seats and needs³.

ChatGPT API prices by model

If you build OpenAI’s models into your own software instead of buying chat seats, you pay per million tokens. These are the current headline models.

As of October 2026. Source: OpenAI API pricing², standard tier, prices in US dollars per million tokens.

Things that change the API bill:

• Batch API - 50% off input and output for jobs that can wait for the answer, so GPT-6 Astra drops to $5 input and $25 output².
• Cached input - reusing the same prompt text costs a fraction of the input price, for example $1 instead of $10 per million tokens on GPT-6 Astra².
• Output costs more than input - on every model the output price is several times the input price, so long answers drive the bill more than long questions².
• Where it runs - OpenAI processes API traffic on its own infrastructure, primarily in the US. If your data protection officer requires processing in Europe, clarify this before you build.

Examples: what teams pay for ChatGPT

Six realistic set-ups, from the whole team without seats to your own API tool. All ChatGPT figures are calculated from the official prices above, before tax.

1. The whole team works with ChatGPT models through Superkind

Daniel in accounting emails Superkind: “Book the Möller invoice.” Superkind books it in DATEV with your rules, asks Daniel for approval, and his colleague Nadine sees the result in Teams. Nobody in the team needs their own ChatGPT seat, and Superkind works with models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral and Google, processed in Europe. When the work grows, you build custom solutions and apps on the Superkind platform on top of what Superkind already knows, yourself or with the Superkind team. As of October 2026 you start for free with a one-off up to EUR 150 in credits, and the Business plan costs from EUR 50 per month for the whole company with unlimited users.

2. The owner alone with ChatGPT Plus

One person writes offers and emails with ChatGPT. Plus costs $20 per month, which is $240 a year¹. Fine for one person, but it is a personal account without the shared workspace and admin controls of Business, and the strongest models and highest limits sit on the $200 Pro plan.

3. A small team on ChatGPT Business

Five colleagues get Business seats. With annual billing that is 5 x $20 = $100 per month ($1,200 a year), with monthly billing 5 x $25 = $125 per month¹⁵. Every new colleague adds another seat, whether they open ChatGPT daily or twice a month.

4. One power user on ChatGPT Pro

The colleague who lives in ChatGPT all day takes Pro at $200 per month, which is $2,400 a year¹. That single seat costs as much as ten Business seats on annual billing, so keep Pro for the few who truly max out the lower plans.

5. ChatGPT Enterprise for the whole organisation

Enterprise has no public price. It is quoted per organisation, billed annually with a seat minimum, and adds SSO, SCIM, an admin console and data residency options³. Treat it as a negotiated contract: ask for the per-seat rate, the seat minimum and what counts against usage before you sign.

6. Your own API tool for incoming emails

Say a self-built tool sorts 10,000 emails a month, with 1,500 input and 300 output tokens each. That is 15 million input and 3 million output tokens. The monthly token cost²:

• GPT-6 Luna - 15 x $0.10 + 3 x $0.50 = $3.00
• GPT-6.1 Sol - 15 x $2 + 3 x $10 = $60
• GPT-6 Astra - 15 x $10 + 3 x $50 = $300

The tokens are cheap on the small model. Building the tool, connecting it to your mailbox and ERP, and keeping it running are not part of this price.

What ChatGPT costs in practice (and what else you need)

The list price is only the start. Check these points before you buy seats for the team.

• Tax and currency - OpenAI shows US dollar prices that usually exclude tax, and adds local tax such as German VAT at checkout. The real monthly figure depends on your country and VAT status¹.
• Usage limits - even paid plans have message and feature limits that reset on a rolling window. A heavy user can hit them on Plus and need Pro¹.
• Enterprise is a quote, not a price - there is no self-serve number. Budget it as an annual contract and get the per-seat rate and seat minimum in writing³.
• Where data is processed - OpenAI runs ChatGPT and the API on its own infrastructure, primarily in the US. Enterprise offers data residency options; if you need EU processing, confirm it before you start³.
• Model training - on the consumer plans OpenAI may use your chats to improve its models unless you turn that off in the settings. Business and Enterprise exclude your business data from training by default⁴.
• Seats versus work done - a seat pays for one person to chat with ChatGPT. It does not do the task in DATEV, SAP or your inbox. Count who actually chats every week before you buy a seat for everyone.
• Superkind - priced per company, not per seat: Free EUR 0 with a one-off up to EUR 150 in credits, Business from EUR 50 per month for unlimited users, Enterprise on a custom price. The details follow below.

What Superkind costs

As of October 2026. Prices excl. VAT, for the whole company with unlimited users.

• Free - EUR 0 with a one-off up to EUR 150 in credits to start. No credit card, no sales call, every feature and every connection, in Slack, Teams, email and the app.
• Business - from EUR 50 per month for 25,000 credits. EUR 100 for 50,000 credits is the popular step, then EUR 200 and EUR 500. No price per seat, unused credits carry over one month, top up when needed, custom apps included, cancel monthly.
• Enterprise - custom price for your volume, dedicated support with SLA, SSO/SCIM and audit log, a DPA and help with the security review, payment by invoice.
• What credits buy - a question uses 10-50 credits, a task 50-500 credits and a run of your own agent 1,000-5,000 credits. EUR 100 covers up to 1,000 tasks or 5,000 questions.

Example: seat prices vs one company price

This example is plain arithmetic on the list prices in this article, before tax. ChatGPT prices are in US dollars, Superkind prices in euros.

• ChatGPT Business for 5 people - 5 x $20 = $100 per month billed annually, or 5 x $25 = $125 billed monthly¹.
• ChatGPT Business for 10 people - 10 x $20 = $200 per month billed annually, or 10 x $25 = $250 billed monthly¹. Every new colleague adds one more seat.
• Superkind Business for 5 or 10 people - from EUR 50 per month (25,000 credits) or EUR 100 per month (50,000 credits) for the whole company. More users do not change the price; more work uses more credits.

The two buy different things: a ChatGPT seat gives one person chat access within usage limits, while Superkind credits pay for questions and tasks done in your programs. Compare the work you need done each month, not only the number of people.

Data protection and EU hosting

When staff paste customer lists, invoices or contracts into a chat tool, the tool’s provider processes that personal and confidential company data, so before you pick a plan, check where the data is processed, whether it is used for training and whether a data processing agreement is in place.

How to start

You can decide this in an afternoon. Three steps:

From the first task to your own app

With Superkind, the cost grows with the work, not with the number of seats. Four stages, on the quote example from above:

1. 1

   Ready in minutes

   Sign up for free with up to EUR 150 in credits, send the first task in Teams, Slack or by email (“Compare the two forklift quotes”) and watch it get done.

2. 2

   Tasks become routines

   What you explain once keeps running as a routine, for example the quote comparison every Monday. Before anything goes out, Superkind asks for approval.

3. 3

   Learns from day one

   Every task makes Superkind smarter. Your suppliers, prices and past orders end up in your Company Brain, and that knowledge is never lost.

4. 4

   Your own app, without starting over

   When purchasing gets more complex, you build custom solutions, apps and integrations on the platform, on top of what Superkind already knows, for example your own app for quotes and approvals: your Super App. Built yourself or together with us. It all belongs to you.

Conclusion

ChatGPT has clear seat prices: $0 Free, about $8 Go, $20 Plus, $200 Pro, $20 to $25 per Business seat, and a custom quote for Enterprise, plus per-token API rates from $0.10 to $50 per million. The real question is whether you pay for seats or for work done. A seat lets one person chat; it does not book the invoice or send the quote. Superkind costs EUR 0 to start and from EUR 50 per month for the whole company with unlimited users, works through 1,500+ integrations such as DATEV, HubSpot and SharePoint, and is hosted in Europe (as of October 2026). If your team needs tasks done in Outlook, Teams, Slack, DATEV or SAP, send Superkind one real task this week and compare it with what a seat would give you.

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Henri Jung

Co-founder of Superkind, the AI employee teams write to in Outlook, Teams and Slack. Henri helps companies, from small teams to the Mittelstand, hand their routine work to AI - without new tools, consultants or an in-house AI team.