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ChatGPT

ChatGPT is the lowest-risk default when one subscription needs to span research, writing, meetings, ChatGPT Work deliverables, and Codex-backed workflow work instead of only the IDE. The operational distinction matters: Chat is conversational, Work is outcome-oriented, and Codex is for software development.

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ChatGPT: See pricing, plans, and team cost Compare top alternative: Claude

Updated because: Budget Work as an agentic consumption surface and validate workspace eligibility, roles, enabled apps, allowed actions, and cloud-versus-local access before rollout. Do not assume an included chat seat grants every file-creation or desktop-control workflow.

Best for: Research • 10/10
Avoid if: Coding is better than general assistants used to be, but still not as IDE-native as Cursor.
Starting price: $20 /mo

Last verified: Aug 14, 202614 official sources

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For individual buyers

What matters if you are paying personally

This reframes the tool from the seat-one perspective instead of the rollout or admin view.

For solo operators, ChatGPT is the widest one-seat answer when coding is only one part of the day and research or writing quality matters just as much.

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Why it wins

Why it wins and where it gives something up

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Why it wins

ChatGPT now has a clearer self-serve ladder from Free to Go to Plus, which lowers the jump from casual use to a paid general-purpose AI seat.
ChatGPT Pro now has $100 and $200 monthly tiers, so heavy individual users can buy 5x or 20x more Plus-level usage without moving into a team workspace.
Bundling connectors and Codex into the same workspace lowers the need to buy a separate chat seat plus coding seat for every mixed-role team member.
Role-specific Codex plugins, annotations, and Sites shift Codex from a coding-only helper toward a workflow surface beyond coding for analysts, marketers, operators, and product teams.
At $20 per user per month on annual billing, ChatGPT Business is now materially cheaper than its $30 monthly path. The deciding variable for coding-heavy teams is no longer a fixed Codex-only seat: it is included allowance plus token-based credit consumption.
ChatGPT Work creates a third operating surface between Chat and Codex. It expands the case for a mixed-role workspace, but its Codex-aligned consumption, app permissions, and desktop local-access boundary mean it should be budgeted and governed as an agent, not marketed as unlimited chat.

Trade-offs

Coding is better than general assistants used to be, but still not as IDE-native as Cursor.
Enterprise pricing remains sales-led, so large-scale cost planning is less transparent.
The product surface is broad enough that teams need governance to avoid tool sprawl inside one workspace.
Work availability and access differ by surface, plan, workspace, and enabled apps; do not promise local-file or write access before validating desktop permissions and admin action controls.

Fit by segment

Which buyer shape this tool actually fits

Each segment card keeps the narrative and score spread together so buyers can see whether the tool stays broad or gets sensitive at rollout time.

Individual

10/10

Best use case: Research

For solo operators, ChatGPT is the widest one-seat answer when coding is only one part of the day and research or writing quality matters just as much.

Coding 9/10 · Research 10/10 · Meetings 7/10 · Automation 8/10 · Writing 9/10 · Customer service 6/10

Team

9/10

Best use case: Research

For teams, Business closes much of the gap between personal chat subscriptions and a governed workspace by combining admin controls, shared context, and connectors.

Coding 8/10 · Research 9/10 · Meetings 8/10 · Automation 8/10 · Writing 8/10 · Customer service 7/10

Enterprise

8/10

Best use case: Research

For enterprises, ChatGPT is strongest when leaders want one cross-functional assistant, but final enterprise buying still needs a sales conversation for final pricing and controls.

Coding 7/10 · Research 8/10 · Meetings 8/10 · Automation 8/10 · Writing 8/10 · Customer service 7/10

Pricing

Published plans and what they bundle

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Free tier available · Paid from $20/mo

Free

$0 / month

$0 per seat / month on annual billing

Included models: GPT-5.5 Instant, GPT-5.6 Terra

Limited GPT-5.5 Instant access, with limited GPT-5.6 Terra access in Codex and ChatGPT Work
Limited messages, uploads, and image generation
Limited deep research and memory

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Go

Custom quote

No annual price published

Included models: GPT-5.5 Instant, GPT-5.6 Terra

More GPT-5.5 Instant access plus limited GPT-5.6 Terra access in Codex and ChatGPT Work
More messages, uploads, and image creation
Longer memory and past-chat recall
Data analysis, search, canvas, and projects

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Plus

Popular

$20 / month

No annual price published

Included models: GPT-5.5 Instant, GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Terra, GPT-5.6 Luna

GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna with configurable reasoning effort
Expanded messages and uploads
Expanded and faster image creation
Expanded deep research and agent mode

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Pro 5x

$100 / month

No annual price published

5x more usage than Plus
GPT-5.6 Sol Pro and advanced reasoning access
Expanded file uploads, deep research, agent mode, memory, and context
ChatGPT Work for longer multi-step deliverables

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Pro 20x

$200 / month

No annual price published

20x more usage than Plus
Highest ChatGPT Pro usage tier
Maximum file uploads, deep research, agent mode, memory, and context
ChatGPT Work for longer multi-step deliverables

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Business

$30 / month

$20 per seat / month on annual billing

Included models: GPT-5.5 Instant, GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Terra, GPT-5.6 Luna

Standard Business seats include a Codex usage allowance
Most Codex usage and purchased credits now follow a token-based rate card
ChatGPT Work for multi-step documents, analyses, presentations, and Sites across enabled apps and files
New Business workspaces cannot add Codex-only pay-as-you-go seats; existing Codex-only seats are unaffected

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Enterprise

Custom quote

No annual price published

Included models: GPT-5.5 Instant, GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Terra, GPT-5.6 Luna

Everything in Business with expanded context windows and larger files
ChatGPT Work access is governed by workspace, role, and Enterprise Key Management eligibility
SCIM, EKM, analytics, domain verification, and role-based access controls
Custom data retention policies and data residency in ten regions

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Evidence layer

Model lineup, benchmark signals, and API pricing

This section adds the concrete model and benchmark layer missing from verdict-only summaries.

Models

GPT-5.5 Instant

Context window: 128,000 tokens

Available in: Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise

GPT-5.6 Sol

Context window: 1,050,000 tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
Training cutoff: Feb 16, 2026

Available in: Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise

GPT-5.6 Terra

Context window: 1,050,000 tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
Training cutoff: Feb 16, 2026

Available in: Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise

GPT-5.6 Luna

Context window: 1,050,000 tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
Training cutoff: Feb 16, 2026

Available in: Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise

Benchmarks

Dimension	Score	Model	Measured	Source
Terminal-Bench 2.1	88.8%	GPT-5.6 Sol	Jul 9, 2026	Source
SWE-Bench Pro (Public)	64.6%	GPT-5.6 Sol	Jul 9, 2026	Source
OSWorld 2.0	62.6%	GPT-5.6 Sol	Jul 9, 2026	Source
Toolathlon	58%	GPT-5.6 Sol	Jul 9, 2026	Source
Agents' Last Exam	52.7%	GPT-5.6 Sol	Jul 9, 2026	Source

API pricing

Model	Input (per 1M tokens)	Output (per 1M tokens)	Documentation
GPT-5.6 Sol	$5	$30	Flagship GPT-5.6 tier for coding, professional work, and long-running agents.
GPT-5.6 Terra	$2.50	$15	Balanced GPT-5.6 tier for cost-sensitive professional and agentic workloads.
GPT-5.6 Luna	$1	$6	Fastest, lowest-cost GPT-5.6 tier for scaled routines and subagents.
o4-mini	$1.10	$4.40	Legacy small reasoning model, now succeeded by GPT-5 mini.

Recent deltas

Changes worth re-checking before purchase

Budget Work as an agentic consumption surface and validate workspace eligibility, roles, enabled apps, allowed actions, and cloud-versus-local access before rollout. Do not assume an included chat seat grants every file-creation or desktop-control workflow.

Aug 14, 2026high

ChatGPT Work creates a distinct outcome-agent surface between Chat and Codex.

ChatGPT Work handles longer multi-step deliverables across enabled apps and files, including documents, spreadsheets, presentations, reports, and Sites. Cloud Work is available through web and mobile, while desktop access to local files and apps needs permission. Its usage follows the same structure as Codex rather than an unlimited-chat model.

Open tool change history

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Aug 13, 2026high

ChatGPT Business annual pricing is now $20 per user per month, while Codex usage moves to a token ratecard.

OpenAI reduced annual Business pricing from $25 to $20 per user per month while monthly pricing remains $30. Codex usage and purchased credits now follow the token ratecard, and new Codex-only pay-as-you-go seats are no longer available for Business workspaces.

Business becomes a lower fixed-seat baseline, but coding-heavy teams must separately forecast token-credit consumption. Do not use the Business seat price as the complete Codex budget.

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Jul 11, 2026high

GPT-5.6 replaces GPT-5.5 across ChatGPT, Codex, and the OpenAI API.

OpenAI launched GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna on July 9 with configurable reasoning, multi-agent and programmatic tool-calling paths, and API prices of $5/$30, $2.50/$15, and $1/$6 per million input/output tokens.

Teams should now model OpenAI as a three-tier GPT-5.6 family instead of a single premium flagship. Sol keeps GPT-5.5's flagship token price while improving agentic and computer-use performance; Terra and Luna create clearer cost-down paths for scaled assistants and subagents.

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Jul 3, 2026medium

ChatGPT Pro is now split into $100 and $200 monthly tiers.

Heavy individual buyers can now choose a lower Pro entry point before jumping to the highest usage tier.

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Next reads

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ChatGPT vs Claude

Claude

ChatGPT is the lower-friction mixed-workload default, especially for cloud and app-connected Work deliverables. Claude is the better pick when reasoning quality, long-form output, or controlled work in a selected local workspace outweigh ecosystem breadth.

ChatGPT vs Gemini

Gemini

ChatGPT is the better broad default when one AI seat has to cover many kinds of work. Gemini is the better buy when the team already runs on Google Workspace and wants AI bundled into docs, meetings, search, and NotebookLM.

ChatGPT vs Grok

Grok

ChatGPT remains the lower-risk company-wide default, while Grok is now a credible specialist challenger for a bounded automation, voice-bot, Build Mode, or coding-agent pilot—not a single interchangeable chat subscription.

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Pricing guideChatGPT pricing guideChatGPT still has Free, Go, Plus at $20/month, and Business at $20/user/month annually or $30 monthly. Work follows the same usage structure as Codex, so model longer Work deliverables and Codex separately from the Business seat: allowance and additional credits vary by plan and task. Pro remains $100/month for 5x Plus usage or $200/month for 20x, with no annual billing for Go, Plus, or Pro.Alternatives guideRead alternatives guideKeep ChatGPT when one seat still has to cover research, writing, meetings, and coding-adjacent work together. Switch only when the seat exists for one dominant workflow: Claude for reasoning-heavy writing, Perplexity for citation-backed research, Gemini for Google Workspace rollout.Use casesAI coding tools for solo developers: shortlist and fit guideFor solo developers, indie hackers, and technical operators choosing one paid AI seat they will actually open every day.ChangesSee ChatGPT change historyBudget Work as an agentic consumption surface and validate workspace eligibility, roles, enabled apps, allowed actions, and cloud-versus-local access before rollout. Do not assume an included chat seat grants every file-creation or desktop-control workflow.

Features

What each plan unlocks

Features grouped by capability area, with plan availability so you can see what moves behind a paywall.

AI · 3

Deep research

Turns open-ended questions into multi-step research with citations and synthesis.

Available in: Free, Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise

ChatGPT Work

An outcome-oriented agent for longer, multi-step work: it can research, analyze sources, and create documents, spreadsheets, presentations, reports, or Sites across enabled apps and files. Use Chat for fast conversation, Work for a deliverable, and Codex for repository and software tasks.

Available in: Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise

Codex agent

Lets ChatGPT reason across codebases, related documentation, and role-specific Codex plugins from the same workspace; Business buyers should model the included allowance and any token-based credits separately.

Available in: Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise

Integration · 2

Apps and connectors

Connects internal tools and cloud storage for grounded answers inside the workspace.

Available in: Business, Enterprise

Codex plugins and Sites

Packages apps, skills, instructions, workflows, and shareable Sites so teams can standardize Codex beyond software-only tasks.

Available in: Business, Enterprise

Security · 3

Work surfaces and permission boundaries

Work on web and mobile runs in the cloud; desktop Work can use local files and desktop apps only with user permission. Access, enabled apps, and actions remain constrained by the plan, workspace, admin policy, and role, so a deliverable agent should be piloted with explicit read/write boundaries.

Available in: Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise

Codex usage and credit controls

Makes Codex consumption visible as token-based credits for most migrated plans, so heavy agent work can be budgeted by input, cached-input, and output-token mix instead of a simple request count.

Available in: Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise

Business admin controls

Adds workspace controls, SAML SSO, and no-training defaults for business data.

Available in: Business, Enterprise

Collaboration · 2

Projects and shared projects

Keeps recurring work organized in project spaces before a team needs a fully governed business workspace.

Available in: Go, Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise

Custom GPTs

Packages prompts, tools, files, and tasks into reusable workflows once teams move above the Go tier.

Available in: Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise

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