OpenAI updates rate cards, model limits
- OpenAI updated ChatGPT Business, Enterprise and Codex help pages in April, shifting Codex billing from per-message estimates to token-based pricing and adding Codex-only seats. - Business standard seats now cost $25 monthly or $20 annually, down $5 a month in most countries, while Codex-only seats are usage-based. - The changes turn model access into metered workspace operations with credits, limits and seat types. (help.openai.com)
OpenAI has overhauled how it bills and rations Codex and ChatGPT for work accounts, replacing Codex’s per-message estimates with token-based pricing and new seat types. (help.openai.com 1) (help.openai.com 2) The biggest change landed on April 2, 2026: ChatGPT Business and ChatGPT Enterprise began offering two seat types, a standard ChatGPT seat and a Codex-only seat. (help.openai.com 1) (help.openai.com 2) For Business customers, OpenAI also cut the fixed price of a standard ChatGPT seat by $5 a month in most countries. The help center now lists Business at $25 per user monthly or $20 per user monthly when billed annually, with a two-seat minimum for standard seats. (help.openai.com 1) (help.openai.com 2) Codex-only seats work differently. OpenAI says they have no fixed monthly per-user charge, give access to Codex but not ChatGPT, and consume workspace credits based on usage. (help.openai.com) (help.openai.com) The pricing rewrite also changes what a “unit” of coding work means. OpenAI’s new Codex rate card says usage is now billed in credits per million input, cached input and output tokens, a direct map to the same token accounting used in the application programming interface. (help.openai.com) OpenAI extended that token-based Codex pricing in stages. It applied to Plus, Pro, Business and new Enterprise plans on April 2, then to all existing Enterprise plans on April 23, including Edu, Health, Gov and ChatGPT for Teachers. (help.openai.com) (help.openai.com) The help pages now tie model access more tightly to credits and rate limits. OpenAI’s Business limits page says base models are “virtually unlimited,” but advanced usage still runs through flexible pricing, workspace credits and policy limits on automated extraction, credential sharing and resale. (help.openai.com) (help.openai.com) The ChatGPT rate card shows how that metering works outside Codex. OpenAI lists GPT-5.5 Thinking at 10 credits per message, GPT-5.5 Pro at 50, Agent at 30, Deep Research at 50 tasks, Images at 5 generations and Voice at 5 credits per minute. (help.openai.com) Codex itself is no longer a side feature buried inside ChatGPT plans. OpenAI’s updated setup guide says Codex now has its own app, command line interface, integrated development environment extension and web entry point, all tied back to ChatGPT plan entitlements and workspace controls. (help.openai.com) Taken together, the updates turn OpenAI’s workplace products into a more explicit mix of subscriptions, usage credits and seat permissions. The company is telling admins, in billing terms, exactly who gets ChatGPT, who gets Codex and what each extra task costs. (help.openai.com) (help.openai.com)
