OpenAI adds flexible pricing

OpenAI has started selling ChatGPT to workplaces with more usage-based pricing, instead of relying as heavily on fixed per-seat bundles. (help.openai.com) In a Help Center update published in early April, OpenAI said Enterprise, Edu, and Business customers can use “flexible pricing” for advanced features, with charges tied to credits and rate cards rather than only preset limits. The same article says ChatGPT Team was renamed ChatGPT Business on August 29, 2025. (help.openai.com) OpenAI’s rate card says the new structure covers Business and Enterprise or Edu users, and bills features such as thinking models, deep research, image generation, advanced voice, and Codex through credits. The article also says GPT-4o in Custom GPTs stayed available for Business, Enterprise, and Edu customers until April 3, 2026, before retirement across those plans. (help.openai.com) For Business customers, the Help Center says advanced features still come with per-seat limits first, with credits unlocking extra usage after those limits are reached. For Enterprise and Edu customers, OpenAI says some features can be billed directly through credits under custom workspace settings. (help.openai.com) OpenAI is also updating the way it sells Codex, its coding product inside ChatGPT. A Help Center article on ChatGPT Enterprise says that as of April 2, 2026, new Enterprise customers can buy a Codex-only seat with token-based pricing, while older customers stay on a legacy rate card until migration. (help.openai.com) That puts OpenAI closer to the way large software vendors usually sell to companies: a base subscription, admin controls, and extra usage billed separately. OpenAI describes the change as a packaging update for procurement, billing, and seat management across workplace plans. (help.openai.com) The company is pairing those packaging changes with a steadier stream of product updates for ChatGPT Business. The Business release notes were updated on April 8, 2026, with support for Outlook shared mailboxes and shared calendars, adding delegated email and calendar actions for teams. (help.openai.com) The same release-notes page shows OpenAI using the Business plan as a rolling workplace product, with dated entries instead of one large launch. That changelog format mirrors the main ChatGPT release notes, which were also updated on April 8, 2026, with the same Outlook additions. (help.openai.com 1) (help.openai.com 2) The immediate result is a simpler pitch to finance teams: buy seats for staff, then buy more capacity only when teams use heavier tools. OpenAI is still keeping older pricing in place for some existing customers, which suggests the shift will roll out in stages rather than all at once. (help.openai.com 1) (help.openai.com 2)