OpenAI reprices and expands

OpenAI is widening access to GPT-5 while changing how companies buy ChatGPT, with new plan tiers, credits, and Codex-only seats. (help.openai.com) OpenAI’s help center says GPT-5 is rolling out across ChatGPT Free, Plus, Pro, and Team on web, mobile, and desktop, with Enterprise and Education listed as “soon.” Paid users can also manually pick GPT-5.3 Instant or GPT-5.4 Thinking, while GPT-5.4 Pro is reserved for Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Education plans. (help.openai.com 1) (help.openai.com 2) The pricing change landed on April 2, 2026, when OpenAI said ChatGPT Business and ChatGPT Enterprise would offer two seat types: a standard ChatGPT seat and a Codex-only seat. OpenAI also said new Enterprise workspaces now use token-based rates, while many existing Enterprise and Education customers remain on older message-based billing until they migrate. (help.openai.com 1) (help.openai.com 2) That shift moves ChatGPT closer to cloud-style billing, where customers pay for what they use instead of only buying identical seats for every employee. OpenAI’s rate-card documentation says credits can be used for Deep Research, thinking models, image generation, Advanced Voice, and Codex across Business, Enterprise, and Education plans. (help.openai.com 1) (help.openai.com 2) OpenAI is also splitting its consumer subscriptions more sharply around coding workload. The company’s release notes say a new $100-a-month Pro plan includes unlimited access to GPT-5.4, access to GPT-5.4 Pro, and, through May 31, 2026, up to 10 times more Codex usage than Plus. (help.openai.com) OpenAI’s Pro-plan help page now describes Plus at $20 as “for lighter use” and Pro at $100 as “built for real projects,” with higher allowances for Deep Research and Codex. A separate Codex pricing page says the $100 tier normally gets 5 times the Codex rate limits of Plus, with a temporary usage boost in effect through May 31, 2026. (help.openai.com) (developers.openai.com) Codex is OpenAI’s coding agent, which means software that can work through programming tasks across files and tools instead of only answering one prompt at a time. OpenAI’s developer docs say the new Codex desktop app runs parallel coding threads, supports Git worktrees, and is available for ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, Education, and Enterprise users. (help.openai.com) (developers.openai.com) The company has also tied those coding tools more tightly to workspace administration. OpenAI’s Business release notes say there is no minimum number of Codex seats, that Codex seats are billed on usage, and that eligible Business workspaces can earn up to $100 in Codex credits per newly added seat, capped at $500 per workspace. (help.openai.com) OpenAI is cutting some subscription seat prices at the same time it adds usage billing for coding work. The Business release notes say subscription-based ChatGPT seats were reduced by $5 a month, while a separate Codex rate-card update moved new and existing Plus, Pro, Business, and new Enterprise Codex pricing to token-based usage on April 2, 2026. (help.openai.com) (help.openai.com) The result is a more layered product map: broad GPT-5 access for mainstream ChatGPT users, premium tiers for heavier use, and metered tools for companies that want to control who gets full chat seats and who only needs coding agents. OpenAI’s recent updates show the company is no longer selling ChatGPT as one bundle so much as a menu of models, credits, and workspaces. (help.openai.com) (help.openai.com)