Type "chatgpt business pricing" into a search engine and you land on a page with no price. That's deliberate. OpenAI publishes the rate for ChatGPT Business, but not for ChatGPT Enterprise, which stays quote-only. For an SMB leader trying to budget a project, that's frustrating. Here are the real plans, the published prices, and what to check before you reach for the company card.
Key Takeaways
- ChatGPT Business: $20 per user per month billed annually, $25 billed monthly, starting at 2 seats.
- ChatGPT Enterprise: no public price, custom quote, annual commitment.
- By default, OpenAI does not train its models on the data in your Business or Enterprise workspace.
- Price doesn't settle the question of confidentiality or GDPR compliance for a French SMB.
Business and Enterprise: two products, not two price tiers
OpenAI renamed ChatGPT Team to ChatGPT Business on August 29, 2025. For a company, two plans exist, and they don't serve the same needs. Confusing them leads to buying too much, or too little.
ChatGPT Business: the self-service team workspace
Business is the self-service plan. You sign up online, pay by card, and manage your seats from a dashboard. The minimum is two standard seats.
A standard seat gives access to ChatGPT and Codex, OpenAI's coding tool. It also unlocks team features: shared projects, company knowledge, agents, deep research.
Since June 2026, OpenAI has added premium seats, still on a waitlist. They offer five times the volume of a standard seat and remove the five-hour usage cap. It's OpenAI's answer to teams that keep hitting usage limits.
This is the plan an SMB can activate in ten minutes, without talking to a salesperson.
ChatGPT Enterprise: the negotiated contract
Enterprise targets large-scale deployments. There's no pricing page: you go through the sales team, sign an annual contract, and negotiate the number of seats.
Buying guides published in 2026 mention contracts between $45 and $75 per seat per month, with a minimum of around 150 seats. That puts the annual entry ticket at around $100,000. These figures come from third-party observers, not from OpenAI, which publishes nothing.
In exchange, Enterprise adds advanced security controls, invoice billing, and hosting guarantees that Business doesn't have. For a twenty-employee SMB, this isn't the right tier.
Why individual plans aren't enough for a team
Many SMBs start with individual subscriptions: one employee puts a paid plan on their personal card, another does the same. A few months later, five subscriptions are floating around, no one knows who's paying for them, and no data is centralized.
OpenAI keeps the two worlds clearly separate. Individual plans (Free, Go, Plus, Pro) are designed for one person, with no shared workspace, no grouped billing, no admin controls. For a team, it's Business that brings in the admin dashboard, centralized billing, and role management.
Moving from individual to collective use is often the first real decision to make. An individual subscription doesn't turn itself into a business tool on its own.
Prices in 2026, plainly stated
| Plan | Price per user | Billing | Minimum |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business, standard seat | $20/month annual, $25/month monthly | credit card | 2 seats |
| Business, premium seat | $100/month annual, $125/month monthly | credit card | waitlist |
| Enterprise | by quote | annual contract | negotiated |
On top of these prices come Codex seats, billed by usage. They've no longer been open to new Business workspaces since June 24, 2026.
Two clarifications. Prices are in dollars and vary by country and currency. And they move: OpenAI has already adjusted its rates, and a price published today can change within a few months. Check the pricing page before you sign.
One last point on cost. The per-seat price covers a base level of usage. Beyond that, OpenAI sells workspace credits, billed on top. A team that exceeds its caps therefore pays more than the listed per-seat rate. Your real cost depends on your usage, not just the number of seats.
What the price doesn't tell you: your data
Price is written on a page. Confidentiality is written in the terms. On both Business and Enterprise, OpenAI does not train its models on your workspace's data by default. That's an important point, but it isn't the end of the discussion.
The real question for a French SMB isn't only "how much does it cost," but "where does my customers' and employees' data go." For a law firm, an accounting practice, or a property management company, the answer bears on GDPR compliance and, soon, the AI Act.
The topic doesn't come down to a GDPR box to tick. If your teams paste client files, contracts, or health data into a chat, you need to know what happens to it: where the servers are, who can read the data, and whether a subcontractor processes it. A vendor that doesn't answer these questions clearly is a risk, whatever its price.
A cloud subscription hosts your exchanges on third-party servers, often outside Europe. For sensitive data, another path exists: running models on your own premises, without sending a single document to a cloud. That's the angle NexeAI defends: local, no-code AI, to keep control of your data.
A subscription isn't the only option for an SMB
A ChatGPT Business subscription doesn't make an AI strategy. It provides a tool, not a method. Three approaches complement or replace the "I'll just buy some seats" reflex.
First, the audit. Before subscribing anyone, you need to know which processes deserve AI and which don't need it. Many SMBs buy licenses that sit unused for lack of a defined purpose. audit of your organization
Next, AI agents. To automate a specific task, answer recurring requests, qualify a quote, or draft a meeting summary, a custom agent often does better than generic access to ChatGPT. AI agent development
Finally, training. A poorly used subscription costs money and produces nothing. Training teams on what can be entrusted to AI, and what shouldn't be, is the real lever for profitability. business AI training
The common thread remains confidentiality. For an independent professional handling client data, running AI locally rather than in the cloud changes the whole calculation.
FAQ
What's the difference between ChatGPT Business and Enterprise?
Business is self-service, paid by card, starting at two seats. Enterprise is a negotiated contract, billed by invoice, for hundreds of seats and advanced security controls.
How much does ChatGPT cost for a business?
The standard ChatGPT Business seat is $20 per user per month billed annually, $25 billed monthly. Enterprise has no public price: it's a quote.
Does OpenAI use my company's data to train its models?
Not by default on Business and Enterprise. OpenAI does not train its models on your workspace's data.
Can I host ChatGPT on my own premises?
No. ChatGPT is a cloud service. For AI that runs on your own premises, you need other solutions, such as the local no-code agents NexeAI deploys for independent professionals.
How do I choose between Business and a local AI agent?
If your needs are occasional and your data isn't sensitive, Business is enough. If you handle client data and want to automate a specific process, a local no-code agent is often better suited: it keeps the data within your walls.
Is the price the same in France?
Prices are in dollars and vary by country and currency. Check the pricing page for the applicable price in France.
Conclusion
The price of ChatGPT for business comes down to three lines: $20 to $25 per user per month for Business, a quote for Enterprise, and no guarantee that the subscription settles your confidentiality questions. Before committing a budget, check where your data will go and what your teams will actually know how to do with it. For a French SMB or independent professional, the serious alternative is local AI, with no cloud, tailored to your tasks.
