ChatGPT Plans 2026: Free, Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise

Last Updated: August 1, 2026

ChatGPT offers seven subscription tiers in August 2026 - Free at $0, Go at $8/month, Plus at $20/month, Pro Codex at $100/month, Pro Max at $200/month, Business at $20/user/month, and Enterprise at custom pricing - with GPT-5.6 Sol as the current flagship model available to Plus and above following its July 9, 2026 launch per FelloAI's verified July 2026 pricing guide. The most significant 2026 changes: the Pro plan split into two tiers on April 9, the Business plan dropped $5 per seat on April 2, and ChatGPT Work launched July 9 as an agentic workspace connecting ChatGPT to Slack, Gmail, Google Drive, and 60+ enterprise apps.

The single most important distinction that most ChatGPT plan comparisons miss: Business and Enterprise do not use your conversations for model training by default, while Free, Go, Plus, and Pro tiers default to data sharing for training with an opt-out option available. For any team handling client data, confidential business information, or regulated content, this single difference makes Business the minimum appropriate tier regardless of any other feature consideration.

This guide covers every ChatGPT plan for August 2026, including exact pricing, features, model access, data privacy policies, and the specific scenarios where each tier is the right choice, with every figure verified against published sources.

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Sources: SuprMind ChatGPT pricing July 2026, TechJack Solutions ChatGPT pricing July 2026, Gradually.ai ChatGPT pricing, AI Agent Square Enterprise analysis, OpenAI Help Center

ChatGPT Free gives access to GPT-5.3 Instant at no cost with no registration required since April 2024, plus GPT-5.6 Terra inside ChatGPT Work and Codex Mobile, approximately 2-3 image generations per day, and basic voice mode - but excludes Deep Research, Agent Mode, custom GPTs, tasks, and Advanced Voice Mode per TechJack Solutions' July 13, 2026 verified pricing breakdown.

ChatGPT Free in August 2026 includes:

ChatGPT Free does NOT include:

The Free tier data privacy caveat:

ChatGPT Free, Go, Plus, and Pro tiers default to sharing conversations for model training per DataStudios' plan comparison. An opt-out is available in settings. For personal use and exploration this is acceptable. For any business purpose involving client data or proprietary information, the Free tier is structurally inappropriate regardless of usage limits.

ChatGPT Work on Free:

ChatGPT Work launched July 9, 2026 as an agentic workspace connecting ChatGPT to external apps and files. Free tier users get GPT-5.6 Terra inside Work only - not Sol. The agentic capabilities are available but on the less capable model tier. For our complete guide to what ChatGPT can do across its full feature set, our how to use ChatGPT guide covers every feature updated for August 2026.

ChatGPT Go costs $8/month globally following its worldwide launch on January 16, 2026, providing GPT-5.6 Terra at approximately 10x the usage limits of the Free tier across messages, uploads, and image creation - but still shows ads and does not include Deep Research or Agent Mode per SuprMind's verified July 2026 pricing guide.

ChatGPT Go in August 2026:

Is Go worth $8/month?

Go fills a specific gap: users who hit the Free tier's limits regularly but cannot justify Plus at $20/month. The 10x limit increase is meaningful for light daily users. The persistent ads are a genuine friction point - paying $8/month and still seeing ads places Go in an awkward middle position where Plus at $20 may simply be the better value for anyone using ChatGPT professionally.

The clearest Go use case: occasional personal use requiring more than a few daily conversations but where Deep Research and Agent Mode are not needed. For any professional work, Plus at $20/month eliminates ads, unlocks Deep Research, Agent Mode, and custom GPTs, and adds Sora video generation - a significantly better value at $12 more per month.

ChatGPT Plus costs $20/month and is the right plan for most individual professionals, providing GPT-5.5 Instant as the default model with GPT-5.6 Sol access, 10 Deep Research runs per month, Sora video generation, Agent Mode, custom GPTs, and Advanced Voice Mode with no ads per FelloAI's July 2026 ChatGPT pricing guide.

ChatGPT Plus in August 2026 includes:

The 10 Deep Research limit:

Ten Deep Research runs per month is the most common Plus limitation cited by professional users. Deep Research conducts comprehensive multi-source research synthesis taking 5-30 minutes per query - it is not a casual feature but a premium research tool. For users who need more than 10 per month, Pro Codex at $100 or Pro Max at $200 unlock higher quotas.

ChatGPT Plus versus Claude Pro at $20/month:

Both cost $20/month. ChatGPT Plus wins on: Sora video generation, custom GPTs ecosystem, Agent Mode breadth, and overall feature variety. Claude Pro wins on: 200K context window for long documents, reasoning depth on complex analytical tasks, and coding quality per independent benchmarks. For our complete head-to-head, our ChatGPT vs Claude guide covers every use case.

The data training default:

Plus defaults to sharing conversations for model training. Opt out in Settings under Data Controls. For professional use involving any client or confidential information, opting out is non-negotiable.

ChatGPT Pro split into two tiers on April 9, 2026: Pro Codex at $100/month targeting power coders with elevated Codex limits, and Pro Max at $200/month providing the highest Deep Research quotas and maximum usage limits of any individual ChatGPT plan per Gradually.ai's ChatGPT pricing guide.

ChatGPT Pro Codex ($100/month) - launched April 9, 2026:

ChatGPT Pro Max ($200/month):

The Pro price reduction history:

ChatGPT Pro Max was previously $200/month. OpenAI cut the price to $100/month on April 9, 2026 when it created the Pro Codex tier - simultaneously lowering the barrier to Pro access and creating a higher-priced maximum tier. Per SuprMind's pricing analysis, the $100 Pro Codex and $200 Pro Max tiers now bracket Plus on the individual plan spectrum with clear use-case differentiation.

Is Pro worth $100-200/month?

Pro is worth $100/month for developers who need maximum Codex capacity and for knowledge workers who regularly exhaust Plus's 10 Deep Research runs. It is worth $200/month for researchers and analysts whose work depends on maximum deep research access and who use GPT-5.6 Sol Pro's higher-accuracy responses for high-stakes output.

The critical note: Pro tiers still default to data sharing for model training. For any professional use with confidential content, opt out in settings. If your organization requires a contractual guarantee rather than a user-controlled opt-out, Business is the minimum required tier.

ChatGPT Business costs $20/user/month on annual billing or $25/user/month monthly following a $5 price cut on both tiers effective April 2, 2026, with a minimum of two seats, no model training on your data by default, SAML SSO, SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 compliance, shared workspaces, and the full GPT-5.6 model family per SuprMind's July 2026 pricing guide.

ChatGPT Business in August 2026 includes:

ChatGPT Business does NOT include:

The April 2, 2026 price cut context:

ChatGPT Business was previously "ChatGPT Team" before being renamed in August 2025. The April 2, 2026 price cut from $25 to $20 on annual billing - and $30 to $25 on monthly - brought Business pricing to parity with Plus on a per-seat basis at the lowest tier. Per SuprMind's analysis, "at two or more seats, ChatGPT Business often costs the same per person as Plus while adding governance and compliance, which is why the crossover point is lower than most teams assume."

The data privacy distinction that changes the calculation:

Business includes a contractual guarantee that OpenAI will not use your team's conversations for model training. Plus, Pro, and even Pro Max only offer a user-controlled opt-out toggle. For any team handling client data, attorney-client privileged information, healthcare data, financial data, or proprietary business strategy, a contractual guarantee is not optional - it is a compliance requirement. Business is the minimum appropriate tier for professional teams regardless of whether you need the additional features.

For our complete guide to how ChatGPT Business compares to Microsoft Copilot and Claude for Work on enterprise features, our AI chatbots comparison guide covers every platform.

ChatGPT Enterprise has no published list price and requires a sales conversation, with market-observed contract data suggesting approximately $60/user/month, a minimum of approximately 150 seats, and adds SCIM provisioning, role-based access control, IP allowlisting, audit logs, Enterprise Key Management, data residency, HIPAA BAA option, and a dedicated customer success manager on top of all Business features per AI Agent Square's Enterprise analysis and OpenAI's Help Center.

What ChatGPT Enterprise adds over Business:

Source: AI Agent Square Enterprise analysis, OpenAI Help Center Enterprise, IntuitionLabs Enterprise admin guide

The April 2, 2026 Enterprise updates:

OpenAI updated ChatGPT Enterprise on April 2, 2026 to add a Codex seat option - a separate seat type offering Codex-only access at flexible credit-based per-token pricing. Per OpenAI's Help Center, this allows organizations to provide developers with Codex access separately from standard chat seats, enabling more granular license management for organizations with different user types.

Who genuinely needs Enterprise over Business:

Enterprise is justified when your organization requires any of three things. First, SCIM provisioning for automated user lifecycle management - adding and removing access through your identity provider automatically. Second, regulatory compliance requiring audit logs, Compliance API access, or HIPAA BAA - healthcare organizations, financial services firms, and government contractors cannot operate on Business without these. Third, scale requiring 150+ seats where the dedicated account team and priority SLA support create meaningful operational value.

For organizations under 150 seats without SCIM or HIPAA requirements, Business delivers the most important Enterprise benefit - no training on your data, with contractual backing - at a fraction of the Enterprise cost.

From conversations with executives evaluating enterprise AI tools, the most consistent Enterprise decision driver is SCIM provisioning. Large organizations that have automated user provisioning through Okta, Azure AD, or similar identity providers cannot manage hundreds of ChatGPT seats manually. SCIM integration is not a nice-to-have - it is an operational requirement at scale that makes Enterprise effectively mandatory above approximately 200 seats regardless of other feature needs.

For how ChatGPT Enterprise compares to Claude Enterprise and Microsoft Copilot enterprise plans, our AI adoption statistics guide covers enterprise AI deployment across all platforms.

The current ChatGPT model lineup as of August 1, 2026 includes GPT-5.3 Instant on Free, GPT-5.5 Instant as the default for paid tiers, and GPT-5.6 Sol as the flagship launched July 9, 2026 for Plus and above, with GPT-5.6 Sol Pro reserved for Pro and Enterprise per The AI Career Lab's July 2026 plan snapshot.

Model access by plan - August 2026:

Source: FelloAI July 2026, The AI Career Lab July 2026

GPT-4o retirement:

GPT-4o has been fully retired from the ChatGPT app as of August 2026. Any comparisons, tutorials, or pricing guides still referencing GPT-4o as a current model are outdated. The GPT-5.5 Instant handles the fast-response use cases GPT-4o previously served, with GPT-5.6 Sol handling higher-quality reasoning tasks.

The Sol Pro distinction:

GPT-5.6 Sol Pro is the higher-accuracy variant of the flagship Sol model, reserved for Pro Codex, Pro Max, and Enterprise subscribers. The everyday Sol model available to Plus and Business is the same model family but with the reasoning depth controls set differently. For most professional use cases Plus-level Sol access is sufficient. Sol Pro is meaningful for high-stakes output where maximum accuracy matters more than response speed or cost.

For the complete ChatGPT model breakdown including benchmarks, capabilities, and what changed with the GPT-5.6 launch, our ChatGPT statistics guide covers every model in detail.

The decision framework for choosing between ChatGPT plans in August 2026 depends primarily on three variables: whether you handle confidential data (if yes, Business is the minimum), how often you use Deep Research (if more than 10 times/month, Pro Codex), and whether your team needs SCIM provisioning (if yes, Enterprise).

Decision framework:

The crossover calculation most teams miss:

At two seats, Business at $20/seat/year costs the same per person as Plus at $20/month. Business adds the no-training contractual guarantee, SAML SSO, SOC 2 compliance, and shared workspaces. For any two-or-more-person team handling work that is not purely personal, Business is the correct default over each person getting individual Plus subscriptions.

The data training question as the primary filter:

Before any other feature consideration, answer this question: does your team's ChatGPT use involve any client data, proprietary business information, legally privileged content, healthcare data, or financial records? If yes, Business is the minimum appropriate tier. This is not a feature preference - it is a compliance and professional responsibility question. Using Plus with an opt-out toggle provides a user-controlled setting that can be changed. Business provides a contractual guarantee backed by OpenAI's terms that cannot be reversed by an individual user's settings change.

At the $20/month individual professional tier, ChatGPT Plus competes directly with Claude Pro at $20/month and Gemini Advanced at $19.99/month, with each platform winning on different use cases.

$20/month plan comparison:

Team plan comparison at $20-30/seat:

The honest competitive read:

At $20/month individually, the choice depends on workflow. ChatGPT Plus wins on feature breadth - Sora, custom GPTs, Agent Mode variety, and the largest app ecosystem. Claude Pro wins on reasoning depth for complex documents and coding. Gemini Advanced wins for Google Workspace users who want AI embedded in their existing tools.

At the team tier, ChatGPT Business at $20/seat is now the cheapest option among the three major team plans and includes the most important feature: a contractual no-training guarantee. Claude for Work adds SCIM at $25/seat. Copilot adds M365 integration at $30/seat. The right platform depends on your existing tech stack and primary use case.

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What are the ChatGPT pricing plans in 2026?
ChatGPT offers seven tiers in August 2026. Free at $0 provides GPT-5.3 Instant with basic limits and ads in the US. Go at $8/month offers GPT-5.6 Terra at approximately 10x Free limits but still shows ads. Plus at $20/month is the primary individual professional plan with GPT-5.6 Sol, 10 Deep Research runs, Sora video, Agent Mode, and no ads. Pro Codex at $100/month adds elevated Codex limits and GPT-5.6 Sol Pro. Pro Max at $200/month offers the highest quotas of any individual plan. Business at $20/seat/month (annual) or $25 monthly provides the full GPT-5.6 family, SAML SSO, SOC 2 compliance, and a contractual no-training guarantee. Enterprise at custom pricing (approximately $60/seat estimated) adds SCIM, RBAC, audit logs, EKM, data residency, HIPAA BAA, and dedicated support. Source: FelloAI July 2026, SuprMind July 2026

What is the difference between ChatGPT Plus and Business?
ChatGPT Plus at $20/month is an individual subscription. Business at $20/seat/month (annual) is a team plan starting at two seats. The most important difference is data privacy: Plus defaults to sharing conversations for model training with a user-controlled opt-out toggle. Business provides a contractual guarantee that OpenAI will not use your team's conversations for training - this cannot be overridden by individual settings. Business also adds shared workspaces, SAML SSO, SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 compliance, an admin console with usage analytics, and team-level access management. At two seats, Business costs the same per person as Plus while adding all these features. For any team handling client data, confidential business information, or regulated content, Business is the minimum appropriate tier. Source: SuprMind July 2026, DataStudios plan comparison

What does ChatGPT Enterprise include that Business does not?
ChatGPT Enterprise adds six capabilities that Business does not include: SCIM provisioning for automated user lifecycle management through identity providers like Okta or Azure AD; role-based access control for granular permission management; IP allowlisting for network-level access control; audit logs and Compliance API for regulatory reporting; Enterprise Key Management allowing customers to control their own encryption keys; and data residency options across geographic regions. Enterprise also adds a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement for eligible healthcare customers, a dedicated customer success manager, priority SLA support, and a private GPT Store for custom organizational GPTs. Enterprise requires a sales conversation as there is no published list price, with market-observed contracts suggesting approximately $60/user/month and a minimum of approximately 150 seats. Source: AI Agent Square Enterprise analysis, OpenAI Help Center

How much did ChatGPT Business cost before the April 2026 price cut?
ChatGPT Business (formerly called ChatGPT Team before being renamed in August 2025) was priced at $25/user/month on annual billing and $30/user/month on monthly billing before April 2, 2026. OpenAI cut both prices by $5 on April 2, 2026, dropping to $20/user/month annual and $25/user/month monthly. This price cut brought Business to pricing parity with Plus on a per-seat basis at the lowest tier, which significantly changed the crossover calculation for small teams. At two seats with annual billing, Business now costs no more per person than Plus while adding team governance, compliance, and the contractual no-training guarantee. Source: SuprMind July 2026

What is the ChatGPT Go plan?
ChatGPT Go is an $8/month entry paid tier that launched globally on January 16, 2026 following an India-only debut in August 2025. It is available in 98 countries including EU member states. Go provides GPT-5.6 Terra at approximately 10x the usage limits of the Free tier across messages, uploads, and image creation. Despite being a paid plan, Go still displays ads - OpenAI uses contextual ads in the chat to subsidize the low price. Go does not include Deep Research, Agent Mode, custom GPTs, or Advanced Voice Mode. It is appropriate for occasional personal users who regularly hit Free tier limits but do not need the full Plus feature set. For professional use, Plus at $20/month adds no ads, Deep Research, Agent Mode, Sora, and custom GPTs for $12 more per month - a significantly better value for most business use cases. Source: SuprMind July 2026, TechJack Solutions July 2026

What models do you get with ChatGPT Plus versus Pro?
ChatGPT Plus at $20/month provides GPT-5.5 Instant as the default everyday model, GPT-5.6 Sol for higher-quality reasoning, and GPT-5.6 Terra and Luna access. ChatGPT Pro Codex at $100/month adds GPT-5.6 Sol Pro - the higher-accuracy variant reserved for Pro and Enterprise - plus elevated Codex agent limits. ChatGPT Pro Max at $200/month provides the highest usage quotas of Sol Pro across all tasks including maximum Deep Research access. GPT-4o has been fully retired from the ChatGPT app as of August 2026. All current tiers run on the GPT-5 model family. Source: FelloAI July 2026, The AI Career Lab July 2026

Does ChatGPT use my conversations for training?
It depends on your plan. Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans default to sharing conversations with OpenAI for model training. An opt-out is available in account Settings under Data Controls - disabling this prevents your conversations from being used for training. Business and Enterprise plans do not use your team's conversations for model training by default, backed by a contractual guarantee in OpenAI's terms. The distinction matters for professional use: a toggle-based opt-out is a user-controlled preference that could theoretically be changed. A contractual guarantee is a binding commitment. For any team handling client data, privileged communications, healthcare information, or regulated financial data, Business at minimum is required - not because of the opt-out availability, but because professional and regulatory standards require a contractual privacy commitment. Source: DataStudios plan comparison, SuprMind July 2026

Is ChatGPT Work available on all plans?
ChatGPT Work launched July 9, 2026 as an agentic workspace that connects ChatGPT to Slack, Gmail, Google Drive, calendars, CRMs, SharePoint, GitHub, and 60+ other apps. It is available across all ChatGPT plans but with different model access. Free and Go users get GPT-5.6 Terra inside Work - the speed-optimized variant rather than the flagship Sol. Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users can choose GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, or Luna inside Work, with higher plans providing more usage. ChatGPT Work represents ChatGPT's most significant product expansion since launch and is what enables the agentic completion of multi-step professional tasks including creating finished documents, spreadsheets, and presentations from connected app context. Source: FelloAI July 2026

ChatGPT's seven-tier pricing structure in August 2026 is more complex than it was twelve months ago, but the decision logic is simpler than the tier count suggests.

For individuals, the real question is whether you need Deep Research more than 10 times a month and whether Sora video generation matters to your workflow. If the answer to both is yes and you are a developer, Pro Codex at $100 is the right call. If you need maximum quotas across everything, Pro Max at $200. For the majority of professional individuals, Plus at $20 covers every feature that matters at a price that needs no justification.

For teams, the data privacy question answers the plan decision before any feature comparison happens. Business at $20/seat provides a contractual no-training guarantee that Plus's opt-out toggle does not. At two seats, Business costs no more per person than Plus. The governance, compliance, and shared workspace features come at zero marginal cost over individual Plus subscriptions once you have two or more seats. For any team doing real work, Business is simply the correct default.

Enterprise is justified when your organization needs SCIM, audit logs, HIPAA BAA, data residency, or dedicated support at scale. For regulated industries and organizations above 150 seats, those are not optional features - they are operational requirements.

The ChatGPT Work launch on July 9, 2026 changes the value proposition across every tier. Agentic connections to Slack, Gmail, and Google Drive turn ChatGPT from a chat interface into a workflow tool that operates across the apps your team already uses. That shift makes the per-seat cost comparison to Microsoft Copilot, which has deep Microsoft 365 integration, considerably more competitive than it was six months ago.