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OpenAI Adds $125 Premium Seats to ChatGPT Business

A higher-capacity tier that gives power users far more uninterrupted usage signals a push to grow enterprise revenue ahead of OpenAI's planned IPO.

Overview

  • The company announced the new Premium seats on Monday, offering them at $125 per user per month or $100 per user per month with annual billing.
  • Premium seats provide five times the usage of Standard seats and remove the previous five-hour usage cap so heavy users can run larger data, code or content workflows without interruption.
  • Administrators can mix Standard and Premium seats in one workspace, upgrade or reassign seats, buy shared workspace credits, and monitor usage and spending from a single console.
  • OpenAI is running an early-adopter promotion that gives the first 10,000 eligible customers $100 in workspace credits per Premium seat (up to five seats) through August 20, and reports say added seats will incur immediate pro-rated charges starting August 19.
  • The launch follows the Team-to-Business rebrand, a standard-seat price cut in April, and the phase-out of Codex-only seats, and it aims to capture mid-market customers who need more capacity without moving to custom Enterprise contracts.