OpenAI launches $100 ChatGPT Business Premium seats

• OpenAI now sells ChatGPT Business Premium seats for $100 per user per month on annual billing, with a $125 monthly option, according to OpenAI's announcement.
• Premium gives five times the usage of Standard seats and removes the five-hour limit, reach_vb's post said.
• Teams can mix Premium and Standard capacity in one workspace, with ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, Codex, connected apps, and centralized controls included in the Business plan thsottiaux's feature list.
• The launch lands as OpenAI restores five-hour limits for Plus users in Work and Codex while leaving its $100 and $200 Pro plans exempt for now thsottiaux's rate-limit update.

The Business overview treats a seat as paid capacity that can move between members, while the waitlist promotion offered up to $500 in workspace credits to early participants. OpenAI's Business release notes also place the launch alongside a broader push to make Work and Codex usable as team infrastructure.

The headline number hides the billing cadence. OpenAI's official overview lists Premium at $100 per user per month when billed annually, or $125 when billed monthly. Standard remains $20 annually or $25 monthly, making Premium five times the annual sticker price for five times the included usage.

The important change is the unit being sold. A Business seat is paid capacity separate from the member who uses it, so an owner can assign it to a new member, switch it to an existing member, or change the seat type as the team changes. gdb described the $100 Business seat as arriving “by popular demand” gdb's post.

• Standard: ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, and Codex at baseline limits.
• Premium: The same product access with higher usage limits and no five-hour usage limit.
• Workspace minimum: Two Standard or Premium seats, including one of each.
• API boundary: ChatGPT Business does not include API usage, which OpenAI bills separately.

The pricing page lists SAML, SSO, MFA, centralized billing, usage analytics, spend controls, and no training on business data by default as Business features. Premium is a capacity upgrade inside that workspace, not a separate individual Pro subscription.

Premium is aimed at the teammate who turns an AI workspace into a full-time tool. OpenAI describes the tier as five times the usage of Standard, and the Business release note adds predictable weekly resets and shared workspace credits for usage beyond included limits.

The Business feature set spans:

• ChatGPT and ChatGPT Work for general and agentic tasks.
• Codex for software development.
• Connections to Google Workspace, Slack, GitHub, Microsoft 365, and other services.
• Workspace administration, usage visibility, billing, and spend controls.

The multiplier is relative, not an absolute quota. OpenAI's launch materials do not state a universal number of messages, tokens, or Work tasks that a Premium seat receives each week. They describe the operating model instead: a higher per-user allowance, a weekly reset, and credits that can extend access.

ChatGPT Work's adjacent browser update shows what the Business capacity can be used for. OpenAI says Work can sign in to websites on web and mobile without ChatGPT seeing the username or password ChatGPT's rollout note. The announcement lists tasks including:

• Setting up utilities, booking government appointments, and scheduling a vet visit.
• Checking insurance reimbursements and preparing medical paperwork.
• Finding apartments, comparing rental insurance, and handling package returns.
• Taking invoices from email into accounting software.
• Drafting candidate outreach and completing small-business permit applications.

The login flow still depends on the target website. nicdunz reported that browser and site access failed repeatedly nicdunz's test, then found an X test that did not need a sign-in at all nicdunz's follow-up.

Premium's no-five-hour promise arrived during active changes to OpenAI's usage system. On August 25, thsottiaux said the five-hour limit would return for Plus accounts across ChatGPT Work and Codex, after an earlier postponement, while the $100 and $200 Pro plans would remain exempt for the following months thsottiaux's update.

The same rollout also exposed accounting bugs. OpenAI said a usage reset had propagated and that it had fixed issues causing excess token drain thsottiaux's update. When users asked whether Business accounts were included, thsottiaux replied that they were and that propagation should finish shortly thsottiaux's reply.

OpenAI's release note keeps the Premium distinction narrower: Premium has no five-hour usage limit, while weekly usage and the option to buy additional workspace credits remain part of the system. The product therefore separates short-session throttling from the broader capacity budget rather than removing usage accounting altogether.