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# ChatGPT Business quietly gets cheaper — US$20 a seat if you commit for the year
- URL: https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/news-chatgpt-business-price-cut-australia-2026/
- Published: 2026-04-02T23:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T05:24:48.000Z
- Description: A five-dollar seat cut and a new Codex-only seat type — small numbers that change the team-plan maths for Australian businesses.
- Author: Adam
- Tags: News, ChatGPT, Pricing, AI Assistants & Chatbots, Australia, #news

**Posted:** 3 April 2026 · **Category:** AI Assistants & Chatbots

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On 2 April OpenAI reduced **ChatGPT Business annual pricing to US$20 per seat per month** — a US$5 cut — while monthly billing stays at US$25\. It also added a **new Codex-only seat type** on flexible pricing for teams that only want the coding agent.

## What changed

The annual commitment now buys a real discount: US$20 versus US$25 is a 20% gap, where previously annual and monthly cost the same. And the Codex-only seat acknowledges something honest about how teams actually use this stuff — plenty of organisations have three people who need the full assistant and ten developers who only want the coding agent. Until now they all cost the same.

## What it means for Australians

At roughly 1.40, the annual seat lands near **A$31/month versus about A$38.75 monthly** — billed in USD from overseas, so check GST treatment and card fees on your invoice. For a ten-seat Australian team, the annual commitment now saves around A$900 a year against monthly billing. That's not nothing, but it buys lock-in: the discount is the price of a twelve-month decision in a market where the products reshuffle quarterly.

Our standing advice for small teams: take the monthly rate for the first quarter while you confirm the tool has stuck, then switch to annual once usage is proven. The new Codex-only seats are worth a look for any business with developers who rolled their eyes at paying for the full assistant — price your actual mix of seats rather than defaulting everyone to the same tier.

## What we're watching

Whether the price cut is competitive positioning ahead of more business-tier movement across the market — Microsoft's Copilot bundles have a promotional deadline of their own this quarter — and what the Codex-only seat costs in practice once flexible pricing meets real invoices.

## Sources

- OpenAI Help — Flexible pricing for the Enterprise, Edu and Business plans: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/11487671-flexible-pricing-for-the-enterprise-edu-and-business-plans (primary) \[Wayback snapshot TBC\]

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