OpenAI allows a single-seat ChatGPT Business plan: €21.85 with GPT-6 Pro and $240 in API credits

If you pay for ChatGPT Plus, it may be worth taking a look at the Business checkout page. OpenAI has quietly changed the terms: the plan previously required at least two paid seats, but some users can now buy it for just one person. The author of the Telegram channel “Metaversishche i IIsche” tested this on his own account and found a fairly attractive offer.

What changed and how much it costs

The headline change is the availability of a single Business Standard seat. When attempting to upgrade from Plus, the author saw a price of €21.85. He estimates that, with annual billing, this matches the regular Plus plan. He also confirmed that the system lets him select one Standard seat for €21.85 with monthly billing. It is best to check the final price yourself, as it may vary by region.

There is an important caveat: OpenAI officially confirms that this option is not available to everyone. This is not a public promotion, but a setting enabled for some accounts.

What you get instead of Plus

According to the author, based on information in OpenAI’s help documentation, the package includes:

• GPT-6 Extra High: the maximum reasoning level, unavailable on Plus.
• GPT-6 Pro: 15 messages per month with the most powerful model based on GPT-6 Astra. The limit is shared with GPT-5.6 Sol Pro, making this more of a tool for occasional complex tasks than an everyday workhorse.
• Up to $240 in API credits per year: $20 for every paid month. With an annual subscription, the bonus may be credited for the entire year at once. The credits work only in the OpenAI API and cannot be used to pay for ChatGPT. Activation becomes available after seven days of subscription and is subject to the promotion’s terms.
• 10 active scheduled tasks instead of five on Plus. This can be useful for automating news monitoring, research, or recurring reports.

A practical example: a developer who already tests prototypes through the API effectively receives an almost free experimentation budget. At a subscription price of around €22, $20 a month meaningfully offsets costs if you use the API anyway.

Where the catch lies

It is important to avoid the wrong conclusion. According to OpenAI’s official table, the five-hour limits in ChatGPT Work and Codex are identical for Plus and Business Standard. For example, the ranges are 5–45 local messages for GPT-6 Astra, 15–160 for GPT-6.1 Sol, 15–150 for GPT-6 Sol, and 350–3000 for GPT-6 Luna. So if you were expecting more Codex capacity than Plus provides, you will not get it.

The second issue is that, starting in December, OpenAI plans to combine ChatGPT and Codex usage into a shared token budget. The change will affect Plus, Pro, and Business. The final quota sizes have not yet been announced, so it is impossible to say whether Business will benefit under the new system or lose some of its advantages.

How to check and what to do

Open chatgpt.com/team-sign-up, select Business Standard, set the number of seats to 1, and check the final price. If the system lets you purchase one seat, the offer is available for your account. If it requires a minimum of two, it is not available yet.

My practical takeaways:

• If you use Plus and the API, monthly billing lets you test the plan without a major commitment.
• If your priority is specifically more Codex capacity, there is no reason to switch: the limits are the same.
• If you intend to pay for a full year upfront, wait for the December quotas. The limits under the new system are unknown, and an annual payment is harder to reverse.
• Do not forget the credit conditions: a seven-day waiting period and compliance with the promotion’s terms.

The author candidly admits at the end that he is still deciding whether to click the payment button. That is a sensible reaction: the offer looks attractive on paper, but its value depends on how OpenAI divides the shared token budget. All key conditions are described in OpenAI’s help articles, which are linked in the original post.