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OpenAIPackaging change · Package change · Aug 24 → Aug 31, 2026

OpenAI API Business: new $100/mo Premium seat tier + 200-employee cap

Verified Aug 31, 2026AI & Machine LearningDirection: neutral
Covered on Pulse:Week in review, Week 36, 2026AI Brief, Week 36, 2026
The changeBusiness packaging — package change.
1 change2 capturesAug 24, 2026 → Aug 31, 2026

What happened

Between the Aug 24, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026 captures of OpenAI's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Business split into Standard seat ($20/mo annual, $25/mo monthly, unchanged) and new Premium seat ($100/mo annual, $125/mo monthly, 5x usage, no 5-hour limit); Business now capped at 200 employees (previously unbounded). In detail: Business plan restructured from single per-user pricing into two seat types: Standard seat ($20/mo annual, $25/mo monthly - unchanged) and new Premium seat ($100/mo annual, $125/mo monthly) offering 5x usage with no 5-hour limit. Business is now also capped at 200 employees (previously unbounded). Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 5, 2026) lists gpt-image-2.5-flare at $2 per 1M cached image input tokens + $30 per 1M image output tokens, gpt-6.1-sol at $0.2 per 1M cached input tokens (long context) + $2 per 1M input tokens (short context), gpt-6-luna at $0.25 per 1M cache write tokens (long context) + $0.2 per 1M input tokens (long context), gpt-5.6-sol at $30 per 1M output tokens (long context) + $8 per 1M input tokens (long context) and gpt-6-astra at $20 per 1M input tokens (long context) + $1 per 1M cached input tokens (short context).

It lands 112 days after OpenAI's previous change, "Openai API raises GPT-Realtime-2 text output 50%, adds translate" (May 11, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Openai API cuts image output pricing, launches GPT-image-2" (Apr 27, 2026), "Openai API slashes web search tool price 60% to $10 per 1k calls" (Apr 2, 2026) and "Openai API triples GPT-5 mini pricing, launches budget nano tier" (Mar 24, 2026). OpenAI has been tracked since 2023-11-14.

In the same window Microsoft, X, Metabase, Mistral AI and Anthropic also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.

  • Business · PackagingPackage change

    Business plan restructured from single per-user pricing into two seat types: Standard seat ($20/mo annual, $25/mo monthly - unchanged) and new Premium seat ($100/mo annual, $125/mo monthly) offering 5x usage with no 5-hour limit. Business is now also capped at 200 employees (previously unbounded).

Values as written on OpenAI's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.

Evidence

The two captures Pulse compared

Full-page captures of OpenAI's pricing page (openai.com) from Aug 24, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page.

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OpenAI, pricing history

Full history
  1. Oct 5, 2026improvedOpenai API halves GPT-6.1 Sol cached input price to $0.10 per 1M tokens
  2. Aug 31, 2026packagingOpenAI API Business: new $100/mo Premium seat tier + 200-employee cap · this change
  3. May 11, 2026increaseOpenai API raises GPT-Realtime-2 text output 50%, adds translate
  4. Apr 27, 2026decreaseOpenai API cuts image output pricing, launches GPT-image-2
  5. Apr 2, 2026decreaseOpenai API slashes web search tool price 60% to $10 per 1k calls
  6. Mar 24, 2026packagingOpenai API triples GPT-5 mini pricing, launches budget nano tier
  7. Apr 6, 2026packagingOpenai API launches GPT-5.4 at $2.50/M tokens, adds Containers tool
  8. Mar 18, 2026improvedOpenai API adds Sora-2-pro HD video tier at $0.70/second

Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window

All AI & Machine Learning changes
  1. MicrosoftAug 31Microsoft Speech: Voice Live Pro Cached Input $40→$0.40; GPT Realtime 2 added
  2. XAug 24X drops grok-4.5, adds Imagine image/video models and free Playground perk
  3. MetabaseAug 24Metabase quietly reveals Enterprise-only paid air-gapped deployment option
  4. Mistral AIAug 17Mistral AI folds Education into Pro, adds bundled API credits to entry plans
  5. AnthropicJul 23Anthropic: Fable model + context window disclosed in comparison table

Questions about this change

Did OpenAI raise prices in August 2026?

No list-price increase was recorded between Aug 24, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change.

What changed on OpenAI's pricing page between Aug 24, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026?

Business plan restructured from single per-user pricing into two seat types: Standard seat ($20/mo annual, $25/mo monthly - unchanged) and new Premium seat ($100/mo annual, $125/mo monthly) offering 5x usage with no 5-hour limit. Business is now also capped at 200 employees (previously unbounded). Pulse compared the captures it took on Aug 24, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.

How often does OpenAI change its pricing?

Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for OpenAI in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Openai API raises GPT-Realtime-2 text output 50%, adds translate" on May 11, 2026; OpenAI has been tracked since 2023-11-14.