Claude Team Standard vs ChatGPT Business Standard
Short answer. Both cost $25 a seat a month, or $20 billed annually, and both start at two seats. What differs is what comes with the seat. ChatGPT Business Standard adds $20 a month of API credit per paid seat, pooled across the workspace and capped at $500; Claude Team Standard includes none. Claude Team Standard includes Claude Code and Claude Opus 5.5; ChatGPT Business Standard includes Codex. Choose by the agent your developers prefer, and count the credit only if you already pay for the OpenAI API.
Side by side
| Claude Team Standard | ChatGPT Business Standard | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $25/mo | $25/mo |
| Annual billing | $20/mo | $20/mo |
| Cost for a year | $240 | $240 |
| Kind | Web chat & coding agent | Web chat & coding agent |
| Usage limit | Per-seat usage with central billing and collaboration | Per-seat access with admin console and zero training on business data; $20/mo API credits per paid Standard seat |
| Main limitation | Two-seat minimum, 150-seat maximum; pooled admin features cost more than Pro | Two-seat minimum; premium seats cost $100/seat/mo |
| Source | Vendor pricing2026-11-02 | Vendor pricing2026-10-31 |
Choose Claude Team Standard if
- Your developers want Claude Code and Claude Opus 5.5 (58 on the AA Intelligence Index).
- Some developers need much more usage: Claude Team Premium seats cost $125 ($100 billed annually) for 5x more usage than a Standard seat.
- Your team will stay within 150 seats, the most Claude Team Standard allows.
Choose ChatGPT Business Standard if
- You build on the OpenAI API: $20 per paid seat a month, which stops growing at 25 seats when it reaches the $500 workspace cap.
- Your developers prefer Codex.
Included models
| Model | AA Intelligence | AA Cost / Task | Claude Team Standard | ChatGPT Business Standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 5.5 | 58 | $10.04 | Included | No |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 54 | $10.02 | Included | No |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | 36 | $0.41 | Included | No |
| Claude Code | — | — | Included | No |
| Codex | — | — | No | Included |
| GPT-6 models | — | — | No | Included |
| Shared workspace | — | — | No | Included |
Scores and cost per task are from the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, at API list prices. A subscription meters usage its own way, so treat them as a guide to model strength, not to your bill. All models →