ChatGPT vs Claude pricing

Both vendors' US prices, lined up by tier. Read on OpenAI's and Anthropic's own pages on Nov 1, 2026; list prices before tax.

The short answer

The everyday plans cost the same: ChatGPT Plus and Claude Pro are both $20.00/month.
Claude Pro is $40.00 cheaper over a year if you pay yearly ($200.00 vs $240.00).
ChatGPT has a cheaper paid tier (Go, $8.00/month) and a higher one (Pro 500 at $500.00/month).
Team pricing is identical: $25.00 per seat monthly or $20.00 yearly for standard seats (2-seat minimum on both).

Tier	ChatGPT (OpenAI)	Claude (Anthropic)
Free	Free	Free
Budget	Go: $8.00/mo	—
Standard ($20)	Plus: $20.00/mo	Pro: $20.00/mo, $17.00/mo yearly
$100	Pro 100: $100.00/mo	Max: $100.00/mo
$200	Pro 200: $200.00/mo	Ultra: $200.00/mo
$500	Pro 500: $500.00/mo	—
Team, standard seat	Business, standard seat: $25.00/mo, $20.00/mo yearly per seat	Team, standard seat: $25.00/mo, $20.00/mo yearly per seat
Team, premium seat	Business, premium seat: $125.00/mo, $100.00/mo yearly per seat	Team, premium seat: $125.00/mo, $100.00/mo yearly per seat
Enterprise	Contact sales	Enterprise: from $20.00/mo yearly per seat

Sources: OpenAI ChatGPT pricing, ChatGPT docs, Claude pricing. Claude Enterprise adds usage charges that scale with model and task, with a 20-seat minimum.

Team cost: ChatGPT Business vs Claude Team

Plan	Per month	Per year	Basis
ChatGPT Business, standard	$200.00	$2,400.00	billed yearly
Claude Team, standard	$200.00	$2,400.00	billed yearly
ChatGPT Business, premium	$1,000.00	$12,000.00	billed yearly
Claude Team, premium	$1,000.00	$12,000.00	billed yearly

List prices before tax and discounts. Where a plan isn't sold on the billing you picked, the basis column says which price we used.

What each tier includes, in the vendors' words

Price is only half the comparison. These are the inclusions most likely to decide between the plans, quoted from OpenAI's and Anthropic's own pricing and help pages on Nov 1, 2026. We quote rather than summarise because both vendors describe usage limits in their own terms, and both change them often.

Tier	ChatGPT	Claude
Free	"Unlimited text chats with GPT-6" source "Unlimited text chats subject to abuse guardrails." source "Limited deep research" source	"Limited usage every 5 hours and every week" source "Search the web, create files, and run code" source "Memory across conversations" source
$20 a month	"Advanced reasoning models with GPT-6" source "Expanded deep research" source "Codex on the web, in the CLI, in the IDE extension, and on iOS" source "Plus subscriptions may include usage limits such as message caps, especially during high demand." source	"More usage than Free, every 5 hours and every week" source "Pro plans have a five-hour limit and a weekly usage limit that applies across all models." source "Claude Code access" source "The Pro plan does not include API usage through the Claude Console." source
$100 and up	"Your choice of 3 usage tiers" source "Pro 200 includes more usage than Pro 100. Pro 500 offers the highest included usage of the three plans." source "Pro reasoning powered by GPT-6 Astra" source "Maximum deep research" source	Max: "5x Pro usage every 5 hours and every week" source Max: "$100 a month in API credits to build on the Claude Platform" source Ultra: "10x Pro usage every week" source Ultra: "No 5-hour limit for verified accounts" source
Teams	"For teams of 2–200 employees. Unlimited subject to abuse guardrails." source "More usage than Standard, with no 5-hour limit." source "Secure workspace with SAML, SSO, and MFA" source "No training on your business data by default" source	"For teams of 2 to 150" source "5x more usage than standard seats" source "Single sign-on (SSO)" source "No model training on your content by default" source
Enterprise	"Enterprise-level security and controls, including SCIM, EKM, user analytics, domain verification, and role-based access controls" source "Support for data residency in ten regions" source "24/7 priority support, SLAs, custom legal terms, and access to AI advisors (eligible customers)" source	"Seat price + usage at API rates" source "Compliance API for observability and monitoring" source "HIPAA-ready offering available" source

Model names and limits change often; the linked vendor pages are the source of truth. Quotes are exact, shortened to one sentence or phrase.

What the price doesn't tell you

Matching prices don't mean matching value. The plans differ in usage limits, which models you can use, file and context limits, and admin features for teams, and both vendors change these more often than prices. We compare prices because they're objective and verifiable; for limits and features, the vendor pages linked above are the source of truth.

If you're deciding as a team, run a two-week trial with a few people on each and compare how often each tool gets used. Unused AI seats are an easy cost to miss: at $20.00 a seat, ten idle seats are $2,400.00 a year. The unused license calculator does that math for your numbers.

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Questions and answers

Is Claude cheaper than ChatGPT?

At the $20 tier the monthly price is the same: ChatGPT Plus is $20.00 and Claude Pro $20.00 a month. Claude Pro is cheaper if you pay for a year up front ($200.00, versus $240.00 for twelve months of Plus); OpenAI's US pages didn't show a yearly Plus plan when we checked. ChatGPT has a cheaper paid tier, Go, at $8.00 a month.

Do ChatGPT Business and Claude Team cost the same?

Yes, on list price. Both charge $25.00 per standard seat on monthly billing and $20.00 per seat on yearly billing, and $125.00 or $100.00 for premium seats, with a minimum of 2 seats. Differences are in features, limits and admin tools, not price.

What do the $100 and $200 plans get you?

Higher usage limits and earlier or broader access to features. ChatGPT Pro comes at $100.00, $200.00 and $500.00 a month; Claude has Max at $100.00 and Ultra at $200.00. Each vendor describes limits in its own terms, so compare the plan pages for the features you need.

Which should I choose?

Price won't decide it at the $20 tier, because the prices match. Try both free tiers on your own tasks, then pay for the one you reach for more. Paying for both costs $480 a year.