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 This guide was prepared by Atlas Technica AI & Advisory to support the funds we work with today and the ones we will meet tomorrow. Vendors change plans and prices often, so confirm with the vendor(s) before you sign.

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Summary since the end of spring 2026

  • Claude Team - minimum seats: was “5 seats” → now: 2 seats (Anthropic dropped the floor from 5 to 2 seats; noted as of September 2026). Price per seat is unchanged at $20/user/mo annual, $25/mo monthly.
  • Claude Enterprise - pricing structure: was “Listed only as “Custom / sales-led”” → now: Anthropic now publishes a self-serve Enterprise price: $20/seat/month billed annually, plus usage billed at standard API rates. Self-serve requires a 20-seat minimum; sales-assisted contracts start at 50 seats.
  • ChatGPT Business - seat options: was “Single seat type at $20/$25 per user/mo” → now: OpenAI added a Premium seat tier (announced ~Aug 10, 2026) at $100/user/mo annual ($125 monthly) with roughly 5x the usage of a Standard seat. Standard seat pricing is unchanged.
  • ChatGPT Business & Enterprise - latest model: was “GPT-5.5” → now: GPT-5.6 family (Sol, Terra, Luna) reached general availability July 9, 2026 and replaced GPT-5.5 as OpenAI’s flagship model across Business and Enterprise workspaces.
  • ChatGPT Business & Enterprise - context window: was “Business ~32K non-reasoning / 196K reasoning; Enterprise ~128K non-reasoning / 196K reasoning” → now: Current published figures show larger windows: Business ~54K non-reasoning / 256K reasoning; Enterprise ~128K non-reasoning / 256K reasoning (reasoning-mode window increased for both tiers).
  • Gemini Enterprise - billing model: was “Sales-led contract only” → now: Google launched a pay-as-you-go / consumption billing option (Aug 26, 2026) for organizations with 20+ seats, which can be combined with or used instead of seat subscriptions.
  • Gemini Enterprise - usage / token pooling: was “Not published” → now: Google rolled out new metered, consumption-based billing for the agent platform in stages: Skills Registry (Jul 1, 2026), Agent Gateway (Jul 13, 2026), Semantic Governance Policy (Aug 1, 2026), and Memory Bank + Sessions (Sep 1, 2026).

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