OpenAI is the AI company that makes ChatGPT and offers its models to developers through the OpenAI API.
ChatGPT can search the web for recent information, create illustrations and mockups from text prompts, and hold spoken conversations in the mobile app and on supported desktop and web platforms. You can upload documents, spreadsheets and presentations, and ChatGPT can analyze and chart spreadsheet data by running code in a secure environment. Canvas is a shared workspace for writing, editing or debugging, and memory lets ChatGPT keep useful facts such as your preferences. Some users can also schedule tasks, like reminders.
OpenAI pitches ChatGPT Business at teams doing real work with AI. It gives examples by department: engineers turning bug reports or feature requests into review-ready code, finance teams preparing for month-end close or budget forecasts, marketers turning campaign briefs into launch-ready assets, and sales teams keeping up with customer accounts. Colleagues can be added to a team and build together in pages that draw on shared company context. Security features include SSO and multi-factor authentication.
Connected apps link ChatGPT to services like Google Drive, Slack, GitHub, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Box and Notion. Some apps also let ChatGPT take actions such as creating or updating information, and which apps you get depends on your plan. Developers can use the API’s Agents SDK and Responses API to build agent workflows, and give agents context through built-in file search, web search and remote MCP server tools. Support resources include API documentation, a developer forum and a help center.
ChatGPT has a free plan, Go and Plus for individuals who need more usage, Pro for the heaviest use, and Business and Enterprise for teams, with admin controls and workspace data kept out of training. Nonprofits get discounts on Business and Enterprise. Current prices are in the pricing box above.