ChatGPT Workspace Agents Just Went Paid and Here's What It Costs Filipino Teams Starting Today

If your team uses ChatGPT Business and has been enjoying workspace agents for free, that changed today. OpenAI's extended free preview ended on July 6, 2026, and credit-based pricing is now live.

What are workspace agents?

Workspace agents are ChatGPT-powered automations your team can build, share, and run on a schedule -- think of them as a coworker running quietly in the background. You describe a repeatable workflow, and the agent handles it. Real examples from OpenAI customers:

• A lead outreach agent that researches inbound leads, scores them, drafts personalized follow-up emails, and updates a CRM -- cutting 5 to 6 hours of weekly rep work.
• A weekly metrics reporter that pulls data every Friday, generates charts, writes the narrative, and delivers a report to the team.
• A product feedback router that monitors Slack and support channels, then turns signals into prioritized tickets and weekly summaries.

What does it cost now?

ChatGPT Business costs $25 per user per month (roughly PHP 1,400/month per user at current rates), or $20/month billed annually. Workspace agents consume credits on top of the base subscription, with a typical agent run using 5 to 25 credits depending on complexity, input size, and output length.

OpenAI publishes a rate card in its Help Center with detailed pricing by model and task type so you can estimate your actual spend before committing.

Is it worth it for a Philippine business?

Honest answer: it depends on repetition. If your team runs the same multi-step workflow more than a few times a week -- lead research, report writing, ticket routing -- the time savings will far outweigh the credit cost. At PHP 1,400 per user monthly, you need one agent run to save roughly 30 minutes of work per day to break even.

If you are still exploring, the free ChatGPT account and the $20/month Plus tier are both enough to test workflows manually before upgrading. Build the habit first, then automate it.

Quick test to see if agents are right for your team: Name one task you do more than 3 times a week that follows the same steps every time. If you can name it in one sentence, you can probably automate it with a workspace agent.

Source: OpenAI -- Introducing Workspace Agents in ChatGPT