# Codex for teams: your options compared

> Five ways to run OpenAI Codex for an engineering team, and what each one includes.

By Eimen, founder of Leverage Computer. Last reviewed 12 November 2026.

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## The short answer

- **Most teams: ChatGPT Business.** $20 per user a month billed yearly, Codex included, with Codex cloud, GitHub code review, Slack and Linear [1][3][4].
- **Larger companies: ChatGPT Enterprise** for SCIM, role-based access and audit logs through the Compliance API [1][5].
- **Usage billing without seats:** an API key, but only in the CLI, SDK and IDE extension, with no cloud features [1].
- **Codex in CI:** the open-source CLI and the Codex GitHub Action [6][8].
- **Leverage Computer** if your team runs Codex and Claude Code every day and wants to run more of both at once: shared sessions, work that keeps going with laptops closed and starts from webhooks or schedules, and rules on every tool call [9][10][17][11].

**Figure: What each way of signing in unlocks.** The way you sign in decides where Codex can run and who can see it.

- API key: Usage billing, no cloud features [1]. CLI, SDK, IDE extension.
- ChatGPT Business: Seats, with Codex cloud included [1][3]. CLI, IDE, Codex cloud, GitHub review, Slack, Linear.
- ChatGPT Enterprise: Adds admin controls [1]. SCIM, Role-based access, Compliance API.
- Leverage Computer: Your plan or key, on shared computers [9][10]. Codex, Claude Code, Grok Build, Live sharing, Approvals.

## What to compare

1. **What's included.** Local, cloud and integrations such as GitHub review, Slack and Linear.
2. **Admin controls.** SSO, SCIM, roles and audit logs.
3. **Billing.** Seats, shared credits or API usage.
4. **Where tasks run** and whether teammates can follow the work.

## Side by side

|  | Codex surfaces | Admin controls | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ChatGPT Business | Local, cloud, GitHub review, Slack, Linear [1][3][4] | SAML SSO and MFA [1] | $20 per user a month billed yearly, $25 monthly; 2+ users [1] |
| ChatGPT Enterprise | Same; Codex cloud off by default until an admin enables it [5] | SCIM, EKM, role-based access, Compliance API audit logs [1][5] | Contact sales [1] |
| API key | CLI, SDK and IDE extension only [1] | Your API organization | API pricing [1] |
| CLI and GitHub Action | Your terminal and CI [6][8] | Your CI | ChatGPT sign-in or an API key [6][7] |
| Leverage Computer | Codex next to Claude Code and Grok Build, each session on its own VM [9][10] | Allow, ask or deny per tool; every call recorded [11] | $0.50 per agent hour, plus your ChatGPT plan, API key or credits [12] |

## The options

### ChatGPT Business: the default for most teams

**Strengths**

- "ChatGPT Work and Codex are included", and "share usage" [1].
- Codex cloud gives each task "its own workspace" that "can keep working while your computer is asleep", and can open pull requests [3].
- Request reviews with `@codex review` on GitHub; start work from Slack or Linear [4][13][14].
- Business and Enterprise "can purchase credits for more access" [2].

**Weaknesses**

- Slack delegation needs "a published environment shared with the workspace", set up by an owner or admin [13].
- SCIM, role-based access and audit logs are Enterprise features [1].

**Price.** Standard seat $20 per user a month billed yearly, $25 monthly, from 2 users [1][2]. A Premium seat with "more usage than Standard, with no 5-hour limit" is also offered [2].

### ChatGPT Enterprise: for companies that need SCIM and audit

**Strengths**

- Adds "SCIM, EKM, user analytics, domain verification, and role-based access control" and "Audit logs and usage monitoring via the Compliance API" [1].
- Admins choose who can use Codex locally or in the cloud and who manages shared environments [5].

**Weaknesses**

- "Codex Cloud is off by default for Enterprise workspaces" [5].
- Pricing through sales [1].

**Price.** Contact sales [1].

### Codex with an API key: for usage-based billing

**Strengths**

- "Pay for Codex usage based on API pricing" [1].

**Weaknesses**

- "No cloud-based features (GitHub code review, Slack, etc.)" [1].
- Codex cloud requires signing in with ChatGPT [7].

**Price.** API pricing [1].

### Codex CLI and GitHub Action: for automation in CI

**Strengths**

- The CLI is open source under Apache-2.0 [6].
- The `openai/codex-action@v1` Action can "run Codex in CI/CD jobs, apply patches, or post reviews" [8].

**Weaknesses**

- Each run lives in your CI logs, so the team has no shared place to follow it.

**Price.** Free to install; usage comes from your ChatGPT plan or API key [6][7].

### Leverage Computer: for teams that run Claude Code or Codex every day and want to run much more of it

We make Leverage Computer. This section uses our own public pages, and it says where Leverage Computer does not fit.

Leverage Computer runs Codex, Claude Code and Grok Build sessions side by side in one workspace. Each session gets its own VM with a terminal, a browser and a persistent disk [9][10].

**Strengths**

- **Use your ChatGPT plan.** Connect ChatGPT, Claude or Grok plans, or API keys, and pool several accounts [9].
- **Every harness gets the same files, memory, skills and connected apps** [9].
- **Multiplayer.** Teammates can watch, steer, queue or stop a session [15].
- **Approvals.** Reads run; sends, deletes and deploys wait for a person by default [11].
- **Your own environments.** Set variables and secrets and pick them per space or session. A secret can be added to HTTPS headers by the network, so its value never enters the VM [10].
- **PR Auto-fix.** Turn it on for a pull request, and the agent fixes failed checks, answers review comments and resolves merge conflicts until it is merged or closed [16].

**Where Leverage Computer is the wrong choice**

- **Your team only uses Codex and is happy in ChatGPT.** Business already includes Codex cloud, GitHub review, Slack and Linear [1][4].
- **You need SCIM or a compliance API today.** ChatGPT Enterprise lists them [1]. Leverage Computer is built for startups and does not offer them yet.
- **Self-hosting.** Leverage Computer does not offer it.

**Price.** $0.50 per agent hour on Standard. AI from your own plan or key, or credits at the provider's cost plus 20% [12].

## How to choose

1. **Everyone on Codex, with GitHub and Slack?** ChatGPT Business [1].
2. **Need SCIM, roles and audit logs?** ChatGPT Enterprise [1].
3. **Only CI automation?** The CLI and GitHub Action [6][8].
4. **Codex and Claude Code side by side, on shared computers with approvals?** Leverage Computer [9][11].

## Questions

**How much does Codex cost for a team?**
Codex is included in ChatGPT Business at $20 per user a month billed yearly ($25 monthly), from 2 users [1].

**Can Codex open pull requests?**
Yes. Codex cloud can commit or open a pull request when you are ready [3].

**Does Codex work with an API key?**
Yes, in the CLI, SDK and IDE extension, billed at API pricing, without cloud features such as GitHub code review or Slack [1].

## Sources

Checked on 12 November 2026.

1. Codex docs, pricing: https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing
2. ChatGPT, pricing: https://chatgpt.com/pricing
3. Codex docs, cloud: https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/cloud
4. Codex docs, GitHub: https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/third-party/github
5. Codex docs, admin rollout guide: https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/enterprise/admin-setup
6. openai/codex on GitHub: https://github.com/openai/codex
7. Codex docs, authentication: https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/auth
8. Codex docs, GitHub Action: https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/github-action
9. Leverage Computer, harnesses: https://leverage.computer/harnesses/
10. Leverage Computer, the computer underneath: https://leverage.computer/compute/
11. Leverage Computer, AI governance: https://leverage.computer/governance/
12. Leverage Computer, pricing: https://leverage.computer/pricing/
13. Codex docs, Slack: https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/third-party/slack
14. Codex docs, Linear: https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/third-party/linear
15. Leverage Computer, work in the open: https://leverage.computer/teams/
16. Leverage Computer, Git under everything: https://leverage.computer/git/
17. Leverage Computer, automations: https://leverage.computer/automations/

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