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If you run a business that requires heavy usage of AI tools, chances are you either pay thousands of dollars in buying their team plans or try to find ways to share them. For my marketing agency, this is the case.
We need multiple AI tools (ChatGPT for content, MidJourney for images, Veo3 for videos) to deliver work to our clients. The problem is that the bills for multiple tools stack up quite fast, especially with team plans, which cost a lot.
So out of frustration, we started using multiple methods to share one ChatGPT account within our team. In this blog, I will share all the methods I used to safely share a ChatGPT account without risking bans and maximizing productivity, along with the pros and cons of each method.
Guide: Share ChatGPT Account Using Gologin
Setting up Gologin is simple enough and can be done in 1 minute. You don’t need any tech knowledge or lengthy setups. Here’s how to do it:
1. Install Gologin: Sign up for a free account, then download and install the app on your computer.
Gologin main screen with several browser profiles for different platforms.
2. Create a Browser Profile With Proxy: Click + icon at the top left to create a new browser profile. You can think of these profiles as completely separate laptops.
Here you also need to add a proxy IP (see below) – click on needed country name in Location column. A clean IP address will assign automatically.
Adding tags and notes is optional for your convenience.
3. Log In to ChatGPT: Run the profile you just created. It will look exactly like Google Chrome since its built on Chromium so you will feel very familiar with it. Go to ChatGPT and log in with your credentials.
Once you’re in, you now have an active ChatGPT session within your Gologin profile.
4. Share the Profile with Your Team: In the browser profile you just used, click the three-dot menu and choose “Sharing”. Enter your teammate’s Gologin account email in the invite field and set their access permission. Then click Send Invite.
5. Save the Session: You can simply close the browser window. Gologin will store all cookies and other info about your profile into a safe cloud.
Next time you open this profile (or your teammate opens it from their device) – it will still be logged into ChatGPT. The session doesn’t break, but pauses and then continues.
No password or verification is required because it’s essentially the same “device” and session that you set up. They can now use all ChatGPT features just as if they were sitting at your computer.
Do My Friends Need To Install Gologin?
Yes. Your team member/client needs to have Gologin installed as well (you can still collaborate even if you or them are on a 3-profile free plan). Once they accept your invite (via email), the profile you shared will also appear in their account.
When they launch the “ChatGPT” profile on their device, it will open the same browser session with the same environment you set up. That’s how you stay logged in.
You can visit Gologin’s super affordable pricing plans here. Notice that the 3-profile free plan has some limits on sharing.
Do I Need To Pay For The Proxy?
Gologin offers some free residential proxy traffic upon sign up. When you use it all, you can buy more inside the app by clicking Buy proxy, or freely paste and use your own proxies from other companies.
Can I Simply Share Password To My Gologin App?
Yes, but only if you trust that person enough. Be aware that if your main Gologin password is changed by your teammates or employees, it will be impossible to recover.
We recommend sharing the profiles or inviting team members so you have admin control as the account owner.
More AI Tools You Can Share With Multiple People Using Gologin
The biggest advantage of using Gologin is that you’re not only sharing ChatGPT, you can share any other AI tool or social media account you want. Think of it this way, if you are running a business like me, you can log into social media accounts in some profiles and provide access to the marketing team, WhatsApp and Telegram accounts’ access to the customer support team and so on.
For example, SEO platforms like Ahrefs often charge per user, but Gologin lets teams share one subscription without repeated verification codes or forced logouts.
You can use Gologin for MidJourney, Gemini, Claude, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, social media accounts and anything that you want to provide access of to other people.
Why People Share ChatGPT Plus/Pro Subscriptions
Sharing a single ChatGPT account isn’t always about cutting corners and saving costs. The biggest reason for my agency was that we needed to collaborate on the same chats and projects inside ChatGPT. There were so many frustrating constraints that eventually led us to buy a team plan for 20 people, which cost us $500 a month.
Collaborating on Same Chats and Projects in ChatGPT
If you’ve ever shared a chat with someone else through your link, they only get access to what you’ve done until that point. Whatever you do after sharing the link is not updated for the other user.
Moreover, when we created separate projects for each client (each project consisting of multiple chats), you couldn’t share whole projects or invite someone to collaborate. This isolated the process for my team.
Now, your team can access those projects and chats if you’re on a Team or Enterprise plan, but they cost hundreds of even thousands of dollars depending on your usage.
Saving Costs on ChatGPT Team & Enterprise Plans
Another obvious reason, as I previously mentioned is cost. You get a basic set of features for your team at a much higher cost, just so that you can access someone else’s chats without having to share passwords.
If only 5 people in my team of 20 heavily rely on ChatGPT while others only occasionally use it, does it make sense for me to pay $375/month for those extra 15 people? That’s the problem.
The goal isn’t to violate policies, but simply to collaborate or get more value out of a single subscription. However, there are some important rules and limitations from OpenAI that you need to be aware of first.
Is Sharing a ChatGPT Plus Account Even Worth It?
Let’s do some quick maths. A normal ChatGPT Plus subscription costs $20/month, but users very rarely hit the usage ceiling, which resets every few hours. However, the team plan is priced at $25 per member and offers the same set of features as ChatGPT Plus. If we share a Plus account in 5 people, we’re good to go. If we go with the Team plan, we pay $125/month.
But what about the Pro plan at $200/month? This plan has extended usage, 4 times bigger context window (how much data it can process at once), higher limits on image generation, Sora, Codex and so much more.
So why don’t you buy the Plus plan, which is exceedingly better than the Plus plan (and you never hit the usage limits), and share it with your team? Moreover, some features are only available to Pro users and not to teams or enterprises. This is why it’s actually more cost-effective and productive to share a ChatGPT subscription with a team.
ChatGPT Account Sharing Policy and Pricing
Compare ChatGPT plans and their offerings on their pricing page.
Currently, OpenAI’s multiple accounts policy for ChatGPT is this:
- One account = one user. According to OpenAI’s Terms of Use, you cannot share account credentials with others.
- Multiple devices are fine (phone, laptop, desktop) as long as it’s just you. Help Center confirms there’s no strict device limit.
- Account sharing risks:
- Frequent re-verifications (email/phone).
- Forced logouts if multiple IPs are detected.
- Potential account suspension for terms violations.
6 Ways to Share a ChatGPT Account With Multiple People
Here are six tested ways to share a ChatGPT Plus subscription with multiple people. I will include pros and cons, my own personal experience, and which methods are suggested by OpenAI.
1. Use ChatGPT Team Plan (Official Way)
The easiest official solution for multiple users is to upgrade to an actual multi-seat plan. ChatGPT Team (also called ChatGPT for business) is OpenAI’s supported way to have several people under one billing. You simply invite your teammates or family members to your team workspace via their email.
This complies with OpenAI’s rules, and there’s no risk of getting banned for sharing since you’re not really “sharing one login”; you’re paying for a plan that allows multiple logins.
The downside? Cost. Team plans run about $25 per user monthly. If you have 5 people, that’s $125+ per month, which is a big jump from a single $20 Plus account. In short, if budget isn’t an issue and you want zero headaches, this route is the safest. But since you’re reading a guide on sharing accounts, you’re probably looking for cheaper alternatives.
2. Sharing ChatGPT Account Password (Not Recommended)
Why even bother writing a long blog on this? Just share your password with your team or friends, right? Actually, NO. Not only does this violate OpenAI’s policies, but it can result in an account ban, or best-case scenario, you keep getting logged out again and again from those devices for having different IPs.
If you use the same account from two different IPs from two different locations, you’re in trouble. You will be logged out and asked to verify your identity first few times before they block you.
Furthermore, why would you share your password to your account? It’s a security risk, especially if you’re signed up via Google, etc.
3. Using the Same VPN To Share a ChatGPT Account with Multiple People
If IP is the problem, then you can use the same VPN to access the account, and it should work. As a matter of fact, it does. But in this case, you don’t only have to share your ChatGPT password, you also have to buy a VPN and share that password as well. Double trouble.
If you use a free VPN, you don’t get the option to choose a dedicated IP for yourself. You and your friend will be assigned random IPs which can rotate or drop mid-connection, which is another hassle to deal with.
4. ChatGPT Group Buying and Account Sharing (Dangerous and Frustrating)
If you don’t already know, there are many people who sell ‘group buy’ services where they take money from multiple people (lets say they only take 3$ from each person for a $20 ChatGPT Plus subscription), and provide numerous people access to the same account.
The result? A very cheap way to access ChatGPT Plus, where so many people are using it at once, creating countless chats and never deleting them, or even deleting the chats you’re working on.
That account will always be on top of its usage limits, and people will be generating countless chats and images from it. I tried it once in the early days of ChatGPT, and whenever I would take a 20-30 minute break, the chats would either be deleted by someone or disappear somewhere deep below since there were like 40-50 people using one account.
Not to mention how big a security concern it is to share your personal or company info on shared accounts.
5. Using Remote Desktop to Share ChatGPT Account (Not Recommended)
Using Remote Desktop apps to access someone else’s screen is a common practice in the business world (especially in IT). How does it work? For instance, I can use Remote Desktop or other similar tools (available only for desktops) to access someone else’s screen and access ChatGPT on it.
So you set up ChatGPT in one device and keep it turned on at all times, while others use Remote Desktop apps to access your screen.
The downside? Your device gets slower and everyone needs to set up Remote Desktop tools and access a slower version of your PC that keeps lagging. Moreover, they are not only accessing ChatGPT, but they also have remote access to your entire desktop.
6. Gologin Anti-Detect Browser (Safe, Fast, Reliable)
All the above methods have major cons to them, like sharing passwords, managing similar IPs, risking bans, or giving away your PC’s entire access. However, if you use an anti-detect browser, you not only solve the problem of sharing ChatGPT, but also everything else.
In my experience, anti-detect browsers have been the most productive finding for my business, that have saved me costs and boosted my team’s productivity. How anti-detect browsers work is that you create an isolated profile in it and assign it a specific fingerprint.
This means that the profile has its own IP address and MAC address. So it does not matter where you launch it from; on all devices, it will look as if the traffic is coming from the same device.
The best part? You don’t have to share passwords.
Let me explain. You create an isolated profile in the Gologin anti-detect browser, log in to ChatGPT, and invite all your team members to use that profile. All members can now access that profile from their own devices and appear as if all the traffic is coming from one single device. This eliminates the risk of ban, sharing passwords, or getting logged out.
Here is the step-by-step process.
Conclusion
I use the Gologin Antidetect browser to manage all the AI tools and other subscriptions for my business. It helps me easily share subscriptions without having to share passwords or worrying about security concerns. Learn more about Gologin’s features and pricing plans.
Here’s to saving money while staying productive.
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