Chatgpt Finally Offers $100/month Pro Plan

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2:29 PM PDT · April 9, 2026

OpenAI announced connected Thursday thing that powerfulness users person been asking for forever: a $100/month plan. Until now, plans were priced at: free (which now includes ads), an $8/month Go scheme (that besides includes ads), $20/month Plus scheme (ad free), and past each nan measurement up to a $200 Pro scheme (also advertisement free).

OpenAI’s pricing scheme page presently does not database a $200/month scheme astatine all. However, that highest tier is still available, OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch.

The exemplary shaper says Plus (which remains astatine $20/month) and nan new, $100 Pro tiers are geared to support regular usage of ChatGPT’s coding instrumentality Codex. The $100 Pro scheme will connection 5x much Codex than nan Plus plan.

OpenAI makes nary bones that this caller pricing tier is to situation Anthropic, which has agelong had a $100/month action for Claude.

“The caller $100 Pro Tier is designed to springiness developers much applicable coding capacity for nan money, particularly during high-intensity activity sessions wherever limits matter most. Compared pinch Claude Code, Codex delivers much coding capacity per dollar crossed paid tiers, pinch nan quality showing up astir intelligibly during progressive coding use,” an OpenAI spokesperson tells TechCrunch.

One point to know: OpenAI is offering moreover higher limits of Codex connected nan $100 scheme done May 31. So anyone who tries nan caller tier, goes comparatively huffy pinch coding and ne'er gets a complaint warning, beryllium advised that specified a business apt won’t last.

None of nan plans connection unlimited usage. The $200 plan, however, offers 20× higher limits than Plus. The exemplary shaper promises connected its FAQ that this is capable to support “your astir demanding workflows continuously, moreover crossed parallel projects.” Both Pro plans connection nan aforesaid halfway features. The main quality is nan complaint limits, nan institution says.

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The spokesperson besides says that much than 3 cardinal group globally are utilizing Codex each week, “up 5x successful nan past 3 months, pinch usage increasing much than 70% period complete month.”

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