ChatGPT Pro Plan Launches at $100 Monthly
▼ Summary
– OpenAI has introduced a new $100/month Pro plan for ChatGPT, positioned between the $20/month Plus plan and a $200/month Pro plan.
– The new $100 tier offers 5x more usage of the Codex coding tool than the Plus plan and is explicitly designed to compete with Anthropic’s Claude.
– The existing $200/month Pro plan, though not listed on the pricing page, remains available and offers 20x higher usage limits than the Plus plan.
– OpenAI is temporarily offering even higher Codex limits on the $100 plan through May 31, but no plan provides unlimited usage.
– Weekly global usage of Codex has grown to over 3 million people, a fivefold increase in the past three months.
OpenAI has introduced a new $100 monthly Pro plan for ChatGPT, a move directly responding to developer demand for greater capacity. This tier sits between the existing $20 Plus plan and a higher, less-advertised $200 Pro option. The company positions the new plan as a competitive answer to rival Anthropic’s similarly priced Claude offering, specifically designed to support intensive daily use of its Codex coding tool.
The primary distinction between the $100 and $200 Pro plans lies in their rate limits. While both provide the same core features, the $100 tier offers five times more Codex capacity than the Plus plan. The $200 plan, which remains available, provides a substantially higher limit, described by OpenAI as sufficient for the most demanding, continuous workflows across multiple projects. A spokesperson emphasized that Codex delivers more coding capacity per dollar compared to Claude Code, particularly during active development sessions.
For a limited time, users of the new $100 plan will experience even higher Codex limits through the end of May. The company notes that none of its plans offer unlimited usage, with the temporary boost intended to give developers a more robust trial period. Adoption of Codex is growing rapidly, with OpenAI reporting over 3 million weekly global users, a figure that has increased fivefold in the last quarter.
(Source: TechCrunch)
