OpenAI halves API value of $200 Pro plan, reopens sign‑ups
The $200 Pro plan reopens to new subscribers with usage worth half the API spend of the old plan, and no 5-hour limit, a post says.
OpenAI is reopening its $200 Pro subscription to new subscribers and changing how usage is counted, according to a post on X by thsottiaux. The post said that, "if you do the math," the plan will "net out at half the dollar in API spend" of the old Pro plan.
https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2104823812042940713
The post gave reasons for the change. It said OpenAI is committing to not reintroducing the 5-hour usage limit, so subscribers can spend their weekly allowance whenever they choose. It also argued that users would still get more work done than on the plan a month ago. Only part of the post was available for review.
Reaction was mixed. Developer Theo wrote that the transparency earned "mad respect" but that the change "hurts a lot." The commentator kimmonismus first read it as a halving of his plan. He then called the missing 5-hour limit exciting and predicted a price war.
The new usage formula is not published in the material reviewed, so how the halving maps to real workloads is not confirmed. A later post from the same account said the day was DevDay and that it was "all good news," without details. OpenAI has not commented in the sources reviewed.