OpenAI revives $200 Pro plan with API credit cuts
openai reopens $200 pro plan but cuts api credits in half to push pay-per-use pricing. this change affects subscribers and ai labs.
openai has reopened its $200-per-month pro subscription to new sign-ups, but with a significant change: api credits per dollar have been cut in half. according to employee thibault sottiaux, subscribers can still get more done than before, thanks to the release of gpt-6 sol and gpt-6 luna at lower api prices. the 5-hour usage cap has been removed, allowing subscribers to spread their weekly allotment as needed. this change reflects openai's move toward pay-per-use pricing, similar to microsoft's approach with copilot. the goal is to tie revenue more closely to the actual value companies derive from ai.