OpenAI's $200 Pro returns with API-equivalent usage cut in half
机器之心 · wechat · 2026-09-29
OpenAI's Tibo (Thibault Sottiaux) announced the $200 Pro subscription, paused for nearly three weeks, will reopen to new users — but with usage recalculated to be worth only half the old plan's API-equivalent spend. Since GPT-6 Sol and Luna API prices also halved (Sol down to $2/$10 per million tokens), users of those models see roughly unchanged token volume; but GPT-6 Astra's API price didn't drop ($10/$50), so Astra-focused heavy users face a genuine 50% cut. SemiAnalysis previously estimated a maxed-out Pro sub was worth $14,000/month in API usage, making the tightening predictable.
Tibo offered four justifications: no return of the 5-hour limit, subscription value only rising as models get cheaper and better, avoiding incentives to inflate API list prices then discount, and new non-consuming perks coming. The pricing page had already quietly removed "5x/20x" multipliers, and a rumored $500 Pro Max tier appeared in the code. Whether existing users are affected, and whether DevDay announcements soften the blow, remain open questions.
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