Ran the numbers: ChatGPT's $200 Pro plan nets ~$4,300/month of usage, $500 plan ~$10,500
koltregaskes · x · 2026-10-31
Blogger theo ran the math on OpenAI's updated Codex plan changes: the $500/month plan works out to roughly $10,500 of API-equivalent usage per month, while the $200 plan nets about $4,300 (the reposter cites $3,500).
Either way, OpenAI is still heavily subsidizing power users — subscribing beats paying API rates by an order of magnitude. The huge gap between subscription pricing and API pricing suggests OpenAI is aggressively courting developers, though the sustainability is questionable.
Related event: Blogger Crunches Numbers on Codex Subscription Value(2 posts)→
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