ChatGPT Pro Adds $100 Tier

OpenAI just inserted a new price step into ChatGPT: $100 a month instead of forcing heavy users to jump straight from $20 Plus to $200 Pro. The company says the new tier is for people using Codex every day, not for casual chat. (help.openai.com) Codex is OpenAI’s coding agent inside ChatGPT. It can help write code, review changes, and work across the terminal, integrated development environment, web app, and cloud so a developer can keep one thread of context instead of starting over in each tool. (help.openai.com) (openai.com) The pricing problem was simple: Plus at $20 was pitched for “select projects throughout the week,” while the older $200 Pro plan was pitched for “most demanding workflows continuously.” That left a wide gap for people coding every day but not running an around-the-clock workload. (help.openai.com) OpenAI’s new menu now describes Plus as “lighter use,” the new $100 Pro as “built for real projects,” and the $200 Pro as “for heavy lifting.” In other words, the company split one premium tier into two rungs aimed at different levels of developer intensity. (help.openai.com) (techcrunch.com) The main extra you buy at $100 is more Codex room. OpenAI says the new tier includes five times the Codex usage of Plus, while the $200 plan keeps much higher overall limits for people running parallel projects for long stretches. (help.openai.com) (macrumors.com) There is also a temporary boost layered on top. OpenAI’s help pages say Pro plans currently have elevated Codex limits, and reporting on the new $100 tier says the displayed allowance includes a temporary two-times boost that runs through May 31, 2026. (help.openai.com) (venturebeat.com) OpenAI also changed what happens when you hit the cap. Plus and Pro users can now buy extra credits for Codex instead of upgrading plans, which turns the subscription into something closer to a phone plan with a base allowance and paid overage. (developers.openai.com) (help.openai.com) That matters because Codex has been spreading beyond one chat box. OpenAI has spent the last few months pushing it into a command-line tool, integrated development environment extensions, GitHub, the web app, and even the iPhone app, so usage can pile up fast when one person keeps it running across several places. (openai.com 1) (openai.com 2) The timing also lines up with OpenAI’s push toward more professional coding work. In March 2026 the company launched GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.4 Pro in ChatGPT, the application programming interface, and Codex, describing them as models for “professional work” and “maximum performance on complex tasks.” (openai.com) So this is less a discount than a new middle lane. OpenAI kept the $20 entry plan, kept the $200 top tier, and added a $100 stop in between for developers who want Codex for a full workweek without paying enterprise-style prices. (help.openai.com) (techcrunch.com)