ChatGPT Pro $100 tier

OpenAI has added a $100-a-month ChatGPT Pro option for people who hit coding limits on the $20 Plus plan. (community.openai.com) OpenAI announced the new price on April 9 and said it gives subscribers 5 times more Codex usage than Plus. Through May 31, the company said $100 Pro users will get up to 10 times Plus usage on Codex as a launch promotion. (community.openai.com) Codex is OpenAI’s coding agent, a tool that can write, review, and help ship software in a terminal, integrated development environment, or web app. OpenAI’s help center says the $100 plan is “built for real projects,” while Plus is for lighter weekly use. (help.openai.com, help.openai.com) The move reshapes OpenAI’s consumer lineup into three price points for heavier users: Plus at $20, a new Pro tier at $100, and a higher-usage Pro option at $200. OpenAI’s release notes say the $100 tier includes unlimited access to GPT-5.4, access to GPT-5.4 Pro, and higher advanced-tool allowances than Plus. (help.openai.com) OpenAI tied the change directly to rising demand for coding tools. In its announcement, the company said it was updating both Plus and Pro subscriptions “to better support the growing use of Codex.” (community.openai.com) The pricing shift lands as OpenAI pushes Codex beyond chat and into software workflows that run across local tools and cloud sessions. OpenAI said last week that ChatGPT Business and Enterprise customers can now use pay-as-you-go pricing for Codex to scale team adoption. (openai.com) Rivals have already been charging more for developer-focused access. TechCrunch and CNBC both reported that OpenAI is aiming the new tier at the same market where Anthropic’s higher-priced Claude coding products have gained traction with programmers. (techcrunch.com, cnbc.com) OpenAI has also changed how Codex is billed outside subscriptions. Its help center says that, as of April 2, Codex pricing for several plans moved from per-message charging to token-based pricing, the same meter used for many application programming interface services. (help.openai.com) For OpenAI, the new $100 tier gives heavy individual users a middle option between casual chat use and the company’s highest-priced plan. For developers, the test is simpler: whether 5 times the coding allowance is enough to keep long sessions from stopping mid-project. (community.openai.com, help.openai.com)