OpenAI has closed a yawning hole in its ChatGPT subscription pricing with a brand new $100 per month Pro plan that slots between the $20 monthly Plus plan and $200 monthly Professional plan. Providing 5 instances extra Codex than the $20 possibility, it seems designed to problem Anthropic’s $100 monthly Claude possibility. “In contrast with Claude Code, Codex delivers extra coding capability per greenback throughout paid tiers,” an OpenAI spokesperson advised TechCrunch.
So what is the distinction between OpenAI’s two Professional plans? The $200 model does supply 4 instances the Codex. Nonetheless, you get the identical superior instruments and fashions with $100 plan, in line with OpenAI’s product web page. To encourage customers to leap in, it’s going to supply double the Codex for a restricted time, or 10 instances what you get with the Plus plan.
Customers have been screaming for such a plan for some time now, in line with posts on OpenAI’s developer group boards. “The Plus plan will proceed to be one of the best supply at $20 for regular, day-to-day utilization of Codex, and the brand new $100 Professional tier affords a extra accessible improve path for heavier every day use,” OpenAI mentioned in a post on X.
With the launch of GPT 5.2 late final yr and GPT-5.3-Codex in February, OpenAI considerably boosted the velocity and reasoning capabilities of Codex, giving builders a troublesome alternative between ChatGPT and Claude Opus. Nonetheless, the sticking level for a lot of energy customers was ChatGPT’s $200 monthly worth — so OpenAI little doubt hopes the brand new plan will persuade these on the fence to change.
