Overview
- OpenAI will reopen the $200/month ChatGPT Pro tier to new users tomorrow and apply a reworked usage calculation that nearly doubles the subscription’s API-equivalent value.
- The company will keep weekly quota-based limits for Pro users and will not restore the prior five-hour short-term cap, allowing subscribers to concentrate usage when needed.
- OpenAI cut prices for GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna APIs by about half this week and said it plans to lower API list prices as model efficiency improves rather than relying on temporary discounts.
- The Pro tier will gain additional ‘unmetered’ features that OpenAI has not yet detailed, and the usage-calculation change was announced in advance so users know the new subscription rules before features arrive.
- Earlier this month OpenAI temporarily paused new Pro signups to ease compute strain caused by heavy use of GPT-6 Astra, and the reopening and price moves aim to balance capacity with better value for both subscribers and API customers.