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OpenAI to Reopen $200 ChatGPT Pro With Lower API-Equivalent Usage

September 29, 2026 at 03:07 EDT

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OpenAI plans to reopen ChatGPT Pro $200 subscriptions to new subscribers on September 30, 2026, while changing the plan's usage accounting so it delivers about half the dollar-denominated API spend of the old Pro $200 plan. The company is presenting the shift as a trade-off: keeping weekly usage flexible, avoiding the return of a 5-hour cap, and leaning on cheaper GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna inference to preserve practical output.

Sep 30, 2026 · OpenAI

Pro $200 returns with new math

The plan reopens to new subscribers, but its API-equivalent usage is set at about half the old Pro $200 value as cheaper GPT-6 Sol and Luna pricing becomes the counterweight.

Reopen date

Sep 30

New Pro $200 subscriptions

API-equivalent value

50%

Compared with the old plan

GPT-6 Sol input

$2

Per 1M tokens

GPT-6 Luna input

$0.10

Per 1M tokens

The usage reset, drawn to scale

API-equivalent usage moves from the old plan baseline to about half that value.

100%

Old Pro $200

50%

New accounting

What OpenAI is balancing

Reopen Pro $200 sales

Use new allowance math

Keep weekly usage flexible

Add features outside usage

Supportive read

Cheaper Sol and Luna runs, no return of the 5-hour cap, and extra features could still increase completed work.

Critical read

Heavy users may see the new API-equivalent accounting as a lower quota for the same $200 price.

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