OpenAI announced on Thursday something power users have been asking for forever: a $100-a-month plan. So far, the plans have been priced as follows: Free (currently includes ads), Go plan for $8 per month (which also includes ads), Plus plan for $20 per month (without ads), and then up to the $200 Pro plan (also without ads).
OpenAI pricing plan page currently doesn’t list the $200/month plan at all. However, this top tier is still available, OpenAI TechCrunch confirmed.
The modeler claims that Plus (which remains at $20 per month) and the modern $100 Pro tiers are tailored to everyday operate of the ChatGPT Codex coding tool. The $100 Pro plan will offer 5x more Code than the Plus plan.
OpenAI has made no secret of the fact that this modern pricing level is intended to pose a challenge to Anthropic, which has long offered Claude a $100 per month option.
“The new $100 Pro tier is designed to give developers a more hands-on coding experience for their money, especially during high-intensity work sessions where limits matter most. Compared to Claude Code, Codex delivers greater coding performance per dollar at paid tiers, with the difference most noticeable when actively using coding,” an OpenAI spokesperson tells TechCrunch.
One thing to know: OpenAI is offering even higher Codex limits on its $100 plan through May 31st. So anyone who tries a modern level, goes crazy for coding and never gets a speed warning, be aware that this situation probably won’t last long.
None of the plans offer unlimited usage. However, the $200 plan offers 20 times higher limits than Plus. The model’s creator promises in the FAQ that this will be enough to ensure continuous support for “the most demanding workflows, even for parallel projects.” Both Pro plans offer the same basic features. The main difference is the rate limits, the company says.
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The spokesperson also claims that more than 3 million people around the world operate Codex every week, “an increase of fivefold in the last three months, with usage increasing by more than 70% month-on-month.”