OpenAI reopens its $200 Pro plan but halves the API credits per dollar
Flat-rate subsidies are fading: heavy users get less per dollar, and usage-based billing is now OpenAI's clear direction.
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OpenAI has reopened its $200-per-month Pro subscription to new sign-ups, but subscribers now get half the API credits per dollar.
According to The Decoder, OpenAI employee Thibault Sottiaux says subscribers should still get more done than a month ago, pointing to GPT-6 Sol and Luna, which shipped this week at half the API price of their predecessors. The 5-hour usage cap is gone for good, and the weekly allotment can be spread freely.
The change signals a shift away from heavily subsidized flat-rate plans toward pay-per-use pricing. Sottiaux expects API prices to fall until subscribing and buying usage as needed converge. That "subscribers get more done" is his own claim; the final terms on OpenAI's official pricing page still need checking.