ChatGPT Gets $500 Pro Plan as OpenAI Halves Pro 200 Limits

OpenAI has introduced a new $500-per-month ChatGPT Pro 500 plan while reducing the usage included with its existing $200 Pro tier.

Key points

• Pro 500 includes OpenAI's highest consumer usage allowance at 25 times the ChatGPT Plus allowance and is at present the only Pro tier with access to Ultrafast.
• The changes were confirmed at DevDay 2026 alongside more than 20 launches spanning ChatGPT, Codex, agents and developer tools.
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• New Pro 200 subscriptions come with a lower allowance than the plan previously offered.
• OpenAI has additionally stated it will not bring back the previous five-hour usage window for Pro 200.

For context, the changes were confirmed at DevDay 2026 alongside more than 20 launches spanning ChatGPT, Codex, agents and developer tools. OpenAI notes ChatGPT now has 1.2 billion weekly users. GPT 6.1 Sol Brings Astra-Level Performance at 5x Lower Cost. New Pro 500 Plan.

Ultrafast can generate up to 300 tokens per second in Codex. It openAI notes is up to 8x faster than standard generation. While GPT-6.1 Sol Ultrafast is coming afterwards, GPT-6 Astra Ultrafast is available now.

Meanwhile, new Pro 200 subscriptions come with a lower allowance than the plan previously offered. After which the reduced limits take effect, existing eligible subscribers keep their former allowance through October 29, 2026. The monthly cost remains $200.

OpenAI has additionally stated it will not bring back the previous five-hour usage window for Pro 200. ChatGPT Gets More Workplace Features.

OpenAI additionally rolled out ChatGPT Space, where teammates, ChatGPT, and Dots can work from shared files and context. Its Pages format lets individuals and agents jointly write, research, generate charts, and create images. Collaborative slides are coming in the next few weeks, with PowerPoint and Google Slides export backing.

Business and Enterprise customers can additionally create teams and run recurring Team Tasks on a schedule or in response to events such as new emails or Slack messages.

OpenAI has additionally went on @ChatGPT to Slack and Microsoft Teams. Employees can mention ChatGPT in channels, threads, or direct messages, and colleagues can participate without needing their own individual ChatGPT subscription. Actions in connected tools still require approval. OpenAI Reportedly Seeks $30 Billion at $1.4 Trillion Valuation. Meetings and Codex Upgrades.

In practice, a new Meetings plugin can record session audio locally on a Mac, produce summaries and action items, and save them to ChatGPT Space without adding a bot to the call. While recorded audio is deleted once the notes are generated, openAI notes users must obtain consent from everyone present.

While its refreshed CLI adds voice controls and backing for managing multiple agents, codex can now run cloud tasks while a developer's computer is offline. OpenAI additionally introduced Code Review, Codex Security Cloud and computer-use backing in the Agents API.

For context, the wider DevDay push demonstrates OpenAI expanding ChatGPT beyond conversations into a broader work platform covering documents, coding, collaboration, agents and productivity software. Stay Connected with ProPakistani.

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Taken together, the developments around chatGPT Gets $500 Pro Plan as OpenAI Halves Pro 200 Limits point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.