OpenAI quietly revives the $200 ChatGPT Pro tier — with half the usage limits
OpenAI is re-opening the $200/month ChatGPT Pro tier it suspended in early September, but the new version offers 10x the Plus usage allowance instead of 20x.
What happened
OpenAI is re-opening its $200-per-month ChatGPT Pro subscription tier, which was suspended around September 10. The news surfaced on September 29, 2026, when Thibault Sottiaux, a member of OpenAI's technical staff, announced it in a social media post.
Why it matters
The reopened tier provides only 10x the usage allowance of ChatGPT Plus — the old $200/month Pro tier came with 20x. Same price, half the headroom.
Context
The move lands on DevDay 2026, where OpenAI also announced a brand-new $500/month Pro 500 tier with 25x the Plus allowance plus access to Ultrafast, its fastest inference tier (up to 8x faster token generation in Codex). The pricing shuffle comes as dots, OpenAI's new always-on agents, roll out to Pro and Business Premium subscribers — conversations with a dot don't count against usage limits, but deeper work tasks do.
Verified
Verified against The Register's DevDay 2026 coverage, 2026-09-29. Source links are attached below.