OpenAI launched a new $100/month ChatGPT Pro subscription tier.
The tier offers 5x more Codex coding tool usage than the $20 Plus plan.
It is positioned to directly compete with Anthropic's Claude Code 'Max' tier at the same price.
The move is part of a strategy to capture more professional and developer users.
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OpenAI, the artificial intelligence research company, announced a new $100 per month ChatGPT Pro subscription tier on January 15, 2025, as part of its strategy to compete more directly with rival AI firm Anthropic and its Claude Code tool. The new offering is positioned between the existing $20 per month Plus plan and a higher-end $200 Pro version, specifically targeting users who require extended access to coding assistance features.
The core feature of the new $100 tier is a significantly increased allocation for OpenAI's Codex tool, which powers coding assistance within ChatGPT. According to the company, this tier provides '5x more' Codex usage compared to the $20 Plus subscription, making it suitable for 'longer, high-effort Codex sessions.' This move creates a direct price-point competitor to Anthropic's 'Max' subscription for its Claude AI, which is also priced at $100 per month.
The introduction of this mid-tier subscription reflects the intensifying competition in the market for premium, developer-focused AI assistants. By offering a tiered pricing structure, OpenAI aims to capture a broader segment of professional users, from casual coders on the Plus plan to enterprises needing maximum resources on the $200 plan. The strategy underscores the commercial evolution of generative AI from a novel technology to a stratified software service with clear professional and enterprise divisions.
# OpenAI
**OpenAI** is an American artificial intelligence (AI) research organization headquartered in San Francisco, California. The organization operates under a unique hybrid structure, comprising the non-profit **OpenAI, Inc.** and its controlled for-profit subsidiary, **OpenAI Global, LLC** (a...
The codex (; pl.: codices ) was the historical ancestor format of the modern book. Technically, the vast majority of modern books use the codex format, of a stack of pages bound at one edge. However, the term codex is now reserved for older manuscript books, which mostly used sheets of vellum, parch...
# Anthropic PBC
**Anthropic PBC** is an American artificial intelligence (AI) safety and research company headquartered in San Francisco, California. Established as a public-benefit corporation, the organization focuses on the development of frontier artificial intelligence systems with a primary e...
OpenAI has announced a new version of its ChatGPT Pro subscription that costs $100 per month. The new Pro tier offers "5x more" usage of its Codex coding tool than the $20 per month Plus subscription and "is best for longer, high-effort Codex sessions," OpenAI says .
The company is introducing the new tier as it tries to win over users from Anthropic and its popular Claude Code tool . ChatGPT's $100 per month option will directly compete with Anthropic's "Max" tier for Claude, which costs the same price. It also offers a middle ground between the $20 per month Plus tier and the $200 version of the Pro tier.
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