{
  "id": 10687400,
  "title": "ChatGPT’s $200 Pro plan is finally coming back, but OpenAI is changing the deal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/chatgpts-200-pro-plan-is-finally-coming-back-but-openai-is-changing",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-29T12:18:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Android Authority",
    "slug": "android-authority",
    "url": "https://www.androidauthority.com/chatgpt-200-pro-returns-pro-max-leak-3716669/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "OpenAI has announced the return of its $200 ChatGPT Pro plan on September 30, after pausing new sign-ups earlier this month due to high demand for a different service. The returning plan retains its original price point, but OpenAI has modified how it calculates usage, resulting in roughly half the API spend allowance of the previous $200 plan. Additionally, a previously unannounced $500/month ChatGPT Pro Max tier has emerged, promising \"Fastest Work and Codex\" as a key feature. The change in the $200 Pro plan's usage allowance comes as OpenAI seeks to balance demand with its existing offerings, which currently include the $100 Pro plan and the newly reintroduced $200 Pro plan.",
  "summary": "The returning tier gets new usage math as an even pricier option surfaces.",
  "key_points": [
    "$200 ChatGPT Pro plan returns on September 30",
    "Usage allowance halved compared to previous plan",
    "New $500/month ChatGPT Pro Max tier with Fastest Work and Codex"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "OpenAI tried to invest $100 million in Hugging Face before Nvidia's $13 billion deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/openai-tried-to-invest-100-million-in-hugging-face-before-nvidias-13",
        "published": "2026-09-29T13:20:25.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}