[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-openai-adds-500-pro-tier-adjusts-its-200-plan":10,"sections":41},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":30,"tags":31,"sources":36,"feedback":40,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":40,"total_tokens":40},8419,"openai-adds-500-pro-tier-adjusts-its-200-plan","OpenAI Adds $500 Pro Tier, Adjusts Its $200 Plan","OpenAI added a $500 monthly ChatGPT tier above its existing $200 Pro plan, and has not detailed what changes for current $200 subscribers.","OpenAI now sells three ChatGPT tiers, with a new $500-a-month Pro subscription sitting above the old $200 plan.\n\nOpenAI has introduced a $500 monthly subscription, the priciest consumer plan the company has offered. It launches alongside changes to the existing $200-a-month Pro tier, though OpenAI has not published a full breakdown of what those changes are or whether any $200-tier features are moving up to the new plan. The company also has not detailed what the $500 tier includes that the $200 tier lacks. Until OpenAI clarifies both sides of that split, the practical impact on current subscribers is unconfirmed.\n\nA $500 price point is a bet that some users will pay five times what a Pro subscription cost yesterday for whatever comes next - likely aimed at power users, developers, or businesses for whom that gap is a rounding error. It also puts a real question in front of $200 subscribers: are they losing something, or just getting a pricier neighbor tier they can ignore?\n\nOpenAI has escalated pricing before - the $200 tier itself was a jump past the original $20 plan - so a $500 rung fits the pattern, even if nobody outside the company can yet say exactly what it buys.","[\"openai\",\"chatgpt\",\"pricing\",\"subscriptions\"]","2026-09-29T17:15:00.000Z","2026-09-29T17:28:42.673Z","2026-09-29T17:28:48.938Z","published",null,[24],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"The headline, dek, and body assert as fact that the $200 tier was 'shrunk'\u002F'trimmed' while the body itself admits OpenAI hasn't detailed what changed or what subscribers lose — resolve this contradiction by either reporting the specific features removed\u002Fmoved or softening the headline until those specifics are confirmed.","resolved","ai",[32,33,34,35],"openai","chatgpt","pricing","subscriptions",[37],{"name":38,"url":39},"Engadget","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.engadget.com\u002F2272106\u002Fopenai-adds-dollar500-pro-subscription-nerfs-its-existing-dollar200-tier\u002F",0,{"sections":42},[43,47,52,57,62,67,72,77,82,86,91,96,101,106],{"name":44,"slug":30,"count":45,"latest_published_at":46},"AI",4944,"2026-09-29T19:00:00.000Z",{"name":48,"slug":49,"count":50,"latest_published_at":51},"Security","security",777,"2026-09-29T18:00:00.000Z",{"name":53,"slug":54,"count":55,"latest_published_at":56},"Policy","policy",414,"2026-09-29T18:43:58.000Z",{"name":58,"slug":59,"count":60,"latest_published_at":61},"Deals","deals",283,"2026-09-29T17:13:30.000Z",{"name":63,"slug":64,"count":65,"latest_published_at":66},"Hardware","hardware",194,"2026-09-29T13:16:04.000Z",{"name":68,"slug":69,"count":70,"latest_published_at":71},"Science","science",154,"2026-09-28T13:19:18.000Z",{"name":73,"slug":74,"count":75,"latest_published_at":76},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",142,"2026-09-29T18:38:03.000Z",{"name":78,"slug":79,"count":80,"latest_published_at":81},"Software","software",91,"2026-09-25T20:55:00.000Z",{"name":83,"slug":84,"count":85,"latest_published_at":18},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",89,{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":89,"latest_published_at":90},"Startups","startups",81,"2026-09-29T09:00:00.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":95},"General","general",49,"2026-09-28T16:44:57.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":98,"count":99,"latest_published_at":100},"Gaming","gaming",48,"2026-09-25T18:35:21.000Z",{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"Reviews","reviews",31,"2026-09-28T14:31:34.000Z",{"name":107,"slug":108,"count":109,"latest_published_at":110},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]