OpenAI Prepares $500/Month Pro Max Tier
Internal configurations reveal a potential new 'Pro Max' subscription from OpenAI priced at $500/month, targeting heavy users and developers.
Internal configurations at OpenAI have revealed a potential new subscription tier named Pro Max, priced at $500 per month. While there is no official announcement yet, the pricing and details are already visible in the system.
Key details of the new tier:
- Price: $500/month before taxes (approx. $600 in regions with VAT).
- Name: Pro Max.
- Slogan: "Fastest Work + Fastest Codex".
- Target Audience: Users focused on long-running agent tasks and large-scale development.
- Comparison: 2.5x more expensive than the current Pro tier ($200).
This information appeared in configurations just 5 days before the DevDay event (September 29). Notably, OpenAI recently paused new purchases of the $200 Pro tier, which may indicate a strategy of segmenting computational resources by subscription level.
The Pro Max tier is expected to offer higher limits and faster request execution. There are unconfirmed reports suggesting the potential use of Cerebras infrastructure to achieve this speed.
If launched, this would become one of the most expensive AI subscriptions on the market.
Why it matters
AnalysisThe introduction of a $500 tier signals a shift towards premium segmentation of AI access, potentially making high-performance AI tools significantly more expensive for professional developers.
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