OpenAI's $200 Pro plan set to reopen September 30 with half its former API-spend equivalent

OpenAI says it will reopen $200 Pro subscriptions to new subscribers on September 30, 2026. Under a revised usage calculation, the plan will net out to half the dollar value in API spend of the old plan. OpenAI says the five-hour limit won't return and promises additions that won't draw on usage, though it has not specified them. It argues that model improvements and API price cuts will still let subscribers get more work done than they could on the plan a month earlier.