OpenAI Cancels the ChatGPT Pro 200 Usage Cut and Doubles Work and Codex Limits on Pro 100 and Pro 500
Existing Pro 200 subscribers keep their higher allowance, lower-allowance accounts rise to match, Plus is unchanged, and the Business Premium increase is unquantified.
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OpenAI on October 29, 2026, canceled a planned cut to its $200-a-month ChatGPT Pro 200 plan and doubled the Work and Codex allowance on Pro 100 and Pro 500. Pro 200 subscribers who already had the higher allowance keep it, and those on the lower allowance were raised to match. Prices are unchanged, and the change applies automatically.
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What changed, plan by plan
OpenAI's Help Center spells out the mechanics. The increase applies to the shared Work and Codex allowance, not to every limit in ChatGPT.
| Plan | Monthly price | Work and Codex change |
|---|---|---|
| Plus | $20 | Unchanged |
| Pro 100 | $100 | Doubled |
| Pro 200, higher allowance | $200 | Kept; planned cut canceled |
| Pro 200, lower allowance | $200 | Doubled to match the higher allowance |
| Pro 500 | $500 | Doubled |
| Business Premium | Per seat | Increased; amount not published |
"The reduction announced in our September 29 email is canceled," OpenAI's Pro tiers page says. "If you already had the higher Work and Codex allowance, you keep it. If you had the lower allowance, it has doubled to match."
Existing subscribers get the new allowance "automatically without waiting for renewal," and new subscriptions start on it.
The announcement
Thibault Sottiaux, who leads Codex at OpenAI, posted the news on X: "We are doubling all usage limits for all Pro 100/200/500 tiers and Business Premium, effective today. We heard your kind feedback and won't be reducing usage limits for Pro 200, so your Work and Codex usage will stay the same."
OpenAI's written guidance is narrower than "all usage limits." Its release note, titled "More Work and Codex usage on Pro and Business Premium Plans," describes doubling only for Pro 100, Pro 500 and lower-allowance Pro 200 accounts. Business Premium appears in the heading but OpenAI has not published the size of its increase, according to CellCog's review of OpenAI's pages.
How the cut came about
The reversal ends a month of uncertainty on the $200 plan. According to CellCog, OpenAI paused new Pro 200 sign-ups on September 10. It then reopened the plan with a lower allowance when it launched Pro 500 on September 29. Existing subscribers were told they would keep their old allowance through October 29 and then move to the lower one.
OpenAI never stated publicly how big the cut was. Kingy AI reported that the proposed Pro 200 allowance would have fallen from 20 times the Plus level to 10 times.
Dots keep separate limits
Sottiaux said OpenAI will "continue offering extended limits for dots for now," referring to its personal agents. He added that dot usage will stay separate from subscribers' default usage. He gave no end date.
He also promised efficiency improvements over time, a general intention rather than another increase.
What a bigger allowance buys
OpenAI cautions that "a larger allowance does not guarantee twice as many completed tasks." Usage still depends on the model, task and settings. Faster speed modes draw down the allowance more quickly.
Why it matters
For heavy Codex and agent users, the allowance decides how much work a flat monthly price buys. OpenAI has shown it will change that allowance, in either direction, without touching the price.
What to do now:
- Pro 200 subscribers: do nothing. Don't cancel and resubscribe; OpenAI says active subscriptions already have the updated allowance.
- Anyone who upgraded to avoid the cut: reassess whether you still need the higher tier.
- Business admins: wait for OpenAI to publish the Premium number before resizing seat plans.
- Everyone: check the usage page in ChatGPT settings to see your actual allowance.
More coverage of AI tools and pricing is in our Artificial Intelligence hub.
How we reported this
We checked plan details against OpenAI's Help Center page on Pro tiers and the text of its October 29 release note. We confirmed Sottiaux's X post through outlets quoting it in full, because X blocked direct retrieval. Figures OpenAI has not published, such as the 20x and 10x multipliers, are attributed to the outlets that reported them. We cut unverified user reactions and speculation about competitors.
Published and fact-checked October 29, 2026.
Sources
- OpenAI Help Center: About ChatGPT Pro tiers, updated Oct 29, 2026.
- Digg: Thibault Sottiaux's post on doubled Pro limits (full text), Oct 29, 2026.
- CellCog: ChatGPT Pro Usage Limits Doubled, Pro 200 Cut Canceled, Oct 29, 2026.
- Kingy AI: OpenAI Cancels ChatGPT Pro Usage Cuts and Doubles Allowances, Oct 29, 2026.
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