ChatGPT Pro's old $200 plan gets halved; the new $500 plan restores the original limits
What happened
On September 29, 2026, someone on Reddit's r/LocalLLaMA posted a screenshot claiming OpenAI is changing ChatGPT Pro subscription benefits: the old $200-a-month plan advertised as 20x usage would have its quota cut in half, and returning to the old quota level would require upgrading to a new $500-a-month tier. The post gave no specific token limits and no effective date, only a before-and-after comparison image. Commenters split into two camps, one worried that top models will become exclusive to the rich. The next day, September 30, a Hacker News thread titled "ChatGPT Pro 500" appeared on the front page with 176 points and 184 comments, but the original post offered no further details.
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Developments
- Sep 30 01:26 · 1 reportChatGPT Pro 500Hacker News front page
- Sep 29 17:21 · 1 reportChatGPT Pro's old $200 plan gets halved; the new $500 plan restores the original limitsr/LocalLLaMA
Coverage
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- Hacker News front pageChatGPT Pro 500
Hacker News 首页出现标题为「ChatGPT Pro 500」的讨论帖，获得 176 点积分和 184 条评论。原文未提供更多细节，具体内容需查看原帖与评论区。
- r/LocalLLaMAChatGPT Pro's old $200 plan gets halved; the new $500 plan restores the original limits
A Reddit user shared a screenshot showing OpenAI is cutting the old ChatGPT Pro $200/month plan's usage limits in half. To get the original limits back, you now need the new $500/month tier. The post doesn't disclose exact token caps or when the change takes effect—just a side-by-side comparison image. Comments split between worries that top-tier models become a luxury, and pushback that local 9B–12B models already beat GPT-4o for most tasks.
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