--- title: OpenAI halves Pro 200 usage and launches a $500 ChatGPT... description: At DevDay 2026, OpenAI cut the usage included in its $200 ChatGPT Pro plan roughly in half starting October 30 (Work/Codex allowance drops from 20x to 10x... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-halves-pro-200-usage-and-launches-a-500-chatgpt-plan-at-devday-vbxlojybv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenAI halves Pro 200 usage and launches a $500 ChatGPT plan at DevDay | daily.dev og:description: At DevDay 2026, OpenAI cut the usage included in its $200 ChatGPT Pro plan roughly in half starting October 30 (Work/Codex allowance drops from 20x to 10x... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-halves-pro-200-usage-and-launches-a-500-chatgpt-plan-at-devday-vbxlojybv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/VBXloJyBV.png og:image:alt: OpenAI halves Pro 200 usage and launches a $500 ChatGPT plan at DevDay og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenAI halves Pro 200 usage and launches a $500 ChatGPT plan at DevDay **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary At DevDay 2026, OpenAI cut the usage included in its $200 ChatGPT Pro plan roughly in half starting October 30 (Work/Codex allowance drops from 20x to 10x Plus, GPT-6 Pro chat messages fall from 200 to 100 a week) while launching a new $500 Pro 500 plan with an Ultrafast tier generating up to 300 tokens per second in Codex, up to eight times faster than standard speed. Existing Pro 200 subscribers keep current limits until October 29 and get a one-time $2,500 usage credit expiring at year end. Other announcements include ChatGPT Space (replacing Library) for shared team documents, collaborative slides, @ChatGPT mentions in Slack and Microsoft Teams, a Meetings plugin that transcribes calls, cloud-based Codex tasks, a Code Review feature, Codex Security Cloud repo scanning, a Decisions API, Bedrock Managed Agents with AWS, plugin extensions for third-party apps, and an OpenAI Marketplace for enterprise spending commitments. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How is OpenAI changing ChatGPT Pro 200 usage limits starting October 30? Starting October 30, ChatGPT Pro 200's included usage in Work and Codex drops from 20 times the Plus allowance to 10 times, and GPT-6 Pro chat messages fall from 200 to 100 per week. Existing subscribers keep current limits until October 29 and receive a one-time $2,500 usage credit that expires at the end of the year. _Track how ChatGPT Pro pricing and limits evolve on daily.dev before your subscription renews._ ### What do I get with OpenAI's new $500 Pro 500 ChatGPT plan? Pro 500 costs $500 a month and is the only Pro tier with Ultrafast speed, generating up to 300 tokens per second in Codex, up to eight times faster than the standard tier. It launched at DevDay 2026 alongside a reduced-usage relaunch of the $200 Pro 200 plan. _Compare AI coding plan tiers and pricing changes on daily.dev when weighing Pro upgrades._ ### What new coding features did OpenAI add to Codex at DevDay? Codex gained cloud task execution that keeps running while a developer's computer sleeps, a refreshed command-line tool supporting voice control and multi-task tracking, a new Code Review experience that summarizes changes before feedback reaches GitHub or GitLab, and Codex Security Cloud, which scans GitHub repos, checks commits, and prepares fixes using Daybreak Blue models. _Follow Codex feature updates on daily.dev to keep AI-assisted coding workflows current._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [OpenAI’s new $100 tier targets developers hitting Codex \(and Claude Code\) limits](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-s-new-100-tier-targets-developers-hitting-codex-and-claude-code-limits-a63cw44kk) · The New Stack · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [OpenAI Pricing in 2026 for Individuals, Orgs & Developers](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-pricing-in-2026-for-individuals-orgs-developers-aeizgj8sw) · finout · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai), [#chatgpt](https://daily.dev/tags/chatgpt), [#openai-codex](https://daily.dev/tags/openai-codex) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-halves-pro-200-usage-and-launches-a-500-chatgpt-plan-at-devday-vbxlojybv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"OpenAI halves Pro 200 usage and launches a $500 ChatGPT plan at DevDay","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-halves-pro-200-usage-and-launches-a-500-chatgpt-plan-at-devday-vbxlojybv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-halves-pro-200-usage-and-launches-a-500-chatgpt-plan-at-devday-vbxlojybv"},"datePublished":"2026-09-29T18:05:17.852Z","dateModified":"2026-09-29T19:05:20.339Z","description":"At DevDay 2026, OpenAI cut the usage included in its $200 ChatGPT Pro plan roughly in half starting October 30 (Work/Codex allowance drops from 20x to 10x...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/141b759e69d797ea492440293c5d3586?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/141b759e69d797ea492440293c5d3586?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-halves-pro-200-usage-and-launches-a-500-chatgpt-plan-at-devday-vbxlojybv","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai-agents,openai,chatgpt,openai-codex","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"OpenAI halves Pro 200 usage and launches a $500 ChatGPT plan at DevDay"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-halves-pro-200-usage-and-launches-a-500-chatgpt-plan-at-devday-vbxlojybv#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How is OpenAI changing ChatGPT Pro 200 usage limits starting October 30?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Starting October 30, ChatGPT Pro 200's included usage in Work and Codex drops from 20 times the Plus allowance to 10 times, and GPT-6 Pro chat messages fall from 200 to 100 per week. 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