Who’s going to give OpenAI $200 a month?

So by now you’ve probably heard of the new ChatGPT Pro plan OpenAI launched recently.

$200 per month… what were they thinking 😅

So how many are actually going to pay for this?

It’s a bold move but certainly not a price point that appeals to casual users. Way out of reach.

But it’s apparently for “power” users—people who need really advanced AI for big and complex tasks.

$200 Pro users get unlimited access to advanced models like o1, o1-mini, and GPT-4o.

Remember o1 — the “thinking” model that takes a step-by-step approach for more comprehensive answers (But apparently it still can’t count how many r’s are in a strawberry…)

But they are supposed to be able to handle text and images, solve tough problems, and even respond faster.

And there’s this “o1 pro mode” — supposed to be a supremely advanced version of o1…

Doesn’t seem so supremely advanced according to the benchmarks though:

But it seemed to really work wonders for some folks, like this Reddit user:

o1 pro is supposed to be not just about raw power but also speed and consistency.

Looks like it’s really expensive though — and they quietly avoided stating anything about giving us unlimited o1 pro access in the pricing.

But you do also get unlimited access to advanced voice interactions.

Still let’s be real… How many people actually need this?

Maybe if you’re a researcher who needs to do complex in-depth analysis on a huge amount of data, it could be worth it.

But like 95% don’t even need the $20 Plus plan — free is plenty.

Of course for businesses and high-earners, $200 is nothing if it makes a decent improvement in your productivity and speed of workflow and lets you access a cutting-edge model superior to 99.9% of anything else out there.

It all depends on the ROI you get from it. If it makes you much more than $200 then why not, right? Or if it saves more $200 worth of your time.

This new Pro plan is part of their ongoing “shipmas” period of new products, features, and demos for 12 days.

And we’re expecting to see OpenAI’s scary text-to-video tool Sora among these.