ChatGPT Pro 500

OpenAI has expanded ChatGPT Pro with a new $500/month Pro 500 tier that includes Astra Ultrafast, while also reopening Pro 200 for new subscribers at a lower usage allowance. For CIOs and technology leaders, this signals a continued move toward premium, usage-tiered AI services that can materially affect operating budgets, user segmentation, and governance models for high-intensity AI workloads. IT organizations should expect to manage clearer entitlement policies, monitor consumption more closely, and decide which teams justify the highest-cost tier versus standard Pro access or credit-based usage.