ChatGPT finally offers $100/month Pro plan

OpenAI has introduced a $100/month Pro tier for ChatGPT, directly competing with Anthropic's Claude pricing and targeting developers who require high-volume coding capacity through its Codex tool, which now has 3 million weekly users growing at 70% month-over-month. This tiered pricing strategy—ranging from free to $200/month—reflects intensifying competition in the AI tools market and signals that enterprise-grade AI coding assistance is becoming a standard operational expense for development organizations. IT leaders should evaluate how this expanding pricing structure affects their organization's AI adoption strategy, developer productivity investments, and total cost of ownership for AI-powered development tools.