Tell HN: OpenAI $500 ProMax plan listed in API

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Tell HN: OpenAI $500 ProMax plan listed in API

by GustavHartz

OpenAI's API is showing the first signs in the API of a new 500$ ProMax plan

https://chatgpt.com/backend-anon/checkout_pricing_config/con...

dang
011h
Related ongoing thread:
Ask HN: How do you feel about the new $500 OpenAI subscription? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49838409 - Sept 2026 (8 comments)
darkamaul
723h
I wonder what's the ceiling for these plans' prices. At some point, it becomes a non-negligible fraction of the salary for the employee, especially in non-US employment markets.
1. ungreased0675
  14h
  I think there will be an employer backlash at some point. Paying an extra couple thousand in subscriptions so a junior can write copy-paste emails and Slack messages? Nah fam, write those yourself.
  1. lubujackson
    02h
    Or just use AI mode on Google's homepage. I asked it to find an article that compares a certain thing to another, which doesn't exist. So Google automatically wrote a 5 page article comparing the two things and built a proper article with cited references. Most people don't need a subscription to anything.
fullstackwife
015h
Cloud agents in Codex are quite poor solution compared to Claude Code, you are forced to use your own computer, which is not the desired setup for anyone with a standard laptop not suitable for doing lots of work in parallel.
So I would still prefer to spend some dollars in Anthropic or even Cursor solutions, which work much better as cloud dev envs.
ryandetzel
520h
If it's unlimited that would be tempting. But that will never happen and if it does "unlimited" would not be
1. sejje
  417h
  Particularly in this situation, it cannot be unlimited. A command to one agent could scale into a whole datacenter very quickly.
  It can feel unlimited for many use cases, probably. But I doubt it can, let's say, 3D model things in blender on 3 different computers for 24/7. And hey, why not 30 things? 300? If you're just watching them, it's easy to get ridiculous.
linesofcode
04h
I want it and I want it now.
drywater2
21d
I'm waiting for the ProMaxUltra+
1. cinntaile
  119h
  That's the next iPhone.
rearview
023h
to be honest wasn't much surprised cause of the current situation like frontier models being so expensive and the models like opus consuming way much more tokens you just can't justify any of that. this token math is just so damned right now :(
ls1911
31d
the bottom line is that a.i is getting more and more expensive and they have excuses for that. just last week trae.ai reduced its plan credits from 400$ to 100$
1. sejje
  117h
  Inference for the same level of intelligence is getting cheaper. Frontier intelligence keeps finding ways to get more expensive, yes.
  But gpt-6-sol, for instance, dropped price for the same level of intelligence. That will keep happening, and someday we'll have basically-free sol. And hopefully by then, very cheap astra.
  But some new wild thing will be very expensive.
  I'm sure I'll figure out how to use the new one, but I would be extremely happy with near-free Astra.
dudewhocodes
323h
We stole all your work, just subscribe to get it back... now at $500/month.
1. moomoo11
  214h
  tired take
tmpsvc2695f5
08h
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