OpenAI doubles usage limits for Pro and Business Premium tiers

The move reverses a planned Pro 200 cut and keeps the new always-on dots agents on a separate allowance OpenAI announced on October 29, 2026 that it is doubling usage limits for its ChatGPT Pro 100, Pro 200, Pro 500, and Business Premium tiers. The timing matters. A cut that would have halved Pro 200 allowances was scheduled to start the very next day, October 30. OpenAI has now reversed it. What changed, tier by tier Pro 200 is the headline beneficiary. Its allowance returns to 20x the ChatGPT Plus baseline, and the change is effective immediately. Under the scrapped plan, that tier would have dropped from 20x to 10x the Plus baseline. Business Premium customers also come out ahead. Their Work and Codex allowances are doubled, and that too takes effect right away. Pro 500, the newest and highest tier, is included in the increase. The plan debuted at OpenAI’s recent DevDay event and carries a feature no other plan has. That feature is Ultrafast access. Pro 500 is the only plan offering it, with up to 8x faster token generation in Codex compared to lower-tier plans. Dots get their own lane Alongside the limit increase, OpenAI introduced dots, which it describes as always-on agents. ...