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OpenAI's fastest tier reached Europe on 8 October — on every model except the flagship
On 8 October 2026 OpenAI shipped Ultrafast for GPT-6.1 Sol at $12/$60 per million tokens, six times standard, and became the first OpenAI speed tier purchasable under EU data residency. GPT-6 Astra's Ultrafast remains global-and-US-only at $60/$300. For a European buyer that turns latency from a price decision into a model decision: you can buy speed, but only on the model one point below the flagship.
Read story →ChatGPT's new $500 tier did not raise any price — it deleted the only volume discount OpenAI sold
At DevDay on 29 September 2026 OpenAI launched ChatGPT Pro 500 at $500 a month with 25x the Plus allowance, reopened Pro 200, and halved Pro 200's included usage from 20x to 10x effective 30 October. Run the division: every plan in the lineup now costs exactly $20 per unit of Plus allowance. The old Pro 200 was the single exception at $10, and it is the thing that was discontinued.
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