OpenAI has a new ChatGPT plan for users in India: Here's what you get

OpenAI has introduced a new ChatGPT plan aimed squarely at heavy users and developers, and India is one of its clearest targets. The new Pro tier is priced at Rs 10,699 per month in India — sitting between the existing Plus plan at Rs 1,999 and the $200 top-tier plan that, while still available, is currently unlisted on the official pricing page.

For users just getting started, the pricing ladder now runs from a free tier to a Rs 399 Go plan, Rs 1,999 for Plus, and Rs 10,699 for the new Pro. It is a broad range, designed to pull in everyone from casual users to professionals who live inside the product.The centrepiece of the new plan is Codex, ChatGPT's coding tool. The Pro tier offers roughly five times the Codex capacity of the Plus plan — a meaningful distinction for developers who use it for real workloads rather than occasional queries.

OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman has been watching the reception closely. In a post on X, he described it as "very nice to see Codex getting so much love," and said the plan came about "by very popular demand.

" That framing matters: OpenAI is presenting this not as a top-down product decision but as a response to what its users were already telling it.One thing worth noting: none of the plans, including Pro, offer unlimited access.

OpenAI is also running temporarily higher usage limits on the Rs 10,699 tier until May 31, after which caps are expected to come down. That's a detail worth reading carefully before committing.The launch lands in the middle of a genuinely crowded market. Anthropic offers Claude Pro at $17 per month and a Max tier ranging between $100 and $200, though India-specific pricing has not been disclosed. Google's Gemini plans in India start at Rs 399 and scale up to Rs 24,500 at the top.

Perplexity AI sits at approximately Rs 1,700 for its Pro tier and around Rs 17,000 for Max. Against that backdrop, OpenAI's new Rs 10,699 plan occupies an interesting middle ground — more accessible than Gemini's premium offering, but considerably pricier than the competition at the mid-tier.The timing reflects broader momentum. OpenAI says Codex now has over 3 million weekly users globally, with usage climbing sharply in recent months. India, with its large developer base and growing appetite for AI tooling, is an obvious market to chase.Whether the pricing lands the way OpenAI hopes will depend on one thing: whether developers feel the jump from Rs 1,999 to Rs 10,699 is worth it. Right now, that answer is not obvious.