High-use AI plans may lose money

A new analysis from SemiAnalysis says a fully used ChatGPT Pro plan could cost OpenAI about 14,000 dollars a month, even though the customer pays 200 dollars. It also says Anthropic’s 200-dollar Claude Max plan could cost about 8,000 dollars when used at full capacity. The report tested long coding tasks and more complex AI workflows, sometimes called agentic AI. In these cases, token costs rose sharply. The analysis says OpenAI starts losing money once use rises above 11.4 per cent in some lower plans, and at about 5.7 per cent in its most advanced plans. Anthropic’s break-even point is higher, but heavy use can still make the model unprofitable. Some companies are now using cheaper open-source models for simple tasks and expensive ones only when needed.