Hello! The GPT-5 promotional pricing has ended. GPT-5 will now be priced at API costs. For those on request-based pricing, costs will be: Free: gpt-5-mini, gpt-5-nano* 1 request: gpt-5, gpt-5-high, gpt-5-low, 2 requests: gpt-5-fast, gpt-5-high-fast, gpt-5-low-fast Due to caching improvements, we were able to cut the costs in half for these models. Our hope is that the promotional period gave you the opportunity to try the new model without worrying about cost. * Depending on your plan, you may be subject to rate limiting after heavy use of these models.

The first post from this thread: [image] Kody_Fisher: For those on request-based pricing, costs will be: Free: gpt-5-mini, gpt-5-nano* 1 request: gpt-5, gpt-5-high, gpt-5-low, 2 requests: gpt-5-fast, gpt-5-high-fast, gpt-5-low-fast Due to caching improvements, we were able to cut the costs in half for these models. Our hope is that the promotional period gave you the opportunity to try the new model without worrying about cost. Depending on your plan, you may be subject to rate limiting after heavy use of these models.

it is so absurd that now the default pricing is usage based, but you are publishing a pricing explanation for previous, obsolete, request based pricing?

Riiight but that’s request-based pricing, that will no longer be a thing after 15.09. iirc, except I guess for those who buy a yearly sub before that? Though even that seems a bit sketchy, not sure if it was confirmed and even if it was it’s hard to have faith it won’t change.

@alsotang we linked from our pricing page to each model providers pricing as this applies to all non-legacy accounts. Here are the details: https://openai.com/api/pricing/

@condor can someone from the Cusor team clarify this pricing does, will, or won’t apply to the cusor agent cli?

@b3nw the pricing is the same for any Cursor usage: Cursor IDE Cursor CLI (cursor-agent) Cursor Web (incl. GitHub, Slack, …)

I’m confused. The only thing that is changing in September is that Auto mode will not provide free usage forever. However, I am not aware that the request-based model is changing wholly to token based? That was not what I read. It sounded like all usage, Auto or otherwise, that is included in your PLAN, is still included in your plan. Once you have exhausted your plan, then like all other models, your Auto usage would also be token based, as of September 15. @condor Can you provide clarification here?

@jrista team accounts are moving from request to token based billing.

Right. Nothing else is changing with the normal plans though, right? Pro, Pro+, Ultra. Outside of the fact that, once you have used up your requests with those plans when using Auto, you would then be paying for auto usage at the token cost, as of Sept. 15. Just trying to get clarity here. As I think people are misinterpreting what your post about Auto stated. Which, really, is one of the key problems I think the Cursor team has right now. There is just not enough concrete, easily digestible, unambiguous FACTS about what cursor costs now and will cost Sept. 15 for EVERY plan. I think that confusion and ambiguity is hurting you guys, and if you could clear it all up concretely, in one place, one concise set of bullet points or something, I think it would really help you. People are too confused about Cursor pricing, myself included, TBPH.

@jrista yes you are right. For regular Pro, Pro+ and Ultra plans the only change on 15. Sept. 2025 is that Auto will be billed per announced rates based on token consumption. Within your plan it will be shown as Included (and Cost to you $0 in the summary). Once you use up your plan for the month it would be available at same token rates as Usage Based Pricing model. Users with an annual plan will be exempt from Auto token based charge until the next renewal date after 15. Sept. 2025. There is no difference on token usage tracking based on which Cursor you use (IDE, CLI, Web) as they all use your plan. For change on Auto models to token based consumption, changes to team plans etc. see announcement Update to Teams and Auto Pricing

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@b3nw the pricing is the same for any Cursor usage:

Cursor IDE
Cursor CLI (cursor-agent)
Cursor Web (incl. GitHub, Slack, …)

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