ChatGPT users face higher costs with Astra model

“Hi I got a pro plan expiring 10.14 and I dont plan to renew it, got 2 full reset available, what would be cool stuff I can generate using astra/sol, only using chatgpt tokens/skills/plugins? (dont want to use third-party pricing plans like higgsfields or similar). Do you have some cool ideas / prompts to recommend? please help, no way I let nvidia GPUs sleeping until next wednesday. thanks submitted by /u/clarkcoupson [link] [comments]”

“I started using chat GPT heavily for programming with sol 5.5 and I was seriously impressed to the point I even upgraded to pro. But literally a month later they released Astra 6 and it just became flat out stupid repeating the same mistakes over and over which in never made before submitted by /u/AcertainReality [link] [comments]”

“ChatGPT has recently updated and it’s usual 5.6 High intelligence changed to 6 Astra Max I didn’t think much of it and continued using Max intelligence but now it’s saying that I’m out of Work usage and to wait until Saturday for it to reset Could anyone explain / help me understand what’s different? submitted by /u/Scrumptiousseapotato [link] [comments]”

“Has anyone noticed a huge quality drop in the last month since the chatgpt release of Sol 6.1? It seems to be unable to "think" laterally and commercially for legal and contractual analysis. I find I need to re-prompt three times as often as I do on GPT 6 Astra and I flag many more errors than before. Sol seems to lacks reasoning across a whole task. I've reverted to only using Astra other than for engineering detail extraction where Sol seems to read technicals better. Anyone else”

“Kind of new to Chat GPT been using it for a few months but used Astra for the first time yesterday to help me with a task. Today after restarting it asked me if I wanted to use the new SOL or something that featured Astra like capabilities but stated it was more efficient on credits..I declined for the moment but now on the drop down for for model in chat I ONLY have access to 5.6 SOL. anybody know what happened?? I have the 2 set business plan BTW submitted by /u/abramelanin [link]”

“I have a Plus plan and am working on a mechanical design optimization problem where I need to determine how various components can fit within a vessel. So far, I’ve been using GPT 5.6 Sol High in Chat. I’ve already developed the application to generate the geometry/sketch, export it as a downloadable 2D CAD file, and define the mechanical and geometric constraints. The main challenge now is the optimization . It currently takes about an hour to solve for a layout that satisfies all the constrain”

“did anyone notice that after todays update that gpt sol 6.1 is consuming usage ( tokens ) like Astra is doing , barley 1 prompt and 5h rate and 20% of weekly is gone (plus subscription) and still not finished apply the prompt changes. I thought initially sol 6.1 will give me a breather as usage was efficiently consumed, but it seems not. submitted by /u/ironkiller [link] [comments]”

“If you want to prove subscriptions are underpriced, show subscription revenue compared to the cost of actually serving those subscribers. https://fortune.com/2025/01/07/sam-altman-openai-chatgpt-pro-subscription-losing-money-tech/”

“Update: GPT-6 Sol is NOT coming to regular ChatGPT Chat in today’s release. Plus and Pro get it in Work and Codex only. I posted recently about Plus subscribers getting GPT-6 Astra in Work and Codex but not regular Chat. Some people thought the GPT-6 Sol release might finally bring a GPT-6 model to normal Chat on Plus. OpenAI’s September 22 announcement answers that directly: “In ChatGPT, the models are available in Work and Codex, but not Chat.” That applies to Sol and Luna. Sol is rolling out”

“I was using Work (or Codex - who can tell? LOL) and got an alert that Luna 5.6 would be retiring soon, would I like to switch to Luna 6. So I did. My $20/mo is basically unlimited on Luna 5.6 High. And guess what‽? Luna 6 is 1/2 the price of 5.6 and smarter. I guess I'll just leave everything on Luna 6 High and see how it goes. This is good news. I've always said Luna was the unsung hero. Everyone's high on Sol and Astra and here I am running my day with Luna and never running out of”

“I care only ab GPT 6. who cares about Astra in Chat mode? It’s expensive, why should it become the norm to use it in Chat mode?”

“Just wanted to know, when I opened ChatGPT on both my windows desktop app and mobile app, I see for the mobile app its only GPT-5.6 Sol with 3 modes for thinking - Instant, medium, and high for the chat section, but on the work section - its 5.6 Terra light, 5.6 Sol Light, 5.6 Sol Medium, 6 Astra Light, and 6 Medium (in total 5 different modes for the type of effort). In the desktop app however, on the work section its different from the mobile app. There is no 5.6 GPT model at all, its just Lig”

“Obviously, trying to give it as much information as possible before running any task, whether you're using Terra, Sol, or Astra. Is it a good idea to have two ChatGPT accounts instead of one? Would it make sense to use regular chats in high-capacity mode instead of Work when you only need light assistance? I'm listening. submitted by /u/zeta_ferhu [link] [comments]”

“So the confusion is mostly about the naming: GPT-6 Pro is the ChatGPT option, and it’s powered by GPT-6 Astra. You need to be in the CHAT tab, not Codex. That explains why some people can’t find it.”

“Why was this returned? Astra may be a more efficient and "smarter" model (we're talking sub 10% so... not that much to be frank) , but with its usage rates 2.5x what Sol uses, it's bizarre watching acolytes hype even Astra Light to match the equivocation of Extra High Sol models, yet still be hammered with those double and a half rates. I'm watching my usage drain two percent for every five minutes of use has been wholly demoralizing (and usage is a complex affair that isn&”

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“I just bought ChatGPT Plus and I’m seeing Chat, Work, and Codex in the app. Can someone explain like the difference between each mode and where it draws my usage from? What I’ve noticed so far: I think Codex and Work share the same usage, and is the only way to use GPT-6 Astra There seems to be no specified usage limit in regular chat, allowing me to continuously use 5.6 Sol high thinking for simpler tasks The regular chat mode seems to sometimes route away from high thinking to just medium or e”

“Upon the release of Astra, i upgraded to Pro, and, well, this model has done weeks and weeks of website improvment and upgrade work for me, in days. Stuff beyond my expertise that i would have hired someone for. It is exceptional. However, it does burn my usage - which is fine. I've seen though 3 'resets' that look like i can click them to reset my usage before my time runs out. How do these work? Does clicking reset and move your monthly / weekly date back? I have 3, are these '”

“so just looking at work only things now on my bar are sol light to med then astra light mid and extra high ? im confused like am i being pushed onto a way more expensive model what happened to sol max submitted by /u/Only_Voice569 [link] [comments]”