🤖 OpenAI and Anthropic Subscriptions Unprofitable

SemiAnalysis tested OpenAI and Anthropic subscriptions by running long tasks to use weekly limits. The $20 OpenAI plan delivers about $700 in token value, the $200 plan about $14,000. Anthropic’s $100 plan shows $2,000 in token costs, revealing heavy losses across tiers.

Both companies offer fixed-price subscriptions with variable token usage depending on tasks.

OpenAI’s plans lose money below 15% usage, Anthropic below 20%. The priciest plans show the worst margins: ChatGPT-pro-20x hits -775% at 50% load, Claude-max-20x -400%. This may limit startups to API-only access instead of adding new subscription features.

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