Consumer AI products commonly have monthly price tiers of $200 or $300.
Resolved true The record shows it happened or was so.
Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
The second judge said mostly true; the verdict shown is the first judge's.
What would count as true or false
Judged as of 2026-01-07. True: several major consumer AI products (for example ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok or similar) offered consumer-facing subscription tiers priced at about $200–$300 a month at that date, enough that 'common' is fair. Mostly true: such tiers existed at several leading products, but the exact prices differed somewhat (for example $250 rather than $200 or $300), or some were framed as 'pro' or prosumer tiers. Mixed: only one or two products offered such tiers, so 'common' is doubtful. Mostly false: such tiers were very rare or isolated, or were offered only to businesses or enterprises rather than consumers. False: no consumer AI product offered a monthly tier around $200–$300 at that date.
Set before the research began.
Evidence (4)
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E1 Perplexity launches a $200 monthly subscription plan | TechCrunch TechCrunch · 2 July 2025
“OpenAI was the first to do so with its $200-a-month ChatGPT Pro subscription, but Google, Anthropic, and Cursor have followed suit in recent months.”
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E2 Google AI Ultra: You'll have to pay $249.99 per month for Google's best AI | TechCrunch TechCrunch · 20 May 2025
“Priced at $249.99 per month, AI Ultra includes Google’s Veo 3 video generator, the company’s new Flow video editing app, and a powerful AI capability called Gemini 2.5 Pro Deep Think mode”
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E3 OpenAI Launches $200/Month ChatGPT Pro Plan MacRumors · 5 December 2024
“OpenAI today announced the launch of ChatGPT Pro, a $200 per month subscription service that provides unlimited access to OpenAI o1, the company's newest and most advanced large language model.”
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E4 xAI - Grok Metronome · 8 January 2026
“SuperGrok Heavy tier introduced at $300/month”
Reasoning
Independent reports show that several major consumer AI products launched tiers costing about $200–$300 a month before the judgment date. OpenAI's ChatGPT Pro launched at $200 a month in December 2024 [E3]. Google AI Ultra launched at $249.99 a month in May 2025 [E2]. Perplexity launched a $200 plan in July 2025 and was described as following OpenAI, Google, Anthropic and Cursor [E1]. A pricing index dated one day after the judgment date lists xAI's SuperGrok Heavy at $300 a month [E4]. With at least five leading products offering such tiers, calling them 'common' is fair, though the $300 Grok tier is documented only by a source dated one day after the judgment date [E4].
Cite this claim
Marc Andreessen, “Consumer AI products commonly have monthly price tiers of $200 or $300.” (said 7 January 2026). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_d1a2b04346fe, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_d1a2b04346fe
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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