Expensive AI subscriptions are worth it now (opens in new tab)

When Open AI first launched its $200/month ChatGPT Pro subscription back at the end of 2024, I laughed. I didn't even sign up and test it for the article I wrote about it here on Zapier—it offered so little extra benefit over a $20/month ChatGPT Plus subscription that I didn't think there was much point. Wow, have things changed. Over the past six months, AI coding tools and AI agents have crossed an important threshold. They've gone from mostly doing what you want most of the time to almost al