Anthropic · 4 paid plans tracked · from $20/mo · last checked 2026-10-16
| Plan | Price | Periods the vendor mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Free | — | Not stated |
| Via Claude Pro | $20/mo | 5-hourWeekly |
| Via Claude Max 5x | $100/mo | 5-hourWeekly |
| Via Claude Max 20x | $200/mo | Not stated |
| API (pay-as-you-go) | Usage billed at API token rates | Not stated |
Quoted from the sources above. Allowance periods are the time words each vendor uses in its limits ("weekly", "five-hour", "per month").
No price, limit or free-tier change logged for Claude Code yet. The detector checks its pricing pages daily; get an alert when it moves.
Curated from official Claude Code posts, changelogs and status pages. Pricing and limit moves are highlighted.
Idle 200K+ token chats are now compacted before the one-hour prompt cache expires, and a new notice says standalone Claude Design (claude.ai/design) closes on 14 Dec 2026.
Reviews now finish about 3× faster (6–10 minutes) with per-repo Quick/Standard/Deep levels; eligible Enterprise orgs can claim at least $10,000 in credits by 15 Jan 2027.
2.1.293 makes Claude Haiku 5.5 the default Haiku ($0.10/$0.50 per Mtok, 1M context); hooks gain onFailure: "block" and the Agent tool gains an effort parameter.
Anthropic calls Haiku 5.5 its cheapest, fastest and most capable small model; Max and Team plans now include monthly API credits for the Claude Platform.
Impact ran from 7:00 to 7:59 am PT on 29 Sep; sign-in, new chats and Code sessions failed, and some messages sent then may not have been saved.
Sonnet 5.5 is the second model in the Claude 5.5 family, positioned as a faster, lower-cost complement to Opus 5.5.
The first Claude 5.5 model performs at Fable 5.1's level on most work and costs 40% less to run than Opus 5, per Anthropic.
Anthropic calls them the world's most advanced models for coding and knowledge work.
Anthropic describes Opus 5 as thoughtful and proactive, close to Fable 5's frontier intelligence at half the price.
No. Not included in the Free Claude plan (pricing table: Claude Code 'No' on Free). Can alternatively be used pay-as-you-go with API credits via a Console account.
Claude Code has 4 paid plans: Via Claude Pro $20/mo; Via Claude Max 5x $100/mo; Via Claude Max 20x $200/mo; API (pay-as-you-go) Usage billed at API token rates. Cheapest: $20/mo. Checked 2026-10-16.
Via Claude Pro: Five-hour session limit and weekly limit, shared with Claude chat (web/desktop/mobile). Usage credits can be enabled to continue past limits. Counts not published. Via Claude Max 5x: 5x Pro per-session allowance; five-hour session + general weekly limit + separate weekly Fable limit, shared with Claude. Via Claude Max 20x: 20x Pro per-session allowance; same limit structure as Max 5x. API (pay-as-you-go): No subscription limit; pay per token. Exact session/weekly allowances not published.
Via Claude Pro: Five-hour session limit and weekly limit, shared with Claude chat (web/desktop/mobile). Via Claude Max 5x: five-hour session + general weekly limit + separate weekly Fable limit, shared with Claude.
Yes, up to 15%: Via Claude Pro is $17/mo billed yearly instead of $20/mo.
No change is logged for Claude Code yet. Prices were last checked 2026-10-16.