Claude Code pricing
Claude Code by Anthropic: plans, prices and what the official page says about usage limits.
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly | Included credit | What the official page says | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro | $20/mo | $17/mo | — | Includes Claude Code. Usage limits reset every 5 hours, with weekly limits on top; no fixed message count is published. | Verified Oct 9 |
| Max 5x | $100/mo | — | $100/mo API credit | 5× Pro's usage per 5-hour session; weekly limits apply. Includes $100 a month of Claude API credit, which does not cover interactive Claude Code. Billed monthly only. | Verified Oct 9 |
| Max 20x | $200/mo | — | $200/mo API credit | 20× Pro's usage per 5-hour session; weekly limits apply. Includes $200 a month of Claude API credit, which does not cover interactive Claude Code. Billed monthly only. | Verified Oct 9 |
None of these companies publishes how many tokens a plan includes. Usage depends on the model, the size of the task and how much context it carries, and every plan has limits that reset over time. The notes below summarize what each official page says.
The same usage on the API
Subscriptions don't publish token allowances, so we can't say how much work a Claude Code plan covers. What we can show is what the same usage would cost if you paid per token on the API, next to the plan prices above.
$132.00
API cost per month
Uses each model's API list price and the same formula as the rest of the site (30 days a month; cached input at the cache read price; cache write fees not included). It is not what a subscription would charge.
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Questions
- How much does Claude Code cost?
- Claude Code plans: Pro $20/mo ($17/mo billed yearly), Max 5x $100/mo, Max 20x $200/mo. The free Claude plan does not include Claude Code.
- Do AI coding plans have usage limits?
- Yes. Every plan limits chat and agent usage, and none of these companies publishes the limits as a number of tokens. Claude limits reset every 5 hours with weekly limits on top; Codex publishes estimated message ranges for Plus; GitHub Copilot states the dollar value of the AI credits each plan includes.