Anthropic API
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- caveatAnthropic Claude
Coding subscriptionsfree tieridentity cardlimit request-rateevidence documentedstale on 2026-12-04
- paidAnthropic API
Coding subscriptionsidentity cardevidence documentedstale on 2026-11-22
Anthropic Claude
Coding subscriptions- Free allowance
- Free: USD 0, 'Limited usage every 5 hours and every week' with no number; chat, web search, file creation and code execution, memory, connectors, Artifacts.
- Verdict
- caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- cardcard required, no phone
- Binding limit
- request-rateusage is a multiple of Pro with no absolute number: Free 'Limited' every 5 hours and every week; Max 5x Pro every 5 hours and every week; Ultra no 5-hour limit and 10x Pro every week
- Evidence
- documented9 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-12-04checked 2026-11-03 (live); stale on 2026-12-04
| Free tier | Free: USD 0, 'Limited usage every 5 hours and every week' with no number; chat, web search, file creation and code execution, memory, connectors, Artifacts. Claude Code is not included unit mixed; metered on unstated; the Free column states 'Limited' for the 5-hour limit and the weekly limit with no number; Pro, Max and Ultra are multiples of Pro (1x, 5x, and 10x weekly with no 5-hour limit), so no column states an absolute usage |
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| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
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| Identity | card an account for Free; a credit card for Pro, Max and Ultra. Max carries USD 100 a month and Ultra USD 200 a month in API credits |
| Egress | not applicable |
| Interface | cli, rest Claude Code is a CLI and is marked 'Claude Code included' on the Pro, Max and Ultra cards; the Free card has none |
| Tooling | Claude Code CLI; the Anthropic API separately |
| Composes with | Pro at USD 20 is the cheapest plan that includes Claude Code; Max adds API credits that can be spent on the same account |
| Reliability | no reliability event recorded |
| Notes | The individual ladder is Free, Pro (USD 17 a month annual or USD 20 monthly), Max (USD 100 a month, 5x Pro) and Ultra (USD 200 a month, 10x Pro weekly, no 5-hour limit for verified accounts). The earlier Max 20x tier is no longer listed. |
| Evidence note | documented prices and usage multiples are quoted from the vendor page. Usage is stated only as a multiple of Pro, never as an absolute number. The Max 20x tier read earlier is no longer listed; Ultra is the 10x weekly tier. |
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Evidence 9
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 | www.anthropic.com/pricing | Claude Code is sold on the paid plans only; the Free plan still excludes it |
| 2026-11-03 | www.anthropic.com/pricing | Free is Limited with no number, Pro is the 1x baseline, Max is 5x per 5 hours and per week, Ultra has no 5-hour limit and 10x per week; no 20x column |
| 2026-11-03 | www.anthropic.com/pricing | the Free card states a limited usage allowance per 5 hours and per week, with no number |
| 2026-11-03 | www.anthropic.com/pricing | the Free weekly limit is 'Limited', so the unit is not unlimited |
| 2026-11-03 | www.anthropic.com/pricing | the plan table marks Claude Code No on Free and Yes on Pro, Max and Ultra |
| 2026-11-03 | www.anthropic.com/pricing | Max includes $100 and Ultra $200 a month in API credits; Free and Pro none |
| 2026-11-03 | www.anthropic.com/pricing | Pro is USD 17 a month with annual billing ($200 up front) or USD 20 monthly |
| 2026-11-03 | www.anthropic.com/pricing | a credit card pays for Pro, Max and Ultra; Free takes no payment method |
| 2026-11-03 | www.anthropic.com/pricing | Claude Code is absent from Free and present on Pro, Max and Ultra |
Unknown values 4
- egress terms: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
- per object cap stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
- reliability note: nothing of this kind was observed
- retention stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
Anthropic API
Coding subscriptions- Free allowance
- No free API tier is stated on the pricing page
- Verdict
- paidno free allowance; listed for its price
- Cost
- no price stated
- Identity
- cardcard required, no phone
- Binding limit
- noneno named constraint binds
- Evidence
- documented1 source; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-22checked 2026-10-22 (live); stale on 2026-11-22
| Free tier | no free API tier is stated on the pricing page unit none; metered on none |
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| Price | none stated |
| Identity | card a card on the platform account |
| Egress | not applicable |
| Interface | rest a REST API with per-token pricing |
| Tooling | any Anthropic-compatible client |
| Composes with | the pay-as-you-go reference that makes a subscription comparable: a plan is cheap only relative to the API price of the same model |
| Reliability | no reliability event recorded |
| Notes | Kept as a record because the plan comparison is meaningless without the API price it substitutes for. |
| Evidence note | documented the pricing page was read. The per-model API rates were not extracted in full, so this record carries no rate. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 1
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | www.anthropic.com/pricing | no free API tier is offered; the page prices the consumer plans and states that Max includes USD 100 to USD 200 a month of API credits |
Unknown values 4
- egress terms: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
- per object cap stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
- reliability note: nothing of this kind was observed
- retention stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer