Claude Pro and Max pricing
Claude Pro and Max are flat monthly subscriptions, priced by usage tier. They are simple, but the monthly fee is fixed and the usage cap does not move with your workload. If your usage is bursty — a heavy week, then quiet ones — per-token billing is usually cheaper.
Subscription vs per-token
A subscription makes sense when you use Claude every day and stay inside the cap. Per-token billing wins when usage is uneven, when you want several models, or when you also need Codex or Gemini.
Already have a subscription?
You can keep it and add Code By AI for the API work your subscription does not cover, or top up an existing GPT Plus/Pro or Claude Pro/Max account through our contact channels.
20M / 2M — claude-sonnet-5
| Route | Monthly | Scales with usage |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic list price | $60.00 | Yes |
| Code By AI (per token) | $8.00 | Yes |
| Subscription | Flat fee | No — capped |
What Anthropic charges
Claude Pro and Max are flat monthly subscriptions. Prices below are Anthropic’s published list, not ours.
| Plan | Monthly | Annual (per month) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | — | |
| Pro | $20 | $17 | |
| Max | $100 | $100 | 5x Pro usage |
| Max | $200 | $200 | 20x Pro usage |
| Team | $25 | $20 | standard seat |
| Team | $125 | $100 | premium seat |
| Enterprise | $20 | $20 | per seat, + usage at API rates |
Verified 2026-10-22 from claude.com/pricing
Code By AI
Lite
$9.90
10M tokens
For students and hobbyists. Entry-level access with ~10M tokens per month.
Pro
$39.00
50M tokens
Best value for individual developers. ~50M tokens per month for daily coding tasks.
Team
$99.00
200M tokens
For startups and small teams. ~200M tokens per month with high cost efficiency.
FAQ
- Is Claude Pro a monthly fee or pay-per-token?
- Claude Pro and Max are flat monthly subscriptions with a usage cap. They are not billed per token, so the price does not change with your workload — and the cap does not grow when a project gets busy.
- When is per-token billing cheaper than a subscription?
- On claude-sonnet-5, a month of 20M input and 2M output tokens costs $60.00 at list price and $8.00 through Code By AI. If your real usage swings month to month, per-token billing tracks it; a subscription does not.
- Can I keep my existing Claude subscription?
- Yes. Most people keep the subscription for interactive work and use a token-billed key for automation, CI or bulk refactors where the cap would otherwise get in the way.