Claude pricing: plans, limits and whether Pro is worth it
Claude plans and prices with the source and date of each check.
Updated by Ido K.
Claude plans
| Tool | Plan | USD / month | Limits | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude | Free | $0 | Usage: Limited, resets every 5 hours and every week | Checked , open source |
| Pro, billed monthly | $20 | Usage: More than Free, resets every 5 hours and every week | Checked , open source | |
| Pro, billed annually | $17$200 billed up front | Usage: More than Free, resets every 5 hours and every week | Checked , open source | |
| Max | $100 | Usage: 5x Pro, resets every 5 hours and every week | Checked , open source | |
| Ultra | $200 | Usage: 10x Pro every week | Checked , open source |
How the plans differ
Claude's individual plans form a ladder. Each paid tier is described as a multiple of the one below it: Max as a multiple of Pro usage, Ultra as a larger multiple. Anthropic does not publish a message count for any plan. Usage resets every five hours and every week, and Anthropic says how fast you reach a limit depends on the model you use, how long your chats are and how large your files are.
Pro is the only tier with two prices. Paying annually lowers the monthly equivalent, with the full year billed up front. The table above shows both.
What Pro adds over Free, per Anthropic
Claude Code, Projects, access to more Claude models, tasks you can hand off and schedule, and Claude in Chrome and Microsoft 365. The Free plan already includes chat on web, desktop and mobile, web search, file creation and memory across conversations.
Is Pro worth it?
We have not measured how much work each plan allows before a limit is reached, so this is a reading of the published terms, not a test result.
- If you hit the Free plan's limits in normal use, Pro is the first step up and the vendor describes it only as "more usage than Free".
- If you want Claude Code, it is listed from Pro upward, not on Free.
- If you already hit Pro's limits, Max and Ultra are priced as multiples of Pro usage, so the question becomes how many times over you run out.
The upper tiers also list monthly API credits. Prices exclude tax.
For a side by side with OpenAI's equivalent plan, see the comparison linked below.