Claude Pricing and Plans

Short answer

Claude is a general AI assistant favored for long-form writing, careful reasoning, and coding; paid plans (Pro and Max) include Claude Code.

Plans

Free

$0 /mo
Annual: No annual billing
Usage modelFree tier with daily usage caps
Included modelsClaude with daily caps
Team featuresNo
API includedNo
Claude Code not included

Weakness: Daily caps reset and limit longer sessions; no Claude Code

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Pro

$20 /mo
Annual: $17/month billed annually ($200/year)
Usage modelSubscription; standard usage capacity; includes Claude Code
Included modelsFable, Opus, Sonnet, Haiku
Team featuresNo
API includedNo
Includes Claude Code

Weakness: Heavy users may need Max

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Max (5×)

$100 /mo
Annual: No annual billing
Usage modelSubscription; 5× the Pro usage allocation
Included modelsFable, Opus, Sonnet, Haiku
Team featuresNo
API includedNo
5× usageIncludes Claude Code

Weakness: Monthly billing only

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Max (20×)

$200 /mo
Annual: No annual billing
Usage modelSubscription; 20× the Pro usage allocation
Included modelsFable, Opus, Sonnet, Haiku
Team featuresNo
API includedNo
20× usageIncludes Claude Code

Weakness: Monthly billing only; top tier is expensive

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Team

$25 /mo
Annual: $20/user/month standard; $100/user/month premium (annual)
Usage modelPer-seat subscription, 5-150 seats; premium seats add capacity
Included modelsFable, Opus, Sonnet, Haiku
Team featuresSSO, RBAC, Domain Capture, central admin
API includedNo
Includes Claude CodeSSO + RBAC

Weakness: Requires 5-150 seats; premium seats cost much more

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Enterprise

$20 /mo
Annual: Custom
Usage modelPer-seat platform fee plus usage billed at API rates (no included tokens)
Included modelsFable, Opus, Sonnet, Haiku
Team featuresSCIM, audit logs, CMEK, US-only data, HIPAA support
API includedUsage billed at API rates
Includes Claude CodeUsage at API rates

Weakness: No included tokens; usage billed on top of the platform fee

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Best for

WritingReasoningCoding

Not ideal for

  • Built-in web search depth of Perplexity
  • Google Workspace integration

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