Claude Code pricing (October 2026)
Claude Code plans as of Oct 21, 2026: Pro $20, Max 5x $100, Enterprise $20 (team prices per user).
Plans and limits
| Plan | Price / month | Key limits | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pro | $20 | $17/mo billed annually ($200/yr); ≥5x Free per 5-hour session + weekly limits; Claude Code included | claude.com checked Oct 21, 2026 |
| Max 5x page says 'From $100' | $100 | 5x Pro per 5-hour session; $100/mo API credits; Fable 50% of weekly limits | claude.com checked Oct 21, 2026 |
| Max 20x price not explicitly shown on page fetched; third-party sites report $200 | Not published | 20x Pro per session; $200/mo API credits | claude.com checked Oct 21, 2026 |
| Enterprise | $20 per user / from | per seat/month + usage at API rates, annual | claude.com checked Oct 21, 2026 |
Official pricing: claude.com. Prices are USD list prices excluding tax.
Our verdict
Claude Code comes with any paid Claude plan and shares one usage pool with chat. For steady daily agent work on Claude models, a flat Max plan is usually easier to budget than paying per token, but the limits are published only as multiples of Pro, not as token counts.
Verdicts are editorial and independent. No vendor pays for placement. Disclosure.
How Claude Code bills usage
- Flat price. Usage is capped by a quota the vendor does not publish in dollars or tokens.
- Subscription price plus third-party model usage billed at API list price (plan's own pool covers first-party models; size not published in dollars).
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FAQ
- How much does Claude Code cost?
- Claude Code plans as of Oct 21, 2026: Pro $20, Max 5x $100, Enterprise $20 (team prices per user). The cheapest paid plan is Pro at $20/month.
- Is Claude Code included in Claude Pro?
- Yes. Claude Code is included in all paid plans and shares the same usage limits as the rest of the plan.
- How do Claude usage limits work?
- Limits reset on a rolling 5-hour window, with weekly limits on paid plans. Max offers 5x or 20x Pro usage per session. Beyond limits, paid plans can use usage credits at standard API rates.
Changelog
- 2026-10-21 · First Seats & Tokens snapshot. Baseline capture of plan prices for 17 tools and token prices for 28 models.
- 2026-10-21 · Model prices: switched four models to first-party list prices. DeepSeek V4 Pro and V4.1 Flash (peak rates; off-peak is half), Qwen3 Coder Next (Alibaba Model Studio, international) and GLM-5.3 (Z.ai) now show the vendor's own price instead of an OpenRouter routed price. Kimi K3 and K2.7 Code still show OpenRouter prices because Moonshot's price table could not be read. source