Anthropic plans and models

6 plans from free to $200/mo and 4 models benchmarked. Every price links its source; last checked 2026-10-30. Contract pricing is on the enterprise hub.

Plans

Claude Free

Free Web chat & coding agent

Annual
— (free tier)
Usage limit
Daily chat limits; up to 1M context on supported models
Main limitation
No Claude Code, Opus, Fable or priority access
Notes
Web, desktop and mobile chat with files, artifacts and code execution.
Popularity
91/100 adoption estimate (reported), not market share. Claude: about 245M monthly active users in 2026 (Sensor Tower estimate); Anthropic publishes revenue, not a user count. Tier share 1.00, assumed for the free tier. Source

Vendor pricing checked 2026-10-24

Claude Pro

$20/mo Web chat & coding agent

Annual
$16.67/mo billed annually
Usage limit
5x free-tier usage; Claude Code included; 1M context on supported models
Main limitation
Rolling usage limits apply across chat, Claude Code and Fable
Included models
Claude Opus 5.5 Claude Sonnet 5.5 Claude Haiku 5.5 Claude Fable 5.1 (usage credits)
Notes
Annual billing is $200/year. The cheapest way to get first-party Claude Code access.
Popularity
85/100 adoption estimate (reported), not market share. Claude: about 245M monthly active users in 2026 (Sensor Tower estimate); Anthropic publishes revenue, not a user count. Tier share 0.50, assumed for the entry paid tier. Source

Vendor pricing checked 2026-10-24

Claude Max

$100/mo Web chat & coding agent

Annual
— (monthly only)
Usage limit
5x Pro usage every 5 hours and every week; $100/mo API credits; priority access
Main limitation
Monthly-only billing; usage caps still apply
Notes
Renamed from Max 5x on 30 October 2026, price unchanged. API credits are for building on the Claude Platform and are separate from subscription usage.
Popularity
82/100 adoption estimate (reported), not market share. Claude: about 245M monthly active users in 2026 (Sensor Tower estimate); Anthropic publishes revenue, not a user count. Tier share 0.30, assumed for the mid tier. Source

Vendor pricing checked 2026-10-30

Claude Ultra

$200/mo Web chat & coding agent

Annual
— (monthly only)
Usage limit
No 5-hour limit for verified accounts; 10x Pro usage every week; $200/mo API credits; priority access
Main limitation
Weekly cap still applies; highest Claude subscription price; no annual discount
Notes
Renamed from Max 20x on 30 October 2026: price unchanged, the 5-hour session limit removed for verified accounts and the API credit doubled to $200. Intended for all-day Claude Code and Opus use. Fable can consume up to half of the weekly limits.
Popularity
74/100 adoption estimate (reported), not market share. Claude: about 245M monthly active users in 2026 (Sensor Tower estimate); Anthropic publishes revenue, not a user count. Tier share 0.10, assumed for the top tier. Source

Vendor pricing checked 2026-10-30

Claude Team Standard

$25/mo Web chat & coding agent · team

Annual
$20/mo billed annually
Usage limit
Per-seat usage with central billing and collaboration
Main limitation
Five-seat minimum; pooled admin features cost more than Pro
Notes
Annual billing is $20/seat/month ($240/seat/year). Central billing, SSO and project sharing.
Popularity
77/100 adoption estimate (reported), not market share. Claude: about 245M monthly active users in 2026 (Sensor Tower estimate); Anthropic publishes revenue, not a user count. Tier share 0.15, assumed for the team seat. Source

Vendor pricing checked 2026-10-28

Claude Team Premium

$125/mo Web chat & coding agent · team

Annual
$100/mo billed annually
Usage limit
Higher per-seat usage than Team Standard; all Team controls
Main limitation
Five-seat minimum; premium seat pricing applies to every seat
Notes
Annual billing is $100/seat/month. Designed for teams running Claude Code all day.
Popularity
77/100 adoption estimate (reported), not market share. Claude: about 245M monthly active users in 2026 (Sensor Tower estimate); Anthropic publishes revenue, not a user count. Tier share 0.15, assumed for the team seat. Source

Vendor pricing checked 2026-10-28

Models

Claude Opus 5.5

$4.00 / $20.00 per M Direct / OpenRouter · proprietary

Intelligence
58 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0
Cost per task
$10.04
Output speed
95 tokens/s
Time to first answer token
573 s
Context window
1M
Recommended effort
xhighBudget: medium, 30.1 for $1.70

Benchmarks Pricing checked 2026-10-28

Claude Sonnet 5.5

$2.00 / $10.00 per M Direct / OpenRouter · proprietary

Intelligence
54 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0
Cost per task
$10.02
Output speed
134 tokens/s
Time to first answer token
389 s
Context window
1M
Recommended effort
Use Claude Opus 5.5 xhighA cheaper Anthropic model matches every level. Instead of max, Claude Opus 5.5 xhigh scores 43.38 for $5.18 (26% of the cost).

Benchmarks Pricing checked 2026-10-28

Claude Fable 5.1

$10.00 / $50.00 per M Direct / OpenRouter · proprietary

Intelligence
50 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0
Cost per task
$10.89
Output speed
69 tokens/s
Time to first answer token
191 s
Context window
1M
Recommended effort
Use Claude Opus 5.5 highA cheaper Anthropic model matches every level. Instead of xhigh, Claude Opus 5.5 high scores 34.53 for $2.42 (28% of the cost).

Benchmarks Pricing checked 2026-10-28

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