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Pro (annual)

$200.00/yr

$16.67/mo

Plus sales tax where applicable

Source · Checked 2026-10-12

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Billed once for the full year, up front.

AI assistant in the US

Claude Pro and Max: plans, limits and price

Claude has a Free plan, Pro (monthly, or yearly billed up front at a discount) and Max with 5x or 20x Pro’s usage. Pro adds more usage, projects, Claude Code and Claude in Chrome and Microsoft 365; Max adds priority access and monthly API credits. Limits reset in five-hour sessions, and paid plans also have a weekly limit. Prices are shown without tax.

A real free plan. Chat on web, desktop and mobile, web search, files and code, memory.
Claude Code included. On Pro and Max, for coding in the terminal.
Annual option for Pro. A discounted yearly price, billed up front.
Max for heavy use. 5x or 20x Pro’s usage, priority access, API credits.
Clear cancel rule. Cancel at least 24 hours before the next billing date.

Most important before you pay

There’s no fixed message count: usage depends on message and file length, conversation length and the model. Pro and Max also have a weekly limit. Prices don’t include tax, and payments are non-refundable except where the terms or the law say otherwise.

Tomas StankevičiusUpdated 2026-10-14Facts from claude.com and Claude Help Center, with dates

At a glance

Plans: Free, Pro, Max 5x, Max 20x
Limits: 5-hour sessions + weekly limit (paid)
Claude Code: Pro and Max
Yearly billing: Pro only
Tax: Not included in listed prices
Refunds: Only where terms or law require

Plans and limits change — check the provider’s own page before you pay.

Prices with dates

Every price has a source and the date it was checked.

From claude.com and the Claude Help Center

Plans, limits, billing and cancellation as Anthropic publishes them.

Affiliate links are labeled

If a link is an affiliate link, we say so right next to it.

Short summary

Claude Pro is a strong pick for writing, analysis and coding — Claude Code is included. The free plan is genuinely useful for occasional work. Max only makes sense if you regularly hit Pro’s limits. Budget for tax on top, and know that refunds are the exception.

Claude Code on Pro

Coding in the terminal without a separate subscription.

Limits aren’t a number

Sessions and a weekly cap, depending on what you do.

We recommend first:: Writers, analysts and developers who use an assistant daily.
With caveats:: Occasional users — the free plan may be enough.

Who Claude is for, and who it isn’t

Choose the plan by how often you hit the limit.

A good choice

For developers
Claude Code is included on Pro and Max.
For long documents and projects
Projects and files on Pro.
For heavy daily use
Max gives 5x or 20x Pro’s usage.

A weaker choice

If you use it once a week
The free plan covers chat, search, files and code.
If you need the API
Pro doesn’t include API usage in the Claude Console.
If you want a guaranteed refund
Payments are non-refundable except where terms or law say otherwise.

Plans

Prices are in the block above.

Plans
Plan	What it means in practice
Free	What it means in practiceChat on web, desktop and mobile, web search, files and code, memory, Artifacts.
Pro	What it means in practiceMore usage per session, projects, Claude Code, Claude in Chrome and Microsoft 365, priority access at high traffic. Monthly or yearly.
Max 5x	What it means in practiceFive times Pro’s usage, higher output limits, priority access to new features, monthly API credits. Monthly only.
Max 20x	What it means in practiceTwenty times Pro’s usage, with the same Max extras. Monthly only.

Occasional → Free; daily → Pro; hitting Pro’s limits often → Max.

Our score and what it’s made of

This is our own assessment based on checked facts. It isn’t an average of user reviews or the provider’s claim. Below — every criterion with its weight and source.

3,9

out of 5 · average of 3 plans · 8 of 8 criteria checked

The score is calculated from the criteria you see below: each criterion shows its weight, what exactly we found and where. Where we have the provider’s page, there’s a link with a check date; where the number comes from our catalog, we say so. “Not checked” means we don’t have the data and the criterion isn’t counted. “Provider doesn’t say” means we went through the provider’s pages but the information isn’t there; that criterion isn’t counted either. If you disagree with the weights — in the methodology you’ll see all the parts and can weigh them your own way. We don’t put app store ratings into structured data: they were collected on other websites, so they stay as visible text.

Scores for individual plans: Pro 4,1 · Max 5x 3,8 · Max 20x 3,7

The same for all “Claude” plans

Criteria that are the same for all of this provider’s plans
Criterion	What we found	Score	Source
What it can do(20 %)	4 of 6 checked	4,0	our catalog
Choice of models(15 %)	you can choose the model	5,0	our catalog
Chats and model training(15 %)	yes, by default (can be turned off)	2,0	our catalog
Clear usage limits(10 %)	specific limits are published	5,0	our catalog
App rating(10 %)	4,7 out of 5	4,7	our catalog
Advertised price is the final price(10 %)	sales tax is added at checkout	3,0	our catalog
Free way to try it(10 %)	permanent free version available	5,0	our catalog

Depends on plan

Criteria that differ between plans
Criterion	Pro	Max 5x	Max 20x
Price compared with others(10 %)	20,00 USD/mo5,0	100,00 USD/mo2,0	200,00 USD/mo1,0

Availability in the US

The final price in the US is clear

You pay in dollars, and the price is the one the provider lists — sales tax, where your state charges it, is added at checkout.

price in dollars
tax terms are known
shared international price list — the price depends on your account’s country

What you get for the money

What’s included in the plan, what’s available in the US, and how the paid version differs from the free one.

Pro or Max

Max is for people who use Claude heavily. The assistant is the same; Max raises the limits and adds a few extras.

Pro or Max
Criterion	Pro	Max (5x or 20x)
Usage	ProMore than Free per session, plus a weekly limit	Max (5x or 20x)5x or 20x Pro’s per-session allowance, plus a weekly limit
Claude Code	ProIncluded	Max (5x or 20x)Included, with more room for long sessions
Background tasks	Pro—	Max (5x or 20x)Longer, multi-step tasks such as reports and spreadsheets that keep going in the background
API credits	ProNot included	Max (5x or 20x)Monthly Claude API credits included
Billing	ProMonthly or annual	Max (5x or 20x)Monthly only

Choose Pro

If you hit the Free limit occasionally but don’t work with Claude all day.

Choose Max

If you regularly hit Pro’s limits, or use Claude Code for hours at a time.

Moving from annual Pro to Max

Anthropic credits the remaining balance of an annual Pro plan when you switch to Max — but only if the billing address is the same; otherwise cancel Pro and wait for it to end.

Claude Free vs Pro

Anyone in a supported location can use Claude free with an email address. Pro adds capacity and priority rather than a different assistant.

Claude Free vs Pro
Criterion	Claude Free	Claude Pro
Usage per session	Claude FreeSession limit that resets every five hours	Claude ProMore usage per session
Weekly limit	Claude Free—	Claude ProA weekly limit across all models, resetting at a fixed time for your account
Busy periods	Claude FreeStandard access	Claude ProPriority access during high traffic
New features	Claude FreeLater	Claude ProEarly access
Going beyond limits	Claude FreeWait for the reset	Claude ProOptional usage credits
Context window	Claude FreeDepends on the model	Claude ProNewest models up to 1M tokens on paid plans
API (Claude Console)	Claude FreeNot included	Claude ProNot included — billed separately

Anthropic says it doesn’t offer standing discounts for Pro; occasional limited-time promotions are announced through official channels.

Features

What works now, what has only been announced, and how it connects with other services.

Availability and requirements in the US

Claude is available in the US on the web, desktop and mobile. A few rules apply to everyone.

claude.ai on the web
Works on the free plan too
Free with an email sign-up; Pro and Max add capacity.
Claude Desktop (Mac, Windows)
Works on the free plan too
Downloadable app for both platforms.
Claude for iOS and Android
Works on the free plan too
Mobile apps; mobile prices can differ from the web.
Claude Code
Workspaid users only
Included with Pro and Max; usage counts toward the same limit.
Memory import
Works on the free plan too
Free, Pro and Max users can import memory from other AI providers; full chat history can’t be imported.
Age requirement
Needs confirmation
You must be at least 18 to use Claude.

Anthropic says Claude performs best in English and well in many other common languages; you can choose your interface language in settings.

Content

What you actually get to watch: catalog, languages, sports and events.

What Claude can do

A general assistant for writing, analysis, files and code.

Chat and files
Search the web, create files and run code — on every plan.
Projects
Organize work and context on Pro and Max.
Claude Code
Terminal-based coding on Pro and Max.

Features roll out over time; some are in beta or limited to higher plans.

What US App Store reviewers say

Claude has 4.7 out of 5 stars from 278,000 ratings on the US App Store. We also read the 50 most recent US reviews — 31 of them gave one or two stars. Recent reviews skew toward people with a problem, so read them as a list of what can go wrong, not as a verdict.

Praised

Positive reviewers call it the best AI assistant they’ve used, some after trying alternatives.

Notifications

Many recent low ratings are about the app’s completion notifications and Dynamic Island indicator, which some users couldn’t find a way to turn off.

Voice mode and guardrails

Others say voice mode cuts them off mid-sentence, or find the safety guardrails too strict.

Most recent complaints are about the iPhone app’s behavior rather than the quality of answers.

Where it works

Supported platforms and browsers, and what you need to get started.

Where you can use it

Where you can use it
Group	Examples	Caveat
Web and desktop	Examplesclaude.ai, Claude Desktop for Mac, Windows and Linux	CaveatManage billing in Settings > Billing.
Mobile	ExamplesClaude for iOS and Android	CaveatSubscriptions bought in the app are billed by Apple or Google.

App ratings in the stores

These are ratings from store users. They rate how the app works; they say nothing about whether the subscription price is fair.

App Store

iOS and iPadOS

4,7out of 5

278,381 ratings

Source

Ratings change constantly and often drop after price increases or removed features. We show the value from the check date together with the number of reviews, because 4.8 from two hundred and 4.5 from two million ratings aren’t the same thing.

Account and terms

Usage limits, sharing, cancellation and refunds.

Accounts

Pro and Max are individual plans.
For teams, Anthropic sells separate Team and Enterprise plans.
Invoices are emailed to your billing address with the subject “Your receipt from Anthropic”.

No standing discounts

Anthropic says it doesn’t offer standard discounted pricing; promotions are occasional.

Limits in practice

Limits in practice
Condition	How it works
Session limit	How it worksResets every five hours
Weekly limit	How it worksPro and Max, fixed reset time per account
What counts	How it worksMessage and file length, conversation length, model

The same plan can feel very different depending on how long your conversations and files are.

Canceling and refunds

Cancel any time from the platform you signed up on: on the web or desktop in Settings > Billing; in the iOS or Android app under Billing → Manage subscription. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period.

Monthly or yearly Pro

Cancel at least 24 hours before your next billing date to avoid the next charge.

Bought in the app

Apple or Google bills you; only Apple can refund App Store charges.

Refunds are the exception

Anthropic says payments are non-refundable except as stated in its Consumer Terms or where required by law.

Separate page: how to cancel this subscription →

Usage and length limits

Anthropic doesn’t publish a fixed message count. Two kinds of limits apply: how much you can use Claude over time, and how long a single conversation can get.

Usage and length limits
Feature	Limit	What it depends on
Session limit	LimitResets every five hours	What it depends onDepends on message length, attached files, conversation length, model and effort level
Weekly limit (Pro)	LimitAcross all models	What it depends onResets at a fixed day and time assigned to your account
Other caps	LimitPossible	What it depends onAnthropic may add weekly, monthly, model or feature limits to manage capacity
Context window	LimitUp to 1M tokens on the newest models	What it depends onOther models 500K or 200K; part is reserved for the reply
Long chats	LimitSummarized automatically	What it depends onWith code execution on; uses more of your limit
More usage	LimitMax plan or usage credits	What it depends onCredits let work continue past the included limit

Everything draws from one budget

claude.ai
Claude Desktop
Claude Code

Anthropic says usage on all Claude surfaces counts toward the same limit.

How to stretch your limit

Anthropic suggests using Projects, keeping instructions short, turning off extended thinking and unused tools when you don’t need them, and starting a new chat when a long one is near the limit.

Privacy, accessibility and transparency

What data you can control, how the accessibility features work, and what the provider discloses.

Your data and model training

On Claude Free, Pro and Max (including Claude Code with those accounts), Anthropic explains when chats can be used to improve its models.

Model Improvement setting
Your chats and coding sessions are used to improve Claude only if you allow it in your privacy settings — or if a conversation is flagged for safety review, or you opt in another way, such as the Trusted Tester Program.
Incognito chats
Never used to improve Claude, even if Model Improvement is on.
Thumbs up/down feedback
Stores the related conversation for up to 5 years, de-linked from your email before Anthropic uses it.
Work and API plans
Commercial products such as Team, Enterprise and the API have separate terms.

You can see and change your Model Improvement choice in Claude’s privacy settings at any time.

What we don’t claim

Common claims about Claude plans, next to what Anthropic says.

Pro gives a fixed number of messages.
Usage depends on message and file length, conversation length and model; limits reset every five hours, with a weekly cap.
Pro includes the API.
Pro doesn’t include API usage through the Claude Console.
Max can be paid yearly.
Max is monthly only; yearly billing is for Pro.
If there’s no price on the page, the service isn’t available in the US.
Not necessarily. More often it means the provider doesn’t publish a fixed price or shows it only at checkout. Availability and a published price are two different things.
An annual plan always works out cheaper.
Cheaper than the monthly plan only if you use the whole period. You pay for the whole year up front, and when you cancel you usually don’t get the unused part back — so it’s a saving for people who already know they’ll stay all year.
Deleting the app cancels the subscription.
No. Deleting the app doesn’t stop the payments — only canceling in the account where you bought the subscription does. The app disappears, the bill stays.
Every plan looks the same in every country.
No. The list of plans, the features in the same plan and the available languages can differ. That’s why we don’t carry data from another country over to the US page.
The price on the pricing page is exactly what you’ll be charged.
Not always. US providers list prices before sales tax, and whether tax is added at checkout — and how much — depends on your state. On one VPN order page we saw a 6.25% sales tax added on top of the listed monthly price.

This list isn’t an accusation against the service. If you find something on our page that doesn’t match the official source, write to us.

When Claude is a good choice

Coding
Pro or Max, with Claude Code.
Compromise: Heavy coding may need Max.
Writing and analysis
Pro.
Compromise: Long files use more of the limit.
Occasional questions
Free.
Compromise: Lower limits.

Pros and cons

Pros

Claude Code included
On Pro and Max.
Useful free plan
Search, files, code and memory.
Yearly Pro option
Discounted, billed up front.

Cons

Tax on top
Prices are listed without tax.
Weekly limits
On paid plans, on top of session limits.
Refunds are limited
Except where terms or law require.

Claude compared with ChatGPT and Google AI

Based on each provider’s US pricing page.

Claude compared with ChatGPT and Google AI
Criterion	Claude	ChatGPT	Google AI
Free plan	Yes	Yes	Yes (Gemini)
Cheapest paid step	Pro	Go (may include ads)	AI Plus
Coding tool	Claude Code (Pro, Max)	Codex (expanded on Plus)	Jules, Antigravity (Pro)
Cloud storage included	Not listed	Not listed	Yes

Free plan: Yes
Cheapest paid step: Pro
Coding tool: Claude Code (Pro, Max)
Cloud storage included: Not listed

If you write, analyze or code — Claude

Claude Code on Pro.

If you want the cheapest paid step — ChatGPT

Go, which may include ads.

If you also need storage — Google AI

Storage and family sharing included.

Final verdict

Claude Pro is good value for daily writing, analysis and coding, with Claude Code included. Start on Free, move to Pro when you hit the limits, and only consider Max if Pro’s limits get in the way regularly.

Choose it if

You use an AI assistant every day for real work.

Think twice if

You want a refund guarantee or tax-inclusive pricing.

Skip it if

The free plan already covers what you do.

ChatGPT has a cheaper Go step; Google AI bundles storage and family sharing.

Claude prices

Plans as claude.com lists them for the US, before tax.

Compare plans

Anthropic says listed prices don’t include applicable tax. Pro can be paid monthly or yearly (billed up front); Max is monthly only. Mobile app prices can differ from web prices.

How to cancel

Claude AI deals and discounts

We have no confirmed deals or promo codes for Claude AI right now. When the provider publishes one and we have checked it, the dates and terms will appear here — we never list made-up promo codes.

Track price and deals

Claude AI free trial

We found no free trial for Claude AI on the provider’s website right now. If one appears, we will mark it here and in the free trials list.

All free trials

How to pay less for Claude AI

“Pro (annual)”: $200.00 for 12 months instead of $240.00 if you pay monthly with “Pro” — you save 17%.

Compare the price with alternatives: Perplexity price · Midjourney price · Google AI price

We only show the provider’s official options — no shared accounts and no region switching.

Customer support

The help center is available in English.

Contact options the provider lists:

live chat

The provider doesn’t say on the page whether a person answers.

Source: support.claude.com/en/

FAQ

Yes, there’s a Free plan with chat on web, desktop and mobile, web search, files and code, and memory.

More usage per session, projects, Claude Code, Claude in Chrome and Microsoft 365, and priority access during high traffic.

There’s no fixed number. Usage depends on message and file length, conversation length and model; limits reset every five hours, and there’s a weekly limit.

Five or twenty times Pro’s usage. Both add priority access and monthly API credits, and both are monthly only.

Yes, with an annual discount billed up front. Switching from monthly credits your remaining time to the first annual invoice.

No. Anthropic says listed prices don’t include applicable tax.

Start by checking who charges you — that decides where you cancel. If you signed up in an app, the payment usually goes through your Google or Apple account, outside the service’s own website. Check your subscriptions in Google Play, and on iPhone: Settings → your name → Subscriptions, signed in to the account you paid with. If you can’t find it, Apple suggests searching your email for “receipt from Apple” or “invoice from Apple”: the receipt shows which account paid. If there’s no receipt at all, you probably bought it on the service’s website or in a bundle from your wireless carrier, internet or TV provider — your bank or card statement shows which company bills you.

On a computer, open your subscriptions in Google Play, click Manage next to the one you want to cancel, then Cancel subscription, pick a reason and confirm with Continue. Some apps on Google Play also let you pause a subscription instead of canceling — that’s not the same thing as canceling.

On iPhone: Settings → your name → Subscriptions → choose the subscription → Cancel Subscription; you may need to scroll down to see the button. If there’s no Cancel button, or you see an expiration message in red text, the subscription is already canceled. For a free trial, Apple asks you to cancel at least 24 hours before it ends.

No. Google says it in a separate warning: when you uninstall an app, your subscription won’t cancel. Payments continue until you cancel in the account where you bought the subscription. It’s an easy trap: the app disappears from your phone, but the bill stays.

Then you cancel with that provider. Apple says it plainly: if you got the subscription through your wireless carrier or another provider, contact them. In the US this is common for streaming — services are often bundled with phone, internet or TV plans. If your plan has a minimum term or the subscription is part of a bundle discount, check the terms before you cancel.

No. Apple is clear about it: you can’t cancel a family member’s subscription. If the receipt shows a family member’s Apple Account, ask them to cancel it themselves. If it shows another account you use yourself, sign in to that one and cancel there.

Not as a general rule. Unlike the European Union, the US has no general 14-day right to withdraw from online purchases. Rules on automatic renewal and how easy canceling must be are set mostly by individual states and differ between them. In practice, check the provider’s own terms: some offer a money-back guarantee (common for VPNs and antivirus software), others don’t refund at all.

Usually not. Access typically lasts until the end of the period you’ve already paid for, and only then does the subscription expire. It works the other way too: canceling right after a payment usually doesn’t refund that period — it only stops the next charge.

Don’t rely on the confirmation pop-up — check the list. On iPhone, open Settings → your name → Subscriptions: if there’s no Cancel button anymore, or there’s an expiration message in red text, the subscription is canceled. In Google Play, a canceled subscription can be restarted with Resubscribe, so you can see the difference there too. If the subscription isn’t on either list, you bought it somewhere else, and that’s where you have to cancel it.

Sometimes, but it’s not guaranteed, and it’s not always the service whose logo you see that decides. Google says most apps on the Play Store are made by third-party developers, who can process refunds under their own policies and applicable laws; according to Google, contacting the developer directly is often the quickest way. If you paid on the service’s website, send the request there. For a charge that neither you nor anyone you know made, Google asks you to report it within 120 days of the transaction.

No — they’re two separate things that are easy to mix up. Deleting the account erases the data but doesn’t stop payments if you bought the subscription in an app store: there the subscription lives independently of the account. So the right order is the reverse — first cancel the subscription where you pay, check that it has really ended, and only then delete the account.

Usually only access to the content ends, while the account remains: history, settings and saved items stay, so you don’t start from zero if you come back. No law requires that, though — it’s the service’s own decision, so the data may be deleted after some time. If something matters to you, export it before the subscription ends.

Often yes, but in the US it depends on where you live. There’s no single federal law for this; several states give their residents the right to know what data a company holds, to get a copy and to have it deleted, and some providers offer the same tools to all users. Send the request to the provider itself — its privacy policy explains how. We don’t promise on the provider’s behalf that a request will be handled quickly or well.

On your card or bank statement. The amount there can differ from the price on the website for two common reasons: a promo price has ended, or sales tax was added at checkout. US providers list prices before sales tax, and whether it’s added — and how much — depends on your state. That’s why the same subscription can show up on your statement as a slightly higher amount than the price you saw on the pricing page.

How we work

This page is a comparison, and for every claim we say where it comes from.

The provider’s sources

The facts come from claude.com/pricing and the Claude Help Center.

We don’t write prices into the text

Prices are in the price block, in the price list’s currency, with a source and a date.

Product facts are shared, market facts aren’t

How many screens a plan allows, how many devices an account works on, how many servers a network has — that doesn’t depend on the country, and on our pages those numbers are the same in every language; a separate tool watches over that. Price, promotions, availability and app language belong to the market, and we never carry them over from another country.

The provider’s list is the same for everyone

If a service publishes a list of countries or languages, we can say whether the US is on it — that list looks the same for everyone. Checkout, however, can look different for every account, so for amounts a provider shows only at checkout we write: check before you pay.

A shorter section doesn’t mean something is missing from the product

If a section here is shorter than for another service, it’s because the provider publishes less about it. We don’t fill the gap with generic wording just to make the page look more complete.

Three different answers

We distinguish between “none”, “the provider doesn’t say” and “we didn’t find it”. They’re three different situations — mixing them up would turn our own limitation into a flaw in the product.

A price without a source isn’t shown

If an amount has no source and date, we don’t show it. An empty spot is more honest than a number that only looks right — and prices change more often than articles get updated.

Data from the US market

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