Claude Max
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Claude Max is Anthropic's premium subscription tier for Claude, offering high-volume access with 5-hour session token limits, targeted at power users and open-source developers, and subject to usage metering and peak-hour throttling adjustments.
Is Claude Code going to cost $100/month? Probably not - it's all very confusing
Anthropic's undisclosed test restricting Claude Code to $100+/month plans triggered swift public backlash and reversal, exposing communication gaps in its product strategy.
I've been waiting over a month for Anthropic support to respond
Anthropic's Claude Max billing system erroneously charged subscribers ~$180 in Extra Usage fees during inactive periods, with support unresponsive and multiple customers reporting identical metering bugs.
Anthropic tweaks timed usage limits to discourage Claude demand during peak hours
Anthropic accelerates Claude token burn during peak hours (5-11am PT) to throttle demand, hitting ~7% of Pro-tier users running intensive background jobs harder.
Codex for Open Source
OpenAI launches a free 6-month ChatGPT Pro offer for open-source maintainers to compete with Anthropic's similar program, signaling AI vendors' race to lock in influential developers.