Anthropic says its rolling out new weekly fee limits for Claude to curb utilization amongst subscribers who’re working its AI coding device, Claude Code, “constantly within the background, 24/7.” Anthropic says the speed limits additionally purpose to cease a handful of customers who’re violating Claude’s utilization coverage by sharing accounts and reselling entry to Claude Code.
The brand new fee limits will go into impact August 28 for subscribers to Anthropic’s $20-per-month Professional plan, in addition to its $100 and $200-per-month Max plans, the corporate stated Monday in an electronic mail to subscribers and a publish on X.
We’re rolling out new weekly fee limits for Claude Professional and Max in late August. We estimate they’ll apply to lower than 5% of subscribers primarily based on present utilization. pic.twitter.com/X8FAss3jIC— Anthropic (@AnthropicAI) July 28, 2025
Anthropic says its present utilization limits, which reset each 5 hours, will stay in place. The corporate can be introducing two new weekly fee limits that reset each seven days; one is an total utilization restrict, whereas the opposite is restricted to Anthropic’s most superior AI mannequin, Claude Opus 4. Anthropic says Max subscribers should purchase further utilization, past what the speed restrict supplies, at normal API charges.
The announcement comes simply weeks after Anthropic quietly launched fee limits for Claude Code. The corporate stated on the time it was conscious of the problems, however declined to elaborate additional. Whereas Anthropic’s AI coding device has a been successful with builders, the corporate appears to be having a tough time serving it broadly. Anthropic’s standing web page reveals that Claude Code has skilled a partial or main outage at the least seven occasions within the final month — maybe as a result of some energy customers appear to be working Claude Code nonstop.
“Claude Code has skilled unprecedented demand since launch,” stated Anthropic spokesperson Amie Rotherham in an electronic mail to TechCrunch in regards to the weekly fee limits. Rotherham notes that “most customers gained’t discover a distinction,” nonetheless, didn’t supply specifics about how a lot utilization subscribers ought to now anticipate.
The corporate notes that this restrict will have an effect on lower than 5% of subscribers, primarily based on their present utilization patterns. Most Professional customers can anticipate 40-80 hours of Sonnet 4 inside their weekly fee limits, in response to Anthropic. Nevertheless, Anthropic notes that utilization could range primarily based on codebase dimension and different components.
Anthropic has stated earlier than that it’s very constrained in the case of computational sources, which appears to be the case for many AI mannequin suppliers at the moment. Most AI firms are racing to deliver new AI knowledge facilities on-line to satisfy the huge calls for of serving and coaching their AI fashions.
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A number of suppliers of AI coding instruments are revisiting the pricing technique round their merchandise. In June, the corporate behind Cursor, Anysphere, modified the best way it priced utilization for its $20-per-month Professional plan to restrict energy customers from abusing the plan. Nevertheless, Anysphere later apologized for poorly speaking these adjustments, resulting in some customers paying greater than they anticipated. One other AI coding device supplier, Replit, made comparable pricing adjustments in June as nicely.
In an electronic mail to Claude subscribers, Anthropic says it’s dedicated to “supporting long-running use circumstances by way of different choices sooner or later.” Nevertheless, the corporate claims these fee limits will assist them preserve dependable service broadly within the quick time period.
Replace 1:37 pm PT: This story was up to date to incorporate feedback from an Anthropic spokesperson.
