Claude Code isn't included in Claude's free plan; paid plans start at $20 a month (Pro), or $17 a month billed annually, up to $200 a month (Ultra). Team seats start at $25 a seat a month, or $20 billed annually. You can also pay per token at API rates instead of subscribing.
Claude Code has no standalone subscription: it comes with paid Claude plans, or you can pay as you go through a Claude Console account.
Claude Pro costs $20 a month billed monthly. Its US price buys about 5.0 million tokens of Claude Sonnet 5.5 on the API at list rates, with 3 input tokens for every output token and no caching. API prices checked 13 Nov 2026. Subscription or API, plan by plan →
Checked 11 Nov 2026 against Anthropic’s pricing page ↗
| Tier | Monthly | Annual | Who it’s for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Pro | $20 a month | $17 a month$200 billed up front | Individuals who want the lowest-priced plan |
| Claude Max | $100 a month | Monthly only | Individuals who need more usage than Pro |
| Claude Ultra | $200 a month | Monthly only | The heaviest individual users |
| Claude Team Standard seatPer seat | $25 a seat a month | $20 a seat a month$240 a seat a year | Teams of 2 to 150 |
| Claude Team Premium seatPer seat. Mix and match with Standard seats | $125 a seat a month | $100 a seat a month$1,200 a seat a year | Team members who need more usage than a Team Standard seat |
| Claude EnterpriseBilled annually, plus usage at API rates. Self-serve needs 20 seats; sales-assisted needs 50 | Annual billing only | $20 a seat a month$240 a seat a year, plus usage at API rates | Organisations with 20 or more seats |
| Claude Console (API pay-as-you-go) | Pay per token at API rates | Developers who would rather pay per token | |
Prices as Anthropic lists them, in US dollars. Choose GBP in the currency menu to see Anthropic’s UK prices where we’ve checked them. Subscription prices aren’t converted.
UK prices as Anthropic shows them. Subscription prices aren’t converted.
The vendor sets local prices. Where we haven’t seen Anthropic’s price in your currency, it stays in US dollars.
Each tier’s limits in Anthropic’s own words. Where Anthropic publishes no number, we don’t add one.
$20 a month, or $17 a month billed annually
$100 a month
$200 a month
$25 a seat a month, or $20 a seat a month billed annually
Seats 2 to 150 seats
$125 a seat a month, or $100 a seat a month billed annually
Seats 2 to 150 seats
$20 a seat a month, billed annually, plus usage at API rates
Seats At least 20 seats
Pay per token at API rates
Tiers paired by their US price. Where one side has nothing at that price, its cell says No equivalent.
| Price point | Claude Code | Codex |
|---|---|---|
| Free | No equivalent | ChatGPT FreeFree |
| $8 a month | No equivalent | ChatGPT Go$8 a month |
| $20 a month | Claude Pro$20 a month | ChatGPT Plus$20 a month |
| $100 a month | Claude Max$100 a month | ChatGPT Pro 100$100 a month |
| $200 a month | Claude Ultra$200 a month | ChatGPT Pro 200$200 a month |
| $500 a month | No equivalent | ChatGPT Pro 500$500 a month |
| $25 a seat a month | Claude Team Standard seat$25 a seat a month | ChatGPT Business Standard seat$25 a seat a month |
| $125 a seat a month | Claude Team Premium seat$125 a seat a month | ChatGPT Business Premium seat$125 a seat a month |
| Enterprise | Claude Enterprise$20 a seat a month, billed annually, plus usage at API rates | ChatGPT Enterprise & EduContact sales |
| Pay per token at API rates | Claude Console (API pay-as-you-go)Pay per token at API rates | API keyPay per token at API rates |
On the Claude Console (API pay-as-you-go) route there’s no plan: Claude Code is billed per token at Anthropic’s API rates.
| Model | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | $2.00 | $10.00 |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | $4.00 | $20.00 |
| Claude Haiku 5.5Prompts over 100K tokens: $0.50 / $2.50 | $0.10 | $0.50 |
Claude Code isn't included in Claude's free plan; paid plans start at $20 a month (Pro), or $17 a month billed annually, up to $200 a month (Ultra). Team seats start at $25 a seat a month, or $20 billed annually. You can also pay per token at API rates instead of subscribing.
No. Claude Code isn't included in Claude's free plan. The lowest-priced plan with it is Claude Pro at $20 a month, or $17 a month billed annually ($200 up front), or you can pay per token at API rates.
On the pay-per-token route (Claude Console), Claude Code is billed at API rates, per million input / output tokens: Claude Sonnet 5.5 $2.00 / $10.00, Claude Opus 5.5 $4.00 / $20.00 and Claude Haiku 5.5 $0.10 / $0.50 for prompts up to 100K tokens ($0.50 / $2.50 over). Anthropic says: “the average cost is around $13 per developer per active day and $150-250 per developer per month, with costs remaining below $30 per active day for 90% of users.” “If you have an ANTHROPIC_API_KEY environment variable set on your system, Claude Code will use this API key for authentication instead of your Claude subscription... resulting in API usage charges”
In Anthropic's words: “Claude Code is included in all paid plans. It shares the same usage limits as the rest of your plan, so your work in the terminal and your chats draw from one pool. For heavy coding sessions, you can also switch to pay-as-you-go API credits through a Console account.” “If you reach your five-hour session limit while Claude Code is partway through a response, it may keep working briefly so it can finish the step in progress instead of stopping mid-step.”
Codex is cheaper to start: ChatGPT's free plan includes it, and ChatGPT Go costs $8 a month, while Claude Code starts with Claude Pro at $20 a month. At every matched price point they cost the same: $20, $100 and $200 a month, and $25 and $125 a seat a month. Claude Pro also has annual billing at $17 a month ($200 up front); ChatGPT Plus doesn't. In the UK Claude Pro is cheaper: £18 a month against £20.
Anthropic’s pages, checked 11 Nov 2026; API rates from our daily price check.