Anthropic Tested Removing Claude Code From the Pro Plan
Anthropic said the test affects about 2% of new prosumer signups as it weighs tighter usage limits for its popular code tool.
- Anthropic caused widespread confusion this week after its pricing page appeared to remove Claude Code from the $20-per-month Pro plan, though the company later reverted the change.
- Amol Avasare, Anthropic's head of growth, explained that the company is struggling with intense demand, noting "engagement per subscriber is way up" and current plans were not built for this usage.
- Avasare clarified that the pricing update was an "experiment" affecting only 2% of new prosumer signups, writing that the change was "understandably confusing" for the 98% of users not involved.
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seized the moment to poke fun at Anthropic on social media, directing users toward his company's rival coding tool, Codex.
- Anthropic officials promised that if pricing structures do change, "you'll get plenty of notice before anything changes," while testing different options to keep delivering a "great experience for users.
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Anthropic's Claude Code pricing pain is Sam Altman's pleasure
Sam Altman seized the moment on social media as confused Claude Code users tried to figure out if Anthropic was changing its pricing.Bloomberg/Getty ImagesAnthropic caused confusion and anger when it appeared to up the pricing for access to its popular Claude Code tool.Anthropic later said that it was testing a change for 2% of new users and Claude Code would remain in its lowest-tier paid plan.OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and his employees looked to d…
Anthropic tested removing Claude Code from the Pro plan
Anthropic caused a stir among developers with what appeared to be a surprise change to its pricing plan: The company signaled that Claude Code, the popular agentic development tool, would no longer be available to subscribers on the $20-per-month Pro plan. Users took to Reddit and X to point out that Anthropic's pricing page for Claude explicitly showed Claude Code as not supported in the Pro plan. (It remained in the $100/month+ Max plan.) New …
Anthropic manager hints that Pro and Max plans are outgrown by today's Claude workloads
Anthropic briefly removed Claude Code from its Pro subscription for new customers and reversed the change after public pushback. Head of Growth Amol Avasare signaled that the current subscription plans fundamentally no longer match how people are using Claude. The article Anthropic manager hints that Pro and Max plans are outgrown by today's Claude workloads appeared first on The Decoder.
Anthropic experiments with the scope of its pro-tariff: Some new customers lack the Claude code component, which is important for developers.
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