AI plans · Anthropic
Updated · By llmwise, AI-assisted.
Claude Max 5x and 20x: price and limits
Claude Max costs $100 or $200 a month, monthly only: five or 20 times Pro's per-session usage, with a weekly cap, and Fable can take up to half of it. Anthropic publishes no count. llmwise Ultra ($100) has up to 225 Claude Fable 5.1 messages a month; Studio ($200), up to 500.
How much does Claude Max cost?
Before tax, as Anthropic lists them on September 28, 2026.
| Billing | Price | In Anthropic's words |
|---|---|---|
| Max 5x | $100 a month | “Max 5x: $100 per month” (Claude Help Center: What is the Max plan?) |
| Max 20x | $200 a month | “Max 20x: $200 per month” (Claude Help Center: What is the Max plan?) |
| Billed yearly | Not offered | “The Max plan is currently available as a monthly subscription only.” (Claude Help Center: What is the Max plan?) |
Claude Max's limits, in Anthropic's words
Quoted word for word from Anthropic's own pages, checked September 28, 2026. Anthropic publishes no message count for Claude Max.
“Max 5x includes five times the Pro plan's per-session usage allowance.”
“Max 20x includes 20 times the Pro plan's per-session usage allowance.”
“Your session-based usage limit will reset every five hours. Max plans also have a weekly usage limit that applies across all models.”
Which of Anthropic's newest models does Claude Max include?
| Model | In Claude Max's chat? | What the plan gives | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Fable 5.1 | In its chat | Up to half of the weekly limits | “You can use up to 50% of your weekly usage limits on Fable models at no extra cost.” (Claude Help Center: Claude Fable models on your plan) |
| Claude Opus | In its chat | Included; Anthropic's table names the family, not the version | “Opus: No: Yes: Yes: Yes” (Claude pricing) |
| Claude Sonnet | In its chat | Included on every plan | “Sonnet: Yes: Yes: Yes: Yes” (Claude pricing) |
| Claude Haiku | In its chat | Included on every plan | “Haiku: Yes: Yes: Yes: Yes” (Claude pricing) |
Also in Claude Max, in Anthropic's words: “Claude Code” (Claude pricing); “Priority access at high traffic times” (Claude pricing).
What changed on Claude Max
: Anthropic's promotion that let Pro use Fable 5 within its weekly limits ended on July 19, 2026; since then Fable 5 and 5.1 are paid for separately on Pro, and stay part of Max. (Claude Help Center: Claude Fable models on your plan)
Is Claude Max worth it?
Claude Code all day
Yes. Max is built for people who work with Claude all day, and Claude Code at $100 or $200 has no llmwise equivalent.
Heavy Fable use
Max includes it, up to half the weekly limit. On llmwise Ultra that's up to 225 Fable 5.1 messages a month, with the count shown before you send.
Pro is too little, Max is too much
The gap between Pro ($20) and Max 5x is where llmwise Max sits, at $50: up to 100 Fable 5.1 or 200 Opus 5.5 messages a month.
Bursty weeks
Max resets every five hours, so a heavy day doesn't spend the month; llmwise's allowance is a month's, so a heavy week does.
What $100 buys on llmwise, beside Claude Max
The llmwise plan at the same price beside Claude Max, model by model, counted the way the app counts.
| Model | On Claude Max | On llmwise Ultra | A message, if the month goes to it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Fable 5.1 | Up to half of the weekly limits | Up to 225 a month | $0.44 |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | Included; Anthropic's table names the family, not the version | Up to 450 a month | $0.22 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Not named on its pages | Up to 900 a month | $0.11 |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | Included on every plan | Up to 900 a month | $0.11 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | Included on every plan | Up to 1,800 a month | $0.06 |
| GPT-6 Astra | Not offered: Claude only | Up to 225 a month | $0.44 |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro (preview) | Not offered: Claude only | Up to 900 a month | $0.11 |
| Grok 4.7 | Not offered: Claude only | Up to 1,800 a month | $0.06 |
llmwise Ultra ($100): a monthly count assumes the month's whole allowance goes to that one model; the everyday models count by the day.
llmwise Ultra keeps a fair-use limit of $42 in AI cost per month. Spending its whole count on typical messages stays below that; outsized messages and research eat into it faster. Every limit, explained.
Claude Max against other plans
- Claude Pro vs Claude Max
- ChatGPT Pro vs Claude Max
- Claude Max vs llmwise
- Claude Free
No count; limits reset every five hours
- Claude Pro
No count; five-hour sessions and a weekly cap
- Every Claude plan and its price
- Claude price in India: Pro and Max in US dollars, tax and UPI
Also from primary sources: Claude's App Store listing (Max 5x at $124.99 and Max 20x at $249.99 a month when bought in the app, above the web's prices). Read .
Asked about Claude Max
How much usage does Claude Max give?
A multiple, not a number (checked September 28, 2026): Max 5x "includes five times the Pro plan's per-session usage allowance", Max 20x 20 times, and both have a weekly limit across all models that resets at a fixed time each week.
Does Claude Max include Claude Fable 5.1?
Yes, as a standard part of the plan: up to 50% of the weekly limits, and Fable uses them faster than other Claude models. llmwise Ultra has up to 225 Fable 5.1 messages a month, Studio up to 500.
Is there a yearly Claude Max plan?
No. Anthropic's help center says Max is a monthly subscription only; the yearly discount is Pro's.
Before you pick Claude Max: Claude Fable 5.1, counted
llmwise Ultra ($100) gives up to 225 Claude Fable 5.1 messages a month, beside the other families' models. Free is 5 messages, once, with no card.