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ChatGPT Pro vs Claude Max: price, limits and newest models
ChatGPT Pro and Claude Max side by side, each in its company's own words and checked September 28, 2026: what each costs, what each says about its limits, and which of the newest models each chat has.
Other companies' plans checked . Updated .
Short answer
ChatGPT Pro and Claude Max both cost $100 or $200 a month. Only ChatGPT Pro publishes a count: 50 or 200 GPT-6 Pro messages a week in the chat; Max gives 5x or 20x Claude Pro's per-session usage, Fable included. llmwise Ultra ($100) has up to 225 Astra and 225 Fable 5.1 messages a month.
Sources: OpenAI Help Center: About ChatGPT Pro tiers, OpenAI Help Center: GPT-6 Pro in ChatGPT, ChatGPT pricing, OpenAI: Introducing GPT-6 Sol and Luna, Claude Help Center: What is the Max plan?, Claude Help Center: Claude Fable models on your plan and Claude pricing, checked .
ChatGPT Pro vs Claude Max, side by side
Each company's figures, checked September 28, 2026; the quotes behind them are on each plan's page.
| ChatGPT Pro | Claude Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Price a month | $100 (Pro $100) or $200 (Pro $200) | $100 (Max 5x) or $200 (Max 20x) |
| Billed yearly | Monthly only | Monthly only |
| In India | Not published | Not published |
| Limits, in brief | GPT-6 Pro in the chat: 50 a week on Pro $100, 200 a week on Pro $200 | No count; 5x or 20x Pro's per-session usage, and a weekly cap |
| Newest models | GPT-6 Astra: in its chat; GPT-6 Sol: not in its chat; GPT-6 Luna: not in its chat | Claude Fable 5.1: in its chat; Claude Opus: in its chat; Claude Sonnet: in its chat; Claude Haiku: in its chat |
| Also in the plan | “Maximum Codex tasks” (ChatGPT pricing) | “Claude Code” (Claude pricing) |
What OpenAI and Anthropic say about the limits
“The limits below apply to Chat; ChatGPT Work and Codex have separate allowances.”
“Max 5x includes five times the Pro plan's per-session usage allowance.”
ChatGPT Pro or Claude Max: which to pick
You want a count to plan by
ChatGPT Pro: the only one with a weekly number, 50 GPT-6 Pro messages on the $100 tier.
Claude Fable most days
Claude Max: Fable can use up to half the weekly limit, and sessions reset every five hours.
Both flagships
llmwise Ultra: Astra and Fable in one $100 plan, instead of two $100 plans.
Both in one: llmwise Ultra
llmwise Ultra ($100) beside both plans, model by model: each count is the most you get if the month goes to that model.
| Model | ChatGPT Pro | Claude Max | llmwise Ultra |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-6 Astra | As GPT-6 Pro: 50 a week on Pro $100, 200 on Pro $200 | Not offered: Claude only | Up to 225 a month |
| GPT-6 Sol | In Work and Codex; not in Chat yet | Not offered: Claude only | Up to 900 a month |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | Not offered: GPT only | Up to half of the weekly limits | Up to 225 a month |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | Not offered: GPT only | Included; Anthropic's table names the family, not the version | Up to 450 a month |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | Not offered: GPT only | Included on every plan | Up to 900 a month |
Every limit is published. Paid plans also have a monthly fair-use limit on AI cost: Pro $7.50, Max $20, Ultra $42, Studio $85. Using every message on your plan at typical sizes stays under it; very large messages and heavy research use it faster. Every limit, explained.
Each plan on its own, and more pairs
Questions
Can I buy both top tiers today?
New sign-ups to ChatGPT Pro $200 are paused since September 10, 2026; Claude Max 20x is open. Both $100 tiers are open.
Which is better for coding agents?
Both include a coding agent at their highest limits: Codex on ChatGPT Pro, Claude Code on Max. llmwise has neither.
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