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Claude Pro vs Claude Max: price, limits and newest models
Claude Pro costs $20 a month and Max $100 or $200. Max gives 5x or 20x Pro's per-session usage and includes Fable up to half the weekly limit; on Pro, Fable is paid for separately. Neither publishes a count. llmwise Max, at $50, sits between: up to 100 Fable 5.1 messages a month.
Claude 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.
| Claude Pro | Claude Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Price a month | $20 | $100 (Max 5x) or $200 (Max 20x) |
| Billed yearly | $17 a month | Monthly only |
| In India | Local price at checkout | Not published |
| Limits, in brief | No count; five-hour sessions and a weekly cap | No count; 5x or 20x Pro's per-session usage, and a weekly cap |
| Newest models | Claude Fable 5.1: paid for separately; Claude Opus: in its chat; Claude Sonnet: in its chat; Claude Haiku: 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 | “Claude Code” (Claude pricing) | “Claude Code” (Claude pricing) |
What limits do Anthropic publish?
“The number of messages you can send will vary based on message length, including the length of files you attach, the length of your current conversation, and the model or feature you use. Your session-based usage limit will reset every five hours.”
“Max 5x includes five times the Pro plan's per-session usage allowance.”
Should you pick Claude Pro or Claude Max?
Claude most days, not all day
Claude Pro at $20, or $17 a month billed yearly; Max is monthly only.
Fable or Claude Code all day
Claude Max: Fable is in the plan, and 5x or 20x Pro's sessions.
Pro is too little, Max is too much
llmwise Max ($50): more than Pro, less than Max 5x, with every other family too.
Does Anthropic train on your chats, on either plan?
As Anthropic's privacy pages put it on September 28, 2026. Neither question arises on llmwise: it doesn't train on your content, and you decide when a chat is deleted.
| App | Training on your chats | How to opt out | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude | Only if you allow it | Leave Model Improvement off in Privacy Settings, or use Incognito chats | Deleted chats go within 30 days; up to 5 years, de-identified, if you allow training |
“You choose to allow us to use your chats and coding sessions to improve Claude”
Quoted from Anthropic Privacy Center: Is my data used for model training?
Both in one: llmwise Ultra
llmwise Ultra ($100) beside both plans. Its monthly counts assume the allowance goes to one model.
| Model | Claude Pro | Claude Max | llmwise Ultra |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Fable 5.1 | Paid for separately, from the first message | Up to half of the weekly limits | Up to 225 a month |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | Included; Anthropic's table names the family, not the version | Included; Anthropic's table names the family, not the version | Up to 450 a month |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Not named on its pages | Not named on its pages | Up to 900 a month |
| GPT-6 Astra | Not offered: Claude only | Not offered: Claude only | Up to 225 a month |
Behind Ultra's counts is a $42 monthly ceiling on AI cost, its fair-use limit: typical use stays under it, and huge messages or deep research get there first. Every limit, explained.
Each plan on its own, and more pairs
Also from primary sources: Claude's App Store listing (Pro at $20.00 a month, and Max 5x at $124.99 and Max 20x at $249.99 when bought in the app). Read .
Claude Pro or Claude Max: more questions
How much more usage is Claude Max than Pro?
A multiple of Pro, not a number: Max 5x includes five times Pro's per-session allowance, Max 20x 20 times, and both have a weekly limit. llmwise Ultra publishes a count: up to 450 Opus 5.5 messages a month.
Is there a plan between Claude Pro and Max?
Anthropic sells nothing between Pro ($20) and Max 5x ($100). llmwise Max is $50: up to 100 Fable 5.1 or 400 Claude Sonnet 5 messages a month.
Claude Pro or Claude Max? Ask Claude Fable 5.1 and GPT-6 Astra first
Both are on llmwise Ultra ($100): up to 225 a month on Claude Fable 5.1, up to 225 a month on GPT-6 Astra. Ask one, then switch; the second answers with the whole chat in view.