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Claude pricing and plan limits explained: Full guide to free, Pro, Team, and Max tiers

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Anthropic’s Claude platform offers a structured set of subscription plans designed for individuals, professionals, and teams. Each tier differs in terms of model access, context window sizes, usage quotas, and pricing options, making it important to choose the right plan based on workload and expected performance.



Claude’s free plan offers Sonnet 4 with shorter session windows.

The free plan provides access to Claude Sonnet 4, optimized for balanced performance and speed. Users can open multimodal chats and interact with documents, but there are limitations:

  • Model available: Claude Sonnet 4 only.

  • Session length: Up to 5 hours per session, after which chats automatically reset.

  • Context window: 200,000 tokens, suitable for long PDFs and multi-document analysis.

  • File uploads: Now supports up to 30 MB per file, with 20 files per conversation.

  • Model switching: No access to Claude Opus 4.1 or experimental models.

This plan is ideal for light usage, research, and personal workflows but lacks the extended quotas and premium orchestration features included in paid tiers.



Claude Pro expands capabilities with Opus 4.1 and early Sonnet 1M beta.

The Claude Pro plan significantly enhances access and flexibility. It unlocks the Claude Opus 4.1 model and provides priority API access, making it suitable for advanced users and professionals.

Feature

Free Plan

Pro Plan

Monthly price

Free

$20 or $17 annually

Models

Sonnet 4

Opus 4.1 + Sonnet 4

Context window

200,000 tokens

Up to 1,000,000 tokens (beta)

File uploads

30 MB

30 MB

API throughput

Limited

10,000 TPM default

Session reset

5 hours

5 hours

Pro subscribers gain early access to the Sonnet 1M context beta, enabling advanced analytics, complex research workflows, and summarization of massive datasets. These improvements make Claude Pro one of the most competitive plans in its pricing category.



Team plan introduces collaborative workspaces and pooled quotas.

The Team plan is designed for organizations requiring shared resources and workflow integration. It includes:

  • Price: $30 per user/month, minimum 5 seats.

  • Shared quotas: 25,000 Pro-equivalent messages per seat per week.

  • Available models: Claude Opus 4.1, Sonnet 4, and access to Sonnet 1M beta.

  • Collaboration tools: Shared workspaces, audit logs, and integrated Slack and Microsoft Teams apps.

  • Upcoming updates: In September 2025, Team plans will gain an admin plugin directory and workflow automation builder.

This tier is suitable for companies handling large-scale internal knowledge management or embedding Claude into document-driven collaboration.


Claude Max tiers provide priority access and massive usage allowances.

For power users and enterprise-scale workloads, Anthropic offers Claude Max subscriptions, divided into two options:

Plan

Price / Month

Usage Boost

Key Models

Best For

Max 5×

$100

5× Pro quota

Opus 4.1 + Sonnet 4

Analysts, engineers

Max 20×

$200

20× Pro quota

Opus 4.1 + Sonnet 4

Research institutions

  • Both tiers have the same 5-hour session reset as other plans.

  • Priority inference queue ensures minimal latency, even at high demand.

  • If usage reaches 20% quota on Max 5× or 50% quota on Max 20×, the system automatically switches to Sonnet 4 to preserve remaining access.

This structure makes Claude Max highly suitable for enterprises, AI-driven product developers, and data science teams processing vast amounts of content.


File upload limits and multimodal capabilities now unified across plans.

Anthropic recently standardized file limits across all plans:

Feature

Free

Pro

Team

Max

File size cap

30 MB

30 MB

30 MB

30 MB

Files per chat

20

20

20

20

Files API

—

Up to 5 GB via API

Up to 5 GB

Up to 5 GB

The Files API now supports larger data workflows, especially for enterprise-scale document automation. This improvement aligns Claude more closely with research and compliance-driven use cases.



New features and upcoming changes to note.

Several new updates are shaping Claude’s pricing and capabilities roadmap:

  • Student offer: Eligible .edu and .ac.uk addresses can redeem 3 months of Claude Pro for free until 30 September.

  • Admin controls for Team: New plugin management and workflow builder launching in September.

  • Weekly usage caps: Starting 28 August, heavy Pro/Max users exceeding fair-use limits will

    see throttling on high-load workloads.


These updates signal Anthropic’s intent to balance high-end power users with broader accessibility, avoiding infrastructure overloads while enabling deep multimodal processing.


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