Which Claude plan includes Claude Code, and what does each plan allow? Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise

Claude Code is Anthropic's coding tool. You type a request in a terminal (the text window where you type commands) and an AI model reads files, runs commands and edits code for you. It is included in Anthropic's paid plans, and each plan gives a different usage allowance: the amount of work the plan includes before a usage limit stops you. The work is done in tokens, the pieces of text the model reads and writes, and Anthropic states each allowance as a multiple of another plan's, with no token count attached. This page sets out what each plan includes for Claude Code, at the prices Anthropic's pricing page and support articles listed on 4 October 2026. Anthropic says on both that "price and plans are subject to change at Anthropic's discretion" [1][2], so treat every figure here as a reading on that date. The page is part of the guide to Claude Code usage limits.

Which plans include Claude Code at all

Anthropic's pricing page has a feature table for individual plans. Its Claude Code row reads: Free, No; Pro, Yes; Max 5x, Yes; Max 20x, Yes [1]. The table for business plans reads: Team, Yes; Enterprise (self-serve), Yes; Enterprise (sales-assisted), Yes [1]. The page's own question-and-answer section says it in one line: "Claude Code is included in all paid plans. It shares the same usage limits as the rest of your plan, so your work in the terminal and your chats draw from one pool" [1].

So the Free plan is the only plan on the page without Claude Code, and on every paid plan the allowance is shared with chat. The page on what counts against a usage limit covers that sharing.

Pro

The Pro plan article, read on 4 October 2026, says the plan is "available for $20 per month (US), with pricing in your local currency where supported", that monthly pricing varies by region, and that some regions include tax in the displayed price while others add it at checkout [3]. The pricing page lists the two billing choices: "$17 per month with annual subscription discount ($200 billed up front). $20 if billed monthly" [1]. The page shows $17 per month; $200 divided by twelve months is $16.67, and that division is our arithmetic on Anthropic's figures.

What Pro includes for Claude Code, by the Pro article: "Claude Code access" is one of its listed benefits, along with more usage per session than Free [3]. The two Anthropic pages disagree on one benefit: the Pro article lists "priority access to Claude during high-traffic periods" for Pro [3], while the pricing page's table marks "Priority access at high traffic times" as No for Pro and Yes for both Max tiers [1]. This page reports both as written. The pricing page says Pro "gives you at least 5x more usage per 5-hour session than Free" [1].

One line in the Pro article matters for anyone who also wants to pay per token: "The Pro plan does not include API usage through the Claude Console. If you're interested in both enhanced Claude features and the Claude API, you'll need to set up Console access to pay for API usage separately" [3]. The Console is Anthropic's website for API accounts, where you pay for each token instead of a monthly fee; the page on a subscription or an API key for one developer compares the two.

Max 5x and Max 20x

The Max plan article, read on 4 October 2026, lists two tiers: "Max 5x: $100 per month" and "Max 20x: $200 per month". It adds: "These prices are for web subscriptions only. Mobile pricing may vary depending on your app platform. Price and plans are subject to change at Anthropic's discretion" [2]. The pricing page shows Max as "From $100 per month" with the choice of "5x or 20x more usage than Pro" [1].

The numbers in the tier names are multiples of the Pro allowance in the five-hour window. The Max article's wording: "Max 5x includes five times the Pro plan's per-session usage allowance", and "Max 20x includes 20 times the Pro plan's per-session usage allowance" [2]. The pricing page says the same in its question-and-answer section: "choose from 5x or 20x the usage of Pro per 5-hour session" [1]. Both tiers also have the weekly limit that "applies across all models" [2].

Three other facts from the Max article. The plan "is currently available as a monthly subscription only" [2], which the pricing page's billing-cycle row confirms: Pro, "Monthly and annual"; Max 5x and Max 20x, "Monthly" [1]. Max subscribers get "priority access to our newest features and models" [2], and the pricing page lists "Priority access at high traffic times" as Yes for both Max tiers [1]. The pricing page also lists "Higher output limits for all tasks" for Max [1].

On moving between plans: the Max article says that when you upgrade from a lower to a higher tier, your account is charged on a prorated basis for the rest of the billing cycle, and that when you move from an annual Pro plan to Max with a remaining balance larger than the Max price, you receive a credit for the remaining balance, applied to future subscription costs, on the condition that the billing address matches your previous subscription's [2].

Team: Standard and Premium seats

The Team plan is "for teams of 2 to 150", by the pricing page [1]. It has two seat types, where a seat is one member's place on the plan:

• Standard seat: "$20 per seat / month if billed annually. $25 if billed monthly", with "all Claude features, plus more usage than Pro" [1].
• Premium seat: "$100 per seat / month if billed annually. $125 if billed monthly", with "5x more usage than standard seats" [1].

Anthropic's Team and Enterprise support article, read on 4 October 2026, says: "Claude Code is included with every Team plan seat. Premium seats offer more usage for team members with heavier workloads" [4]. The pricing page's question-and-answer section gives the multiples in one sentence: "On Team plans, Standard seats give more than Pro and Premium seats give 5x more than Standard" [1]. The page says the plan lets you "mix and match seat types" [1].

This was a change. Anthropic's release notes, read on 4 October 2026, include an entry dated January 16, 2026, headed "Claude Code access added to Team plan Standard seats": "We're now including Claude Code access with every Team plan standard seat" [5]. Before that, an entry dated August 20, 2025 introduced "a premium seat tier for Team and Enterprise plans offering more usage and access to Claude Code" [5]. The page on the dated log of limit changes keeps both entries.

A Team seat's allowance works like an individual plan's: Anthropic's Claude Code documentation says it "resets on a rolling five-hour window and a weekly window", is shared with chat and Cowork, and "its size depends on the member's seat tier (Standard or Premium)" [6]. The Team article adds one version requirement: skills and plugins from your Claude account load in Claude Code automatically after sign-in, and "this needs Claude Code v2.1.273 or later" [4].

Enterprise: one seat type on new plans, two on older ones

The pricing page lists Enterprise as "Seat price + usage at API rates: US$20/seat/month, billed annually. Usage cost scales with model and task" [1]. Its question-and-answer section repeats the structure: "Pricing is $20 per seat per month plus usage billed at API rates", and "Enterprise is billed annually" [1]. Anthropic's release notes date self-serve Enterprise plans to February 12, 2026, with "a single seat type that includes access to Claude, Claude Code, and Cowork" [5].

The Team and Enterprise article separates new plans from older ones. "For Enterprise plans, Claude Code is included with the single Enterprise seat on new and self-serve plans. On older Enterprise plans, Claude Code is available on Chat + Claude Code seats (usage-based billing) and Premium seats (seat-based billing)" [4]. On an older plan with Chat and Chat + Claude Code seats, or Standard and Premium seats, Anthropic says you need a seat type that includes Claude Code, and Owners can buy or reassign those seats in Organization settings [4].

The limit works differently by billing type. Anthropic writes: "If your organization is on a usage-based Enterprise plan (including self-serve Enterprise), there are no per-seat usage limits", because usage "is based on consumption and billed at API rates" [4]. On a Team plan or a seat-based Enterprise plan, the included allowance applies, and an administrator can turn on usage credits so members continue after it [4]. The pricing page's "Extra usage" row reads Yes for Team and "n/a" for both Enterprise columns [1], which fits usage billed per consumption; that reading is ours. Spend limits for an organisation are the subject of the guide to Claude Code costs for teams.

One more line from the Team and Enterprise article: on a HIPAA-ready Enterprise plan, "Claude Code is included in your seat but is not covered under the HIPAA-ready offering" [4].

The plans compared

Plan	Price as listed on 4 October 2026	Claude Code included	Usage multiple, as Anthropic states it
Free	$0 [1]	No [1]	The base; Pro gives at least 5x more per five-hour session than Free [1]
Pro	$20 per month billed monthly, or $17 per month on an annual subscription, $200 billed up front [1]; $20 per month (US) in the Pro article [3]	Yes [1][3]	At least 5x Free per five-hour session [1]
Max 5x	$100 per month, web price [1][2]	Yes [1][2]	Five times the Pro per-session allowance [2]
Max 20x	$200 per month, web price [1][2]	Yes [1][2]	20 times the Pro per-session allowance [2]
Team, Standard seat	$20 per seat per month billed annually, $25 monthly [1]	Yes, every seat [4]	More usage than Pro [1]
Team, Premium seat	$100 per seat per month billed annually, $125 monthly [1]	Yes [4]	5x the Standard seat [1]
Enterprise, new or self-serve	US$20 per seat per month billed annually, plus usage at API rates [1]	Yes, in the single seat [4]	No per-seat usage limit on usage-based billing [4]
Enterprise, older plans	The pricing page lists the current Enterprise plan only [1]	On Chat + Claude Code seats and Premium seats only [4]	Per seat on seat-based billing; per consumption on usage-based billing [4]

Every price in the table is a web price that Anthropic says may change [1][2][3]. The Pro article says regional prices vary and may include or exclude tax [3], and the Max article says mobile app prices may differ [2].

Which plan to pick

Our position, from Anthropic's own advice. The Pro or Max support article says to "consider upgrading to the Max 5x plan if you consistently hit limits and need more capacity for larger repositories", and, on Max 5x, to "consider upgrading to the Max 20x plan if you consistently hit limits" [7]. So the test Anthropic gives is whether limits are reached consistently. A limit reached once in a week is a case for waiting or for usage credits, which the page on usage credits after the limit covers. A limit reached most days is the case the article names for the next tier.

Check the price step against your /usage bars. Pro to Max 5x is $20 to $100 per month for five times the per-session allowance; Max 5x to Max 20x is $100 to $200 for four times the Max 5x allowance, since 20 is four times 5. Those ratios are our arithmetic on Anthropic's figures. Reveneau recommends the Max 20x tier for one developer who runs Claude Code through most of a working day: the Max article calls it the tier for daily users who collaborate often with Claude for most tasks, and Max 5x the tier for frequent users who work with Claude on a variety of tasks [2], and the 20x per-session allowance gives a long task more room before the session window stops it.

For a group of 2 to 150 people, the Team plan is the plan the pricing page lists for that size, and the first plan in its tables with central billing and administration [1]. Reveneau recommends Standard seats by default with Premium seats for the members whose /usage bars reach the limit, since the pricing page gives Premium five times the Standard allowance at five times the annual price [1]. For a larger organisation, the pricing page lists the Enterprise plan [1].

Reveneau is an AI software development consultancy, and all of its code is written by AI, so the plan allowance is a running constraint on every Reveneau build. Reveneau is independent of Anthropic. Every price and multiple on this page is Anthropic's own statement about its own product, read on 4 October 2026.