Claude Code - Pricing, Usage, Limits Thoughts
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Super helpful breakdown .... the Pro vs API tradeoff was always fuzzy for me, your context makes it clear.
Glad i could help:-) I too reached the conclusions after blowing throwing API credits!
Really helpful breakdown. I didn’t realize how quickly the web client could eat into the quota that tip alone is gold. For someone like me who codes a few hours a week, Pro sounds like the right fit. Appreciate the clarity!
Pro is a no-brainer. I have been using $8-10 worth of token usage everyday on a $20 plan.
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If you already have Claude Pro/Max subscription(the web chat one), use that with Claude code. If not, and you are just kicking the tires on Claude code for one off time and never touch it again, just use it with API.
Get the Claude Pro subscription. API usage will be too expensive for you.
Stay away from using Claude Code with API, unless you want to owe Anthropic 1000s of USD every month. Just get the Claude Max subscription. If you are see yourself running out of quota too soon, upgrade to Max 20x, which is only double the price of Max 5x
Minimize usage of Claude Web client from the same account. Web client eats up quota really fast.
Stick to Sonnet 4 model
compact the context
give more thought into writing prompts so that it doesn’t have re-do work and end up using quota sooner.