Claude Code to be removed from Anthropic's Pro plan?

JamesMcMinn

I can't find an announcement yet, however the pricing page now shows it's not included, and various support articles have removed any mention of the the Pro plan including access to claude code. See [1] and [2] for an example of a support article that's had claude code removed as a Pro feature. I guess this is the beginning of the end for subsidised model access, at least from Anthropic. [1] https://support.claude.com/en/articles/8325606-what-is-the-p... [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20260420065828/https://support.c...

thebiblelover7

Previous page, when Claude Code was included: https://web.archive.org/web/20260421141017/https://claude.co... Edit: fixed the url thanks to scq

hannahstrawbrry

Claude Code page still shows it included with Pro/Max. https://claude.com/product/claude-code

ed

This makes sense given Anthropic’s recent downtime and resource constraints. Opus 4.7 consumes tokens at a faster rate and folks were complaining that the Pro plan included too few credits for real work. And Anthropic now allows `claude -p` (which invokes Claude code) for 3rd party agents like OpenClaw, which consume far more tokens by running autonomously, 24/7.

verdverm

I just cancelled my plan, but still have access to Pro and Code apparently until my cycle would have renewed. Hopefully they get a clear signal from this, especially if more of us cancel with the intention to sign back up should they reverse this decision.

chewz

Makes sense. It is over for the little guy - home enthusiasts and vibe coders. Too many of them saturating resources for Max users. IF you cannot afford few hundred dollars subscription go out and breathe fresh air. But if you can, watch where the ball is rolling - few thousand dollars subscriptions and even less programmers.

poetril

I’ve got nearly 10 months left on my yearly subscription, I wonder what that means for my access.

Larrikin

Why is management at Anthropic trying so hard to ruin their reputation with developers? I missed the OpenClaw hype but it was something that kept me excited about my yearly subscription. It makes no sense to do one of the higher tier plans unless they are directly generating you money.

werd_eithw

Their chat bot claims that pro users still have access to Claude Code.

Xunjin

Is this confirmed?!

skeledrew

This is a joke, right... right??

dv_dt

I predict this may get reversed as it would be a huge opening for glm, kimi, and qwen offerings. I'd switch instead of upgrading to Max

dallen33

They should allow existing Pro plan users to keep using Claude Code.

wilg

Related perhaps to GitHub pausing signups for Copilot? https://github.blog/changelog/2026-04-20-changes-to-github-c...

fuomag9

I'm asking for a full refund of my plan via amex if this actually happens. Fuck them.

vicchenai

Saw this coming eventually. $20/month for autonomous agents running 24/7 was clearly not sustainable at API pricing. The part that's surprising is there's still no official announcement - just a quiet page edit.

gozucito

If it was removed from the pro plan, then the max plan should list claude code as one of its extras, and it doesn't. I would not jump to conclusions yet.

guelo

This is more ethical than what they've been doing, trying to keep those subscribers but limiting them to the point it's become unusable. But it's also kneecaping themselves because they'll miss out on any innovation and hype coming out of the hobbyist community.

robertkarl

I don't think I've ever been on such a rollercoaster with a company's reputation in the developer space. I started in January on the $20 plan, essentially my first agentic AI programming. I quickly started hitting limits developing several apps at the same time. I went up to the $200 plan after seeing the value. After seeing my own issues with 4.6 and the mega-post on Github about declining metrics in a decent dataset of claude chats by Stella Laurenzo at AMD ( https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/42796 ), I downgraded to the $100 plan. Hallucinations. Laziness. Lack of thinking. The responses on those mega-threads from Anthropic rubbed me the wrong way in a "you're holding it wrong" kinda way. In the past week, I downgraded back to the $20 plan because the Codex $20 plan on 5.4 was working so well for me. Then throw in other oddball events like the source code leak, and the super positive Anthropic events like their interactions with the current administration. It's a wild ride. I can't understand removing Claude Code from $20. I'm interested to see whether this is confirmed or not. I'm a career engineer and I went from being one of their most outspoken proponents (at least within my circle) and now.... I'm not.

civvv

Does this mean that for enterprises using per-seat pricing, only the $100 premium seat gets access to claude code?