Claude Pricing Guide: Plans, Payment, Receipts, Cancellation
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“I want to try Claude, but the pricing isn’t clear.” “I’m ready to upgrade — but which plan fits?” These come up a lot.
Claude has a wide range, from a free plan up through enterprise contracts. This article walks through each plan, payment methods, getting receipts, and cancellation — end to end. For an overview of how Claude, Claude Code, and Cowork relate, see the upcoming all-plans comparison.
Claude pricing — at a glance
As of April 2026:
| Plan | Monthly | Annual (per month) | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free | Individuals |
| Pro | $20 | $200/yr · ~$16.67/mo | Individuals |
| Max 5x | $100 | annual not offered | Individuals |
| Max 20x | $200 | annual not offered | Individuals |
| Team Standard | $25/seat | $20/seat | Teams of 5+ |
| Team Premium | $125/seat | $100/seat | Teams of 5+ |
| Enterprise | Contact sales | Contact sales | Companies |
Prices are in USD, before tax. Local taxes may apply depending on your jurisdiction.
Plan details
Free plan
Sign-up gets you a free account using Claude Sonnet 4.6, with daily usage limits. Best for “I want to try this” or “I use it occasionally”.
What you get for free
- Text conversation with Sonnet 4.6
- Image and PDF upload + Q&A
- File uploads (within limits)
- Projects (up to 5)
- Artifacts (preview / download docs and spreadsheets in line)
- File generation (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
- External connectors (basic Google Drive integration, etc.)
- Web search (basic)
- Skills (saved instruction patterns)
Limits
- Lower daily message allowance (further reduced during peak hours)
- No access to the top-tier Opus 4.7
- Extended thinking is heavily limited (vs. paid). Research is unavailable.
Pro ($20/month)
The mainstream individual plan. $20/month, or $200/year (~$16.67/month equivalent). Roughly 5× the usage of Free, plus access to more models.
What Pro adds
- ~5× the message allowance
- Claude Opus 4.7 access (latest top-tier; Opus 4.6 also still available)
- Claude Code (AI coding agent) — with monthly limits
- Cowork — Claude works autonomously on multi-step tasks on your desktop
- Projects (conversation history + reference files in folders)
- Research (autonomous web research)
- Priority access during peak hours
Annual pricing $200/year (~$16.67/month) saves about $40/year vs. monthly billing.
Max ($100 or $200/month)
A heavy-user tier introduced May 2025. For people who burn through Pro’s allowance or who use Claude Code intensively. Max is monthly-only — no annual option.
| Max 5x | Max 20x | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $100 | $200 |
| Usage | 5× Pro (25× Free) | 20× Pro (100× Free) |
| Priority | Highest | Zero-latency priority |
| Claude Code | Full access | Full access |
| Annual | Not offered | Not offered |
If you use Claude Code seriously, Max 5x or 20x is the realistic tier.
Team (5+ seats)
For teams of five or more. Adds security, billing, and admin features.
Minimum: 5 seats
| Seat type | Monthly | Annual (per month) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $25/seat | $20/seat | Baseline team features |
| Premium | $125/seat | $100/seat | Max-equivalent usage + admin features |
What Team adds
- Member management via admin console
- Consolidated billing (one card for the whole team)
- Conversations are not used for model training
- SSO (single sign-on) — across all Team tiers
Enterprise
For larger organizations or environments with strict security and compliance needs. Pricing is negotiated.
Highlights
- Custom contract and pricing
- 99.99% SLA
- Advanced access management and audit logs
- Dedicated support
- Available via AWS Bedrock and Google Cloud Vertex AI
Enterprise inquiries go through anthropic.com.
Payment methods
Cards accepted
As of April 2026, Claude paid plans take credit cards only:
- Visa
- Mastercard
- American Express
- Discover
PayPal, bank transfer, and convenience-store payment are not supported.
Debit / prepaid cards?
Some debit and prepaid cards work, but it isn’t officially supported. If yours fails, fall back to a regular credit card.
Card declined?
If you see “your card is not supported for this type of purchase”:
- Recheck card number, expiry, CVC
- Try a different card brand
- Make sure your bank doesn’t block international online payments
- Ask your issuer to allow Stripe-processed online payments
Receipts and invoices
Auto-emailed after each charge
Every time you’re charged, an email titled “Your receipt from Anthropic” lands in your inbox with the PDF receipt and invoice attached.
Downloading past receipts
If you’ve lost the email, or want multiple months in one go:
- Sign in to Claude.ai
- Click your account icon (bottom-left) → Settings
- Open Billing in the left menu
- Find the relevant date in the billing history
- Click View on the right
- Download as PDF
Changing the billing name
To change the company name on the receipt, update the Billing information on the Billing page. The next download will reflect the new name.
Older receipts not showing
Receipts older than a few months are sometimes archived from the UI. Open a Claude support ticket to retrieve them.
Tax invoices
Tax invoice content varies by jurisdiction. If you need a specific format for your local tax authority — for example, Japanese qualified invoices (適格請求書) — confirm with your finance team or accountant. As of April 2026, Anthropic is registered as a Japanese qualified invoice issuer (registration number T7700150134388), and Japanese qualified invoices can be downloaded directly from the Billing page.
Upgrading and downgrading
Upgrade (move to a higher tier)
Go to Settings → Billing. The cost difference is prorated — for example, going Free → Pro mid-month only charges for the remaining days.
Downgrade
Go to Settings → Billing. The downgrade takes effect at the end of the current billing period — you keep your current tier until then.
Annual → monthly
You can’t switch from annual to monthly mid-term. Switch before your annual renewal.
Cancellation
Browser (web)
- Sign in to Claude.ai
- Click your account icon (bottom-left) → Settings
- Open Billing
- Click “Cancel Plan”
- Confirm
You keep paid features until the end of the current billing period.
iOS app
If you subscribed inside the iOS app, cancel via Apple:
- Open Settings on your iPhone
- Apple ID → Subscriptions
- Select Claude and tap Cancel Subscription
Things to watch
- Cancel at least 24 hours before your next billing date to avoid the next charge
- Your account isn’t deleted on cancellation — conversation history and Projects remain (within Free limits)
Refund policy
Generally non-refundable
Claude plans — both monthly and annual — are not prorated for early cancellation. Cancelling mid-period does not refund the remainder.
Wrongly subscribed / accidental purchases
If you signed up by mistake or were charged unexpectedly, a refund may be granted if you act quickly:
- Sign in to Claude.ai and click your account icon
- Click Get help
- Click Send us a message
- Choose Claude Refund Request
- Pick a reason and confirm eligibility
- If eligible, support will follow up
The decision is at Anthropic’s discretion. Speed matters. If you bought through the iOS app, contact Apple Support; for the Android app, contact Google Support.
Going over your limit — Extra usage
Pro, Max, and Team plans let you buy extra usage when you’ve hit your normal limit and need to keep going.
Buying extra usage
- Open Settings → Usage
- Click Enable under “Extra usage”
- Click Add funds and enter an amount
- Click Purchase
You can also turn on auto-reload — when your remaining balance drops below a threshold, more is purchased automatically.
Cost and cap
- Extra usage is billed at API metered rates
- $2,000/day maximum
- If you originally subscribed via the mobile app, you can only enable extra usage from the web
Choosing the right plan
For a deeper Free vs Pro decision framework, see Claude Free vs Pro.
| If you… | Plan |
|---|---|
| Just want to try it | Free |
| Use Claude daily as an individual | Pro |
| Hit Pro’s limit constantly | Max 5x |
| Use Claude Code heavily | Max 5x or Max 20x |
| Run Claude across a 5+ person team | Team Standard |
| Run heavy team usage with admin needs | Team Premium |
| 100+ users, strict security requirements | Enterprise |
Pro vs Max as a rule of thumb: when “you’ve hit your limit” starts showing up routinely, that’s the signal to look at Max. For typical daily business use, Pro is enough.
Summary
- Free — limited usage, good for trying it
- Pro — $20/month; the workhorse plan for daily individual use
- Max 5x / 20x — $100–$200/month; for heavy use or Claude Code
- Team — 5+ seats; consolidated billing and admin
- Enterprise — for larger or compliance-heavy deployments
Receipts are downloadable from Billing, and emailed after each charge. Cancellation is open any time — but refunds are generally not given, so cancel before renewal if you’re stepping away.
Start on Free, move to Pro when you start to feel the limits, and step up further only when needed.
For Claude Code-specific limits and pricing see Claude Code Pricing, and for an all-plans feature comparison see Claude Plan Comparison.
(Information current as of April 2026. Features and pricing may change.)
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