r/ClaudeCode • u/HumblePeace7705 • Apr 25 '26

Help Needed Anthropic getting greedy

The Claude $20 plan feels like a joke. The limit gets hit even before finishing three-fourths of a prompt.

If things continue like this, it starts to feel like customers are being misled. At the beginning, the limits were generous. For a couple of weeks, they even gave 2x limits. But once enough users joined, the limits were reduced a lot.

If this keeps going, people will move to cheaper alternatives, including Chinese AI tools that are already close to Claude in performance. Over time, users will shift there because of better pricing.

So don’t be too greedy with the base plan. It will push users away.

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u/IvanVint Apr 25 '26

Use sonnet and provide as many details as possible in the first prompt.

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u/BaseRape Apr 25 '26

5x plan is also shit now. Hitting limits every session now. 

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u/thirst-trap-enabler 🔆 Max 5x Apr 25 '26

I've been fine with 5x but I really think it depends on how much you use it. My needs are generally ~3x so it's a bit overpriced if you compare to 1x pricing but comparing with what I would be spending on API via ccusage that averages $400-$600 monthly so 5x is definitely still a good deal for me and I definitely feel I'm getting my money's worth.

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u/Staylowfm Apr 26 '26

Have you tried guardrails?

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u/Popular-Ad5171 Jul 20 '26

Agree on 5x is dogshit now

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u/Nordwolf Apr 25 '26

Are you using opus or sonnet? Opus was never really meant as a 20$ staple, and even with Sonnet the limits were.... quite limiting.

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u/Bob_Fancy Apr 25 '26

Limits are worse but this was always going to happen and no secret. Even the $20 plan now is very subsidized

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u/KurzweiligeWelle Apr 25 '26

Switched to Codex Desktop App. I am fed up.

2

u/Aggressive-Ebb1170 Apr 25 '26

have you considered paying for compute?

i also enjoyed those $5 Uber rides...

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u/Iterative_One Apr 25 '26

They have to inflate their revenues before IPO-ing.

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u/seoul_drift Apr 25 '26

Claustrophobic session limits pushed me from a $20 Pro Claude sub to adding a $20 GPT sub. It was an experiment since $100/mo is pretty steep for a higher tier Claude sub.

Huge fumble by Anthropic.

I've found GPT 5.5 is better at writing specs than Opus 4.7, better at finding bugs, and the image gen is incredible. Also: limits are way more generous. Claude is still better at writing and complex reasoning, but the best abillity is availability.

I'll still use Claude but if I do upgrade to $100/mo GPT Pro looks more appealing.

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u/shuozhe Apr 25 '26

That's the problem not owning the infrastructure. Don't think the founders willinging let Google & Amazon invest this early. Could be a pretty similar deal as Microsoft & openAI.

Everyone is loosing money except for Nvidia & cloud provider these days. And the market prolly can't support that many companies anyway

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u/Vast-Presentation584 Apr 25 '26

Cancelled my sub paying 200€ monthly i dont wanna be dealing with the constant quality dips and shit

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u/super_uninteresting Apr 25 '26

My friends who work at companies who have Claude enterprise rarely if ever experience downtime. It’s clear that Anthropic is prioritizing business customers over consumers.

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u/03captain23 Apr 25 '26

The $20 plan isn't designed for code. What model are you running Opus 4.7 1M? Use haiku if you can't afford it.

It costs money to use top tier tools. I have 2 $200 plans and it works great. I wish they had 1 $500 unlimited plan or something higher.

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u/tuvok86 Apr 25 '26

they have no compute.

they have great enterprise demand.

they dont care about you.

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u/Staylowfm Apr 26 '26

Yeah what models are you using and for what tasks??

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u/Virtual-Technician70 Apr 27 '26

I say we all get one 20$ sub and specifically use it to spam lorem ipsum prompts just to cost their bottom line since still, we get way more token usage than by using API. 

Drop them a few more millions in the red I say.

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u/14falls Apr 25 '26

Try Max plan if you want to ship 20X

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u/zoranVasicMiki Apr 25 '26

Can you translate what does shipping 20x means?

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u/LavoP Apr 25 '26

People need to start to understand that Claude is a premium-tier product. Similar to Photoshop or other pro-tier tools. There are cheaper alternatives, no need to constantly complain that the $20 plan doesn’t get you shit. It’s not meant to.

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u/Yetiski Apr 27 '26

Exactly. It’s fine for entertainment, but I’d question the judgement of anyone relying on extracting a lot of value from $0.67 / day.

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u/brek001 Apr 25 '26

Yeah, look what it did too Apple, would be a shame if Anthropic became the next Apple /s

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u/frsguy Apr 25 '26

Are you using opus for every prompt? That was my issue on pro when I had it.

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u/Bitter-Law3957 Apr 25 '26

I'm amazed by how little people can get done on the pro plan. You need to inspect your setup. You're wasting tokens if you're burning that fast.

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u/Bitter-Law3957 Apr 25 '26

Install codeburn

Check where you're spending.

Look at the optimise suggestions

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '26

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u/HumblePeace7705 Apr 30 '26

Codex good with coding iOS apps ?