Overview
- Anthropic’s pricing pages on Tuesday showed Claude Code removed from the $20 Pro tier, which the company said was a test served to about 2% of new “prosumer” signups.
- The company said existing Pro and Max subscribers were not affected, though some users still saw Pro access in the web app and CLI as other pages and docs showed conflicting information.
- After confusion spread, Anthropic reverted the landing pages and documentation to list Claude Code under Pro again and said any real plan change would come with advance notice.
- Head of growth Amol Avasare cited much higher use per subscriber and the rise of agent workflows like Claude Code, Cowork, and long-running tasks as reasons current flat-rate plans no longer fit.
- Developers complained about sudden changes and OpenAI leaders mocked the move on social media, while reporters linked the episode to a wider shift toward metered or higher-tier pricing seen with tools like GitHub Copilot.