Comment by phillipcarter
10 hours ago
It's a little more complicated than that, unfortunately.
If you use Claude via API in your own app, you're paying full price.
If you have an "API Plan" for Claude Code (i.e., free), you're paying full price.
If you have a Pro, Max, Max 5x, or Max 20x, your tokens are subsidized up until a rate limit. Then you pay full price for usage thereafter, until the end of the billing cycle.
The widespread belief in industry right now is that the per-seat pricing (which Copilot bailed from first) is going to go away in the near-term.
It's not more complicated? I referenced the subscription... I just added a small warning about it as some people may or may not be aware about the fact they're opening themselves up to serious consequences if they decide to use it on their employers code without explicit permission... Depending on their employers digression, eg largish entrenched employers which value their IP will be more willing to inflict damages on you. An upstart will likely not care unless the CEO sees an opportunity to profit personally.