{
  "study": "Claude Pro vs Max: When to Pay $100 or $200 Instead of $20",
  "url": "https://provenbrief.com/story/claude-pro-vs-max-when-to-pay-100-or-200-instead-of-20",
  "publisher": "ProvenBrief",
  "contentUpdatedAt": "2026-09-12T18:43:16.313Z",
  "terms": "Free to use with attribution to ProvenBrief and a link to the source page.",
  "tables": [
    {
      "key": "monthly-price",
      "title": "Claude individual plans: listed monthly price",
      "measure": "List price per month for each individual Claude plan, per Anthropic's plan chooser table dated May 19 2026",
      "unit": "US dollars per month",
      "rows": [
        {
          "key": "pro",
          "label": "Pro",
          "value": 20,
          "note": "also billable annually at $200/year",
          "source": "https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11049762-choose-a-claude-plan"
        },
        {
          "key": "max-5x",
          "label": "Max 5x",
          "value": 100,
          "note": "5x Pro capacity per session",
          "source": "https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11049762-choose-a-claude-plan"
        },
        {
          "key": "max-20x",
          "label": "Max 20x",
          "value": 200,
          "note": "20x Pro capacity per session",
          "source": "https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11049762-choose-a-claude-plan"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "key": "price-per-unit",
      "title": "Price per unit of per-session capacity (ProvenBrief calculation)",
      "measure": "Monthly price divided by the plan's per-session capacity multiplier (Pro = 1 unit), computed by ProvenBrief from Anthropic's listed figures",
      "unit": "US dollars per Pro-equivalent unit",
      "rows": [
        {
          "key": "pro-unit",
          "label": "Pro",
          "value": 20,
          "note": "calculated: $20 / 1x",
          "source": "https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11049762-choose-a-claude-plan"
        },
        {
          "key": "max-5x-unit",
          "label": "Max 5x",
          "value": 20,
          "note": "calculated: $100 / 5x; same unit rate as Pro",
          "source": "https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11049762-choose-a-claude-plan"
        },
        {
          "key": "max-20x-unit",
          "label": "Max 20x",
          "value": 10,
          "note": "calculated: $200 / 20x; only tier where unit price halves",
          "source": "https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11049762-choose-a-claude-plan"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "key": "weekly-sonnet-hours",
      "title": "Anthropic's published weekly Claude Code hour estimates (July 2025)",
      "measure": "Anthropic's estimated weekly hours of Sonnet 4 through Claude Code at each plan tier; midpoint of the published range",
      "unit": "hours per week",
      "rows": [
        {
          "key": "pro-hours",
          "label": "Pro",
          "value": 60,
          "note": "published range 40 to 80 hours; baseline",
          "source": "https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/28/anthropic-unveils-new-rate-limits-to-curb-claude-code-power-users/"
        },
        {
          "key": "max-5x-hours",
          "label": "Max 5x",
          "value": 210,
          "note": "published range 140 to 280 hours; works out to 3.5x Pro",
          "source": "https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/28/anthropic-unveils-new-rate-limits-to-curb-claude-code-power-users/"
        },
        {
          "key": "max-20x-hours",
          "label": "Max 20x",
          "value": 360,
          "note": "published range 240 to 480 hours; works out to 6x Pro",
          "source": "https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/28/anthropic-unveils-new-rate-limits-to-curb-claude-code-power-users/"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}