Depends on your usage. I burn through ~$100-200 a week Answer from StaffSimilar7941 on reddit.com
Relay.app
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How to Buy Credits for the Anthropic API to use the Claude Models | Relay.app Blog
Once you have an account and are logged in, navigate to the API Dashboard at https://console.anthropic.com/dashboard ... Once you've selected a plan and added a payment method, you can add funds.
Anthropic
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How do I pay for my Claude API usage? | Claude Help Center
To add usage credits and adjust your auto-reload settings, navigate to your Billing page. Click on the “Buy credits” button, and enter in the amount of credits you would like to purchase.
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ThoughtFocus Build
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How to Buy Credits for the Anthropic API to use the Claude Models | ThoughtFocus Build
July 19, 2025 - Access the API dashboard: Log in, generate API keys, and manage your account. Set up billing: Add a payment method in the billing section. Buy credits: Prepay for credits by selecting an amount that fits your needs.
Reddit
reddit.com › r/cline › what is the proper amount to buy anthropic credits?
r/CLine on Reddit: What is the proper amount to buy Anthropic Credits?
March 13, 2025 -
I have been thinking to switch from Cursor to Clone as it seems much more versatile than cursor while staying in the VScode ecosystem.
I was going to buy credits but it was difficult to get to a fix number. I still have 20$ of open ai credits lying there and it's probably gonna be there forever and expire.
Would really appreciate if anyone can outline their preferences or suggestions.
Anthropic
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I created a Claude Console organization - how do I start using ...
To use the Claude API and Workbench, add usage credits to your organization's balance. You’ll need to fill out some additional information about your organization and use case. Then, you’ll enter your payment details and fund your account ...
Reddit
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r/Anthropic on Reddit: Free Credit
April 5, 2024 -
I'm a student and is exploring different AI tools. After trying Openai, I read that Anthropic is a lot better so now I want to try it BUT when I verified my phone number, it says something about cannot use my number to verify right now and when I tried verifying again, it says "organization already has a verified number". I tried contacting the support but they haven't responded yet and it's been a week. I'm hesitant to use money since I haven't tried it yet.
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With Anakin.ai (if you use my referral we both get 300 tokens for free: https://anakin.ai/?r=4Q1SXjCR ), POE, Openrouter.ai you can access Claude 3 Opus and the other Claude 3 models. And, you can subscribe to the Claude API without mobile number check from here: https://console.anthropic.com/dashboard
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seems that greedy asses just turned off free credit function...
Claude
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What is the External Researcher Access Program? | Claude Help Center
If you are an alignment researcher and are interested in receiving free API credits for AI safety and alignment research purposes, you might qualify for our External Researcher Access Program. Please complete the following application form with details about your team and research topic: Application Form - Anthropic's External Researcher Access Program
LobeHub
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Using Anthropic Claude API Key in Lo... · LobeHub
15 hours ago - Set up your billing for the API key to work on https://console.anthropic.com/settings/plans (choose the "Build" plan so you can add credits and only pay for usage).
Reddit
reddit.com › r/claudeai › does paying for claude pro give you anthropic credits?
r/ClaudeAI on Reddit: Does paying for Claude Pro give you anthropic credits?
August 7, 2024 -
I am looking for Claude to act as a chatbot or pair programmer in my IDE. Like this and this.
Having used claude.ai for brainstorming and general software development discussion, I was just about to purchase Claude Pro.
That's when I came across console.anthropic.com because that looked like where I would get my API key to use with these tools.
But the console seems to revolve around the idea of credtis and not subscriptions, leaving me confused.
I want to use claude in my IDE the way the normal claude chat works.
I pay a fixed monthly fee
Since I must be limited, I would rather be limited on a daily basis. So I can't burn through my entire token budget in one day and be empty-handed the rest of the month.
This this explains my confusion. Thanks
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Different things. You don't get any API credit for having a Claude subscription. If you need API key to use with IDEs like Cursor or other IDE plugins then you need to specifically buy API credit from Anthropic console.
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Hacker News
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Ask HN: Desperate for Anthropic Claude API credits any ideas? | Hacker News
March 9, 2025 - You can get an Azure credit grant and use it to pay for an LLM hosted on Azure
Clay
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Troubleshooting Anthropic API Credit Error with Claude ...
February 18, 2025 - You can use Clay's managed Anthropic account (shared API key) by default for AI enrichments - there's no need for your own API key. When setting up an AI enrichment: 1. The Clay-managed account is automatically selected and accessible for all models 2. You can find this option in the enrichment panel under "Model > Account" Note that using the Clay-managed account will involve credit charges ranging from 0.5 to 6 credits per output.
Reddit
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r/Anthropic on Reddit: Credits for Startups
March 5, 2024 -
GPT, Google, etc. all offer some amount of base credits to get startups to use their platform (for example, OpenAI offers up to $10k before they start billing you for real).
Is there anything from Anthropic, besides the $5 you get for signing up?
Portkey
portkey.ai › error-library › account-billing-error-10155
[Solved] Usage is blocked due to insufficient credits. Please visit Plans and Billing to upgrade or purchase credits.
Go to the API Dashboard at https://console.anthropic.com/dashboard. Navigate to Settings -> Plans and Billing. Add funds by selecting a plan and adding a payment method. Set up usage alerts and auto-reload to avoid future interruptions.
Latenode
community.latenode.com › other questions › api
Is it wise to prepay a large sum for Anthropic's API credits? - API - Latenode Official Community
March 19, 2025 - Hey everyone, I’m thinking about using Anthropic’s API for a project. I was considering adding a big chunk of money to my account upfront to get a better rate. But now I’m worried - has anyone heard if they expire unused prepaid credits after a while? I’d hate to lose that money if ...
LinkedIn
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Anthropic's Claude credits purchase fails due to bad UX
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Aicyberchallenge
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Anthropic | AIxCC
Anthropic provided $5k in Claudecredits for qualifying AIxCC teams. Claude is a family of foundational AI models that can be used in a variety of applications. You can talk directly with Claude at claude.ai to brainstorm ideas, analyze images, and process long documents.
Reuters
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Amazon offers free credits for startups to use AI models including Anthropic | Reuters
April 2, 2024 - In a move to attract startup customers, Amazon now allows its cloud credits to cover the use of models from other providers including Anthropic, Meta, Mistral AI, and Cohere.
Merge.dev
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How to get your Anthropic API key (3 steps)
March 13, 2024 - Anthropic currently prices their API usage with a prepaid credit system. Depending on your usage of the API, you may utilize a different number of credits per call.
Anthropic
support.anthropic.com › en › articles › 10366389-how-can-i-advance-my-api-usage-to-tier-2
How can I advance my Claude API usage to Tier 2? | Claude Help Center
To qualify for usage Tier 2, you'll need to purchase a cumulative total of $40 of API usage credits on your Claude Console account. Here's what you need to do: Log into your Console account. Go to your Console Billing page.