Is using claude code on the $20 monthly practical? for sonnet 4?

Is there any one using it with this plan?

How does the rate limit differ from that of Cursor? my info is that its 10-40 prompts every 5 hour

So, is this practical? I am assuming its going to be 10 prompts every 5 hours per complaints.

Thanks

It's 20 EUR a month for me.

Today, I just saw this article about claude code and see that they added claude code to pro plan. But you will only get 10-40 prompts every 5 hours. What do you guys think?

/cost doesn’t tell me how many tokens I’ve used. But after 4 hours I’m at my limit. My project is not massive, and I never noticed more than a few k tokens on occasion. It would be good to know what the limits are and I might move to max.

I hear use cases on the 100$ max subscription that sonnet is almost limitless for claude code, but has anyone actually tried the 20$ pro subscription yet and felt any limits? How long does it take for me to get rate limited on a medium/large scaled laravel/react app if I try to use sonnet semi-regularly? Of course if I give it the right files that I need for the job where I can use it, but I need to know if it is really worth using sonnet for the pro subscription or should I go for the max subscription.

Thanks!

In Max 100$ subscription we get 5x the tokens compared to pro 20$ plan. But when we buy two pro plans it would get upto 80% of tokens of max plan. At 40% of cost. So cost vs usage which do you think is better?

Can anyone share their experience using the pro plan with Claude Code? I only have small projects and a few minor request per day, nothing crazy or massive files. How much basic usage can you get from the pro plan? Any experience and advice? Is it worth it for coding daily use?

Just wanted to give a massive shout-out as a Pro tier user – absolutely thrilled that Claude Code is now part of our plan!

I've been putting it through its paces with the JetBrains IDE Claude Code [BETA] plugin, and honestly, it's been a fantastic experience so far. I'm genuinely impressed and super grateful for this powerful tool.

Yeah, I know there are usage limits, but mad respect to Anthropic for extending this to us Pro users instead of keeping it exclusive to the MAX tier. It feels awesome to be included!

What are your experiences with it? Anyone else finding it super useful for their workflow?

Hi all,

Curious how you guys think about Claude Pro + Cursor versus Claude Code (included in Claude Max). I'm currently working on a new software project, using Claude Pro and Visual Studio Code (+ GitHub Copilot). Curious about your insights!

Claude Opus 4.5, our frontier coding model, is now available in Claude Code for Pro users. Pro users can select Opus 4.5 using the /model command in their terminal.

Opus 4.5 will consume rate limits faster than Sonnet 4.5. We recommend using Opus for your most complex tasks and using Sonnet for simpler tasks.

To get started:

* Run claude update
* /model opus

Hello, I’m wondering how you pay for Claude ai for coding ? Is it better to use the pro version or the api pay for use ? Or maybe both ?

I’m using Claude for other things like generating legal documents and also for coding but Claude by itself is limited to understand the all code base. I’ve tried cursor and windsurf. But they add additional api payment. So maybe someone have an advice to optimize the use ?

https://support.anthropic.com/en/articles/11145838-using-claude-code-with-your-pro-or-max-plan

Since Cursor has changed their pricing and now it is basically useless with their $20USD plan, I was thinking about trying Claude Code. But I don't know if it is better to use it with the API charging credits on Anthropic console or directly buying the Pro plan subscription for $20USD. Can someone who has tried it tell me which is the cheaper way?

In case you missed, if you got rate limited on the web chat, your Claude code will just do fine and still works. And since you won't have access to Opus, then you can simply use the web chat for planning.

So here's what I usually do:

1. repomix (library to copy your codebase as a .txt onto clipboard) my whole codebase.

2. attach to Claude web app with Opus selected, then magically prompt my problem and ask it to create a comprehensive plan (sometimes I ask it to use a Markdown format with checkbox, so Claude code can slowly check each box once a task is done).

3. then copy and paste the response onto Claude code.

4. Sonnet will do the rest. It'd be better if you ask it to go to each task one by one and not solving the whole thing in one go.

I know some people already know this, so hopefully this also helps those who doesn't know it yet!

nb: this post is 100% human-made
nb#2: this only works if you're working with a repo that can fit into opus's context length limit.

Due to budget constraints, I opted for Claude Code Pro on Windows. While my Cursor subscription was expired for a few days, I gave Claude a try, mostly through the WSL terminal inside Cursor.

Honestly, I haven’t been getting the performance others seem to rave about:

• I often need to prompt it multiple times just to generate usable code, even if i asked it to debug & diagnose

• Many times I need to press continue to because it keep asking for permission to edit & run command.

• Can't enter new line (Ctrl + Enter/Shift + Enter)

• Can't upload image for it to diagnose

• Because it's running in WSL, Claude can’t properly access debugger tools or trigger as many tool calls compared to Cursor.

In contrast, Cursor with Opus Max feels way more powerful. For $20/month, I get around 20~40 Opus tool calls every 4 hours, and fallback to Sonnet when capped. Plus, I’ve set up MCPs like Playwright to supercharge my web workflows.

Despite Claude not matching Cursor’s efficiency so far, I’m still hopeful. I’d really appreciate any tips or tweaks to get more out of Claude Code Pro on Windows, maybe some setup or usage tricks I’ve missed?

Also, I heard RooCode will be supporting Claude Code on Windows soon. Hopefully it supercharge Claude Code for Windows.

I don’t have the budget for MAX plan (wish I did), but I’m already subbed to WS, Cursor, Trae. Now thinking about adding Claude Code Pro. Read on TechCrunch that Anthropic mentioned PRO users get around 40–80 hrs of Sonnet 4.

If that’s real, it’s enough for me when I mix with my other subs. Anyone here actually seeing 40–80 hrs? Worth it or nah? Would love real feedback

Just run:

claude-auto-resume -c 'Continue completing the current task'

Leave your machine on — it’ll auto-resume the convo when usage resets.

Free work during sleep hours.
Poverty-powered productivity 😎🌙

Github: https://github.com/terryso/claude-auto-resume

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• Claude Code will execute tasks WITHOUT asking for permission

• File operations, system commands, and code changes will run automatically

• Use ONLY in trusted environments and with trusted prompts

• Review your prompt carefully before running this script

Recommended Usage:

• Use in isolated development environments

• Avoid on production systems or with sensitive data

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I've used claude code with api keys in the past, my account has zero credits.

Today I was going to try the claude code with pro subscription, but it just does not work. Im using the latest version of the CLI tool and it still says balance too low. even after logout, login, at login now it says "Add $5 to procced" which makes no sense.

So, how to use it?

Yes, Opus is top-tier for coding, but what really makes it exceptional is the tooling, system prompts, context management, and agentic patterns used by Anthropic in Claude Code. And when I say Claude Code, I don’t mean the models themselves—I mean the agentic workflow. This tool was clearly designed by coding experts, for coding. Most of the time it knows exactly which tool to use, where to look in the codebase, which approach to pick, how to structure folders, and how to test properly.

That said, the best coding model right now is GPT-5.2-Codex. When you combine it with Claude Code via a proxy, the result is insanely good. I tested Codex on the CLI today and was genuinely blown away. I don’t know how long it’s been performing at this level, but I’m here to say it clearly: Claude Code is no longer the king.