UPDATE: This page is helpful and sets some expectation on limits https://support.anthropic.com/en/articles/11145838-using-claude-code-with-your-pro-or-max-plan

Thanks for the replies.

It seems Pro is a good stepping stone, and more effective than throwing cash at the API with Free plan

I'm very disappointed the Max plan is simply 5x Pro messages at 5x the cost.... You'd think offering a higher plan would mean higher savings, but no. I guess model access is the main difference, but still sucks.

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Am a slow starter on AI and was actually feeling very happy about Claude Code after some research, which is a first for me in this space.

Threw in $20 on Free plan just to see.

I asked it a dumb question: "What is a Claude Token?"

Total cost: $0.1427
Total duration (API): 49s
Total duration (wall): 53m 58.6s
Total code changes: 0 lines added, 0 lines removed
Token usage by model:
claude-3-5-haiku: 3.4k input, 181 output, 0 cache read, 0 cache write
claude-sonnet: 23 input, 357 output, 28.3k cache read, 33.4k cache write

14c to answer a simple question has me worried!

Won't I chew throw $20 credit very quickly once I ask actual code questions?

Even if Pro is "5 times Free", I'm still thinking it won't a solid week of coding?