Pro ($20/month): Average users can send approximately 45 messages with Claude every five hours, OR send approximately 10-40 prompts with Claude Code every five hours. Most Pro users can expect 40-80 hours of Sonnet 4 within their weekly usage limits.

The number of messages you can send will vary based on message length, including the length of files you attach, the length of your current conversation, and the model or feature you use. Your session-based usage limit will reset every five hours.

Understanding Claude Code limits helps optimize development workflows and avoid interruptions. Most limit issues can be prevented with strategic planning, model selection, and timing sessions around reset cycles. Pro users benefit from hybrid web-terminal workflows while Max users enjoy unrestricted development.

Many teams use Claude Code for LLM-generated code, but they’re now running into a wall: rate limits. Free Plan: Limited daily messages (varies by demand) Pro Plan: $20/month - approximately 45 messages every 5 hours

July 29, 2025 - Weekly limit kicker (28 Aug 2025): Pro ≈ 40‑80 Claude Code hours; Max tiers scale proportionally.

July 30, 2025 - This premium tier is designed to provide significantly more capacity and additional tools, effectively allowing users to "bypass" the standard Pro limits, albeit at a higher price point. Using Claude Code with your Max Plan provides details on this offering.Comparing Max Plan with Pro:Usage ...

May 2, 2025 - More replies More replies More replies ... Yo bro, the $20 pro subscription for Claude Code definitely has tighter limits compared to max — especially with complex tasks involving tons of sub-agents and tool calls.

Pro plan users typically have access to approximately 44,000 tokens per 5-hour period, which translates to roughly 10-40 prompts depending on the complexity of the codebase being analyzed and the specific tasks being performed.

Think of this as your "conversation budget" that determines how many messages you can send to Claude, or how long you can work with Claude Code, before needing to wait for your limit to reset. Your usage is affected by several factors, including the length and complexity of your conversations, the features you use, and which Claude model you're chatting with. Different subscription plans (Pro, Max, Team, etc.) have different usage allowances, with paid plans offering higher limits.

July 29, 2025 - We’re rolling out new weekly rate limits for Claude Pro and Max in late August. We estimate they’ll apply to less than 5% of subscribers based on current usage.

June 30, 2025 - Thanks for the great work on Claude Code — it’s been a fantastic tool in my workflow. I’m currently using the Pro plan, and I understand that there’s a rate limit of approximately 10–40 prompts every 5 hours, depending on complexity.

For Max plan subscribers, usage limits are shared between claude.ai and Claude Code (the command-line interface tool)[5]. This means your message allowance applies across both platforms rather than being separate quotas. The Max plan is designed for users who frequently hit Pro limits and need uninterrupted access for demanding projects, offering substantially more capacity while maintaining some reasonable usage boundaries.

October 3, 2025 - A few months ago, users dumped their Cursor subscriptions because of what felt like a bait-and-switch tactic. The change replaced a predictable, flat-rate $20 monthly “Pro” plan with a vague “compute limits” model that led to unexpected, ...

July 8, 2025 - If you’re asleep by then, you miss the chance to resume right when it resets. The script is just a workaround to automatically pick up where you left off as soon as the quota is restored · I think I'm faster with Claude Code overall, but that's because it's a tradeoff between "it makes me ...

Upgrade to Max 5x ($100/month) when hitting rate limits on larger projects. Choose Max 20x ($200/month) for power users, solopreneurs, and anyone doing serious development work who needs maximum Opus access.

This article explains how to enable and use extra usage on your paid Claude plan (Pro, Max 5x, or Max 20x), allowing you to continue working with Claude after reaching your plan’s usage limits by switching to pay-as-you-go pricing.

And on top of that, two new seven-day limits are on the way. One applies to overall usage, while the other targets Claude Opus for 4 hours. Users on the $20 Pro plan can access 40 to 80 hours of Sonnet 4 each week.