It\u2019s about to become more expensive for Claude Code subscribers to use Anthropic\u2019s coding assistant with OpenClaw and other third-party tools.<\/p>\n
According to a customer email shared on Hacker News<\/a>, Anthropic said that starting at noon Pacific on April 4 (today), subscribers will \u201cno longer be able to use your Claude subscription limits for third-party harnesses including OpenClaw.\u201d Instead, they\u2019ll need to pay for extra usage through \u201ca pay-as-you-go option billed separately from your subscription.\u201d<\/p>\n The company said that while it\u2019s starting with OpenClaw today, the policy \u201capplies to all third-party harnesses and will be rolled out to more shortly.\u201d<\/p>\n Anthropic\u2019s head of Claude Code Boris Cherny wrote on X<\/a> that the company\u2019s \u201csubscriptions weren\u2019t built for the usage patterns of these third-party tools\u201d and that Anthropic is now trying<\/a> \u201cto be intentional in managing our growth to continue to serve our customers sustainably long-term.\u201d<\/p>\n The announcement comes after OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger said he was joining Anthropic rival OpenAI<\/a>, with OpenClaw continuing as an open source project with support from OpenAI.<\/p>\n Steinberger posted<\/a> that he and OpenClaw board member Dave Morin \u201ctried to talk sense into Anthropic\u201d but were only able to delay the increased pricing by a week.<\/p>\n \u201cFunny how timings match up, first they copy some popular features into their closed harness, then they lock out open source,\u201d Steinberger said.<\/p>\n Techcrunch event<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSan Francisco, CA
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