Anthropic\u2019s changed product inclusions have not reached all corners of its site. At the time this article was filed, the Claude Code product page<\/a> still stated the Pro plan provides access to the code generation tool. And when this reporter accessed Claude Code from the CLI, the terminal output still says “Claude Pro.”<\/p>\n Screenshot of different Anthropic web pages showing Claude Code subscriptions – Click to enlarge<\/p>\n Claude.ai<\/a>, when queried about this, insisted that the Pro plan includes Claude Code, but one of the cited documentation pages<\/a>, updated today, mentions only the Max plan.<\/p>\n Losing access to Claude Code understandably alarmed developers and that sentiment reached Anthropic, whose head of growth Amol Avasare published a social media post<\/a> indicating that the change represented an experiment.<\/p>\n “For clarity, we’re running a small test on ~2 percent of new prosumer signups,” he said. “Existing Pro and Max subscribers aren’t affected.”<\/p>\n Why Anthropic felt that the update to its public-facing pricing page would address only some users and not the entire internet isn’t entirely clear. And a company spokesperson did not respond to a follow-up question about that.<\/p>\n Avasare went on to explain: “When we launched Max a year ago, it didn’t include Claude Code, Cowork didn’t exist, and agents that run for hours weren’t a thing. Max was designed for heavy chat usage, that’s it.<\/p>\n “Since then, we bundled Claude Code into Max and it took off after Opus 4. Cowork landed. Long-running async agents are now everyday workflows. The way people actually use a Claude subscription has changed fundamentally.<\/p>\n “Engagement per subscriber is way up. We’ve made small adjustments along the way (weekly caps, tighter limits at peak), but usage has changed a lot and our current plans weren’t built for this.<\/p>\n “So we’re looking at different options to keep delivering a great experience for users. We don’t know exactly what those look like yet \u2013 that’s what we’re testing and getting feedback on right now.”<\/p>\n Anthropic has been taking steps recently to limit usage of its AI models to dampen demand amid tight capacity, a problem also faced by GitHub<\/a> and Google<\/a>. Claude in its various forms has become exceedingly popular in the past few months, and the advent of projects like OpenClaw led many developers to create agents using Claude models.<\/p>\n The basic problem is that Anthropic’s subscription plans charge far less than the book value of tokens consumed, sometimes by a factor of ten or more. The company introduced usage limits last month to encourage use during off-peak hours, much as a power utility might do to prompt energy conservation. As noted by Avasare, Anthropic is exploring further usage limitations.<\/p>\n![\"Screenshot](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/claude_comparison.jpg\" "\\"Screenshot")
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