{ "dataset": "LimitSheet", "file": "changes", "version": "v1", "license": "CC BY 4.0", "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "attribution": "LimitSheet (https://limitsheet.com/)", "documentation": "https://limitsheet.com/data/", "last_verified": "2026-10-02", "records": 11, "items": [ { "id": "2026-10-01-github-copilot-upfront-seat-billing", "date": "2026-10-01", "announced_on": "2026-08-28", "effective_on": "2026-10-01", "detected_on": "2026-09-28", "published_on": "2026-10-02", "products": [ "github-copilot" ], "plans": [ "copilot-business", "copilot-enterprise" ], "kind": "price", "title": "Copilot Business and Enterprise seats are charged upfront for credit card and PayPal customers", "summary": "From October 1, 2026, GitHub charges existing Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise customers who pay by credit card or PayPal upfront for all assigned seats at the start of each billing cycle. For these customers, each new seat must also be paid for before its user gets Copilot access. GitHub says the prices are not changing.", "before": "Seats were billed each month for the number assigned, with billed users counted at the end of each billing cycle. Credit card and PayPal payers paid upfront only for seats added during a cycle, prorated for the rest of that cycle.", "after": "For credit card and PayPal payers, all assigned seats are charged upfront at the start of each billing cycle, and each new seat is paid for before its user gets access. Seats added mid-cycle are still prorated, and included usage may be prorated to match. Prices unchanged: Business $19 and Enterprise $39 per user per month.", "baseline_note": "Seat billing before October 1, 2026, as GitHub Docs describe it. On October 2, 2026 the Docs still described billed seats counted at the end of each cycle and did not yet mention the start-of-cycle charge. Prices are compared like for like: no change. Also not changing, per GitHub: no prorated refund when a seat is revoked, and proration for seats added mid-cycle.", "direction": "neutral", "material": false, "source_ids": [ "github-changelog-copilot-policies-billing-2026-08-28", "github-docs-copilot-seats-billing-cycles" ], "quotes": [ { "source_id": "github-changelog-copilot-policies-billing-2026-08-28", "quote": "All new Copilot Business or Copilot Enterprise seat assignments will require payment for each seat before users gain Copilot access." }, { "source_id": "github-changelog-copilot-policies-billing-2026-08-28", "quote": "At the start of the next billing cycle, all Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise seats assigned will incur an upfront charge. This will apply to existing Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise customers with a credit card or paypal payment method starting October 1, 2026." }, { "source_id": "github-changelog-copilot-policies-billing-2026-08-28", "quote": "Included usage may be prorated across the month to align with the seat cost proration." }, { "source_id": "github-changelog-copilot-policies-billing-2026-08-28", "quote": "Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise prices are not changing." }, { "source_id": "github-changelog-copilot-policies-billing-2026-08-28", "quote": "Revoking a seat does not result in a prorated refund. The removal will be reflected in your next monthly billing cycle." }, { "source_id": "github-changelog-copilot-policies-billing-2026-08-28", "quote": "All seats added in the middle of a billing cycle will continue to be prorated from date of assignment to end of bill cycle." }, { "source_id": "github-changelog-copilot-policies-billing-2026-08-28", "quote": "Existing Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise customers can expect these billing updates to take effect starting October 1, 2026." }, { "source_id": "github-docs-copilot-seats-billing-cycles", "quote": "A Copilot seat is a license to use GitHub Copilot for a user. Each month, your organization or enterprise is billed for the number of assigned seats." }, { "source_id": "github-docs-copilot-seats-billing-cycles", "quote": "Billed users are calculated at the end of each billing cycle, based on the number of GitHub Copilot seats that are assigned." }, { "source_id": "github-docs-copilot-seats-billing-cycles", "quote": "If you pay by credit card or PayPal, you will need to pay a prorated amount upfront to cover the seats for the rest of the current billing cycle." }, { "source_id": "github-docs-copilot-seats-billing-cycles", "quote": "Copilot Business at $19 USD per user per month, includes 1,900 AI credits per user, and access to a broad model catalog." }, { "source_id": "github-docs-copilot-seats-billing-cycles", "quote": "Copilot Enterprise at $39 USD per user per month, includes 3,900 AI credits per user (GitHub Enterprise Cloud only), and priority access to new models and features." } ], "verified_at": "2026-10-02", "verified_by": "Lokesh Rathore", "verified_method": "ai_assisted" }, { "id": "2026-09-29-chatgpt-pro-500-and-pro-200-reopened", "date": "2026-09-29", "announced_on": "2026-09-29", "effective_on": "2026-09-29", "detected_on": "2026-10-02", "published_on": "2026-10-02", "products": [ "codex" ], "plans": [ "chatgpt-pro-5x", "chatgpt-pro-20x", "chatgpt-pro-500" ], "kind": "both", "title": "ChatGPT Pro: a new $500 plan, Pro 200 reopens with a lower allowance, no five-hour limit for Pro currently", "summary": "On September 29, 2026 OpenAI introduced Pro 500, a $500/month ChatGPT Pro plan with the highest included usage of the Pro plans and access to Astra Ultrafast, and made Pro 200 available for new subscriptions again at $200/month. New Pro 200 subscriptions that are not eligible for grandfathering get a lower usage allowance than before; eligible subscribers keep the previous allowance through October 29, 2026. OpenAI now names the Pro plans Pro 100, Pro 200 and Pro 500, and its Codex pricing page says Pro plans currently have no five-hour limit.", "before": "Pro was sold as a $100 tier and a $200 tier, described as 5x or 20x more Codex usage than Plus, with five-hour message estimates listed for both; new sign-ups and upgrades to the $200 plan had been paused since September 10, 2026.", "after": "Pro 100 ($100), Pro 200 ($200) and Pro 500 ($500) are on sale, and only Pro 500 includes Astra Ultrafast. New Pro 200 subscriptions that are not eligible for grandfathering get a lower allowance, and eligible existing ones move to it after October 29, 2026. Pro plans currently have no five-hour limit; weekly limits may also apply.", "baseline_note": "Compared with the Pro tiers of September 29, 2026: the $100 tier introduced as the 5X tier and the $200 plan that OpenAI called Pro 20X. The $100 and $200 prices did not change. OpenAI no longer states multiples of Plus, gives no size for the lower Pro 200 allowance and lists no Pro five-hour estimates, so the change in usage is not quantified here. The page does not say when the five-hour limit disappeared: the copy saved on September 29, 2026 still listed five-hour estimates for Pro, and the copy of October 2, 2026 says Pro plans have no five-hour limit.", "direction": "mixed", "material": true, "source_ids": [ "openai-help-chatgpt-release-notes", "openai-help-chatgpt-pro-tiers", "openai-codex-pricing", "openai-codex-pricing-2026-09-29", "openai-help-chatgpt-pro-tiers-2026-09-19", "venturebeat-chatgpt-pro-100-2026-04-09" ], "quotes": [ { "source_id": "openai-help-chatgpt-release-notes", "quote": "We’re introducing Pro 500, a new $500/month plan with the highest included usage of the Pro plans and access to Astra Ultrafast in ChatGPT Work and Codex." }, { "source_id": "openai-help-chatgpt-release-notes", "quote": "Pro 200 is available for new subscriptions again at $200/month. Included usage allowances are changing." }, { "source_id": "openai-help-chatgpt-pro-tiers", "quote": "New subscriptions that aren’t eligible for grandfathering include a lower usage allowance than previously offered with Pro 200 to reflect our increasingly efficient models. The monthly price remains $200." }, { "source_id": "openai-help-chatgpt-pro-tiers", "quote": "If your Pro 200 subscription was active at the eligibility cutoff or during the seven days before it, you’re eligible to keep your previous included usage allowance through Oct 29, 2026 while you have an active Pro 200 subscription." }, { "source_id": "openai-help-chatgpt-pro-tiers", "quote": "After that date, your subscription will move to the lower included usage allowance. Your subscription price stays at $200/month." }, { "source_id": "openai-help-chatgpt-pro-tiers", "quote": "Among Pro plans, Ultrafast is available only on Pro 500." }, { "source_id": "openai-help-chatgpt-pro-tiers", "quote": "Pro 100 | $100 | Not included" }, { "source_id": "openai-help-chatgpt-pro-tiers", "quote": "Pro 200 | $200 | Not included" }, { "source_id": "openai-help-chatgpt-pro-tiers", "quote": "Pro 500 | $500 | Included" }, { "source_id": "openai-codex-pricing", "quote": "Plans at $100, $200, or $500 USD per month" }, { "source_id": "openai-codex-pricing", "quote": "Pro plans currently have no five-hour limit." }, { "source_id": "openai-codex-pricing", "quote": "Local messages and cloud chats share your plan’s usage allowance. Weekly limits may also apply." }, { "source_id": "openai-codex-pricing-2026-09-29", "quote": "5x or 20x more Codex usage than Plus*" }, { "source_id": "openai-codex-pricing-2026-09-29", "quote": "GPT-6 Sol | 15-150 | 70-700 | 300-3,000 | 15-150 | Usage-based" }, { "source_id": "openai-help-chatgpt-pro-tiers-2026-09-19", "quote": "Note: As of September 10, 2026, we’re temporarily pausing new sign-ups and upgrades to the ChatGPT Pro $200 plan (Pro 20X)." }, { "source_id": "venturebeat-chatgpt-pro-100-2026-04-09", "quote": "OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Pro $100 tier with 5X usage limits for Codex compared to Plus" } ], "verified_at": "2026-10-02", "verified_by": "Lokesh Rathore", "verified_method": "ai_assisted" }, { "id": "2026-09-14-claude-code-weekly-limits", "date": "2026-09-14", "announced_on": null, "effective_on": "2026-09-14", "detected_on": "2026-09-28", "published_on": "2026-09-28", "products": [ "claude" ], "plans": [ "claude-pro", "claude-max-5x", "claude-max-20x", "claude-team-standard", "claude-team-premium" ], "kind": "limits", "title": "Claude Code weekly limits settle at 25% above the pre-promotion level", "summary": "A promotion that raised Claude Code weekly limits by 50% ran through September 13, 2026. From September 14, 2026, weekly limits in Claude Code are permanently 25% higher than before the promotion, for Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise plans. Anthropic described this as a 17% reduction compared with the promotional level.", "before": "Weekly Claude Code limits at the promotional level, 50% above the pre-promotion level (through September 13, 2026).", "after": "Weekly Claude Code limits 25% above the pre-promotion level, permanently, for Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise.", "baseline_note": "Two baselines. Index the pre-promotion weekly limit at 100: the promotion made it 150 and the new level is 125. Against the promotional level: 125 / 150 − 1 = −16.7% (Anthropic: \"a 17% reduction in weekly limits on Claude Code\"). Against the original pre-promotion level: 125 / 100 − 1 = +25%. Anthropic publishes no absolute weekly values.", "direction": "decrease", "material": true, "source_ids": [ "claude-help-weekly-limits-promotion", "bleepingcomputer-claude-code-weekly-limits-2026-08-29" ], "quotes": [ { "source_id": "bleepingcomputer-claude-code-weekly-limits-2026-08-29", "quote": "\"Starting September 14, we're permanently raising standard weekly limits in Claude Code by 25% for Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise plans,\" Anthropic wrote on X. \"Until then, the current 50% increase will be in place.\"" }, { "source_id": "bleepingcomputer-claude-code-weekly-limits-2026-08-29", "quote": "If Claude Code's original weekly allowance was 100, the temporary boost gives you 150 today. On September 14, that drops to 125." }, { "source_id": "bleepingcomputer-claude-code-weekly-limits-2026-08-29", "quote": "\"Compared to today, this works out to a 17% reduction in weekly limits on Claude Code,\" the company said." }, { "source_id": "bleepingcomputer-claude-code-weekly-limits-2026-08-29", "quote": "The current 50% temporary increase remains available through September 13, with the new permanent limits taking effect on September 14." }, { "source_id": "claude-help-weekly-limits-promotion", "quote": "So while the full promotional boost couldn't last, we're making part of it permanent: starting September 14, 2026, weekly limits in Claude Code are 25% higher than they were before the promotion for Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise plans." } ], "index_series": [ { "key": "before-promotion", "label": "Before the promotion", "note": "Pre-promotion level", "value": 100 }, { "key": "promotion", "label": "Promotion, now ended", "note": "Through Sep 13, 2026", "value": 150 }, { "key": "permanent", "label": "Permanent level", "note": "From Sep 14, 2026", "value": 125, "is_limit": true } ], "verified_at": "2026-10-02", "verified_by": "Lokesh Rathore", "verified_method": "ai_assisted" }, { "id": "2026-07-28-cursor-start-india", "date": "2026-07-28", "announced_on": "2026-07-28", "effective_on": "2026-07-28", "detected_on": "2026-09-28", "published_on": "2026-09-28", "products": [ "cursor" ], "plans": [ "cursor-start" ], "kind": "price", "title": "Cursor launches Start, a rupee-billed plan for India", "summary": "Cursor launched Start, a lower-priced plan for developers in India, billed monthly in rupees with UPI or card; Cursor's docs describe the price as tax inclusive. Start covers the Cursor Models pool and Cloud Agents, but not the Other Models pool or on-demand usage.", "before": "Individual plans: Free (Hobby) and Pro and above, with no plan priced in rupees.", "after": "Start added for India: billed in rupees, tax inclusive, monthly billing only, UPI or card. Other plans unchanged.", "baseline_note": "The individual plan lineup before the launch. No existing plan changed; a plan was added. The rupee price is the vendor's own, not an FX conversion.", "direction": "added", "material": true, "source_ids": [ "cursor-blog-start-india-2026-07-28", "cursor-docs-models-pricing", "cursor-start-page" ], "quotes": [ { "source_id": "cursor-docs-models-pricing", "quote": "Start is a lower-priced plan for developers in India that covers the Cursor Models pool and Cloud Agents." }, { "source_id": "cursor-docs-models-pricing", "quote": "Start does not include the Other Models pool, on-demand usage, Bugbot, Auto, Automations, or the Cursor SDK." }, { "source_id": "cursor-start-page", "quote": "Start is billed monthly in INR" }, { "source_id": "cursor-start-page", "quote": "You can pay with UPI, credit card, or debit card" }, { "source_id": "cursor-start-page", "quote": "The Start plan is available with monthly billing only." }, { "source_id": "cursor-blog-start-india-2026-07-28", "quote": "Cursor Start is available today for developers in India at cursor.com/pricing." } ], "verified_at": "2026-10-02", "verified_by": "Lokesh Rathore", "verified_method": "ai_assisted" }, { "id": "2026-07-13-claude-india-inr-pricing", "date": "2026-07-13", "announced_on": null, "effective_on": null, "detected_on": "2026-09-28", "published_on": "2026-09-28", "products": [ "claude" ], "plans": [ "claude-pro", "claude-max-5x", "claude-team-standard" ], "kind": "price", "title": "Claude starts showing INR prices in India (reported)", "summary": "TechCrunch reported that local rupee pricing had begun to appear for some users in India on Claude's website and mobile apps, with local taxes included. Payment was by card or app store billing; UPI was not enabled at the time of the report.", "before": "Claude plans priced in US dollars for users in India.", "after": "TechCrunch reported local rupee prices for Pro, Max and Team, taxes included. This site shows a rupee price only after a person has seen the amount at a real checkout (see the India page).", "baseline_note": "Dollar pricing for users in India, as the same report describes it. LimitSheet never converts US dollars to rupees. The date is the report date, not a confirmed rollout date.", "direction": "added", "material": true, "source_ids": [ "techcrunch-claude-india-pricing-2026-07-13" ], "quotes": [ { "source_id": "techcrunch-claude-india-pricing-2026-07-13", "quote": "Local pricing has begun to appear for some users in India on Claude’s website and mobile apps. However, Anthropic has yet to enable payments via the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), India’s widely used instant payments network. Users still need to pay by card or through Apple’s and Google’s app store billing systems." }, { "source_id": "techcrunch-claude-india-pricing-2026-07-13", "quote": "Claude users in India have long sought rupee-denominated subscriptions, with dollar pricing and currency conversion adding friction to accessing the service." }, { "source_id": "techcrunch-claude-india-pricing-2026-07-13", "quote": "The India prices include local taxes." } ], "verified_at": "2026-10-02", "verified_by": "Lokesh Rathore", "verified_method": "ai_assisted" }, { "id": "2026-06-01-github-copilot-ai-credits", "date": "2026-06-01", "announced_on": "2026-04-27", "effective_on": "2026-06-01", "detected_on": "2026-09-28", "published_on": "2026-09-28", "products": [ "github-copilot" ], "plans": [ "copilot-free", "copilot-pro", "copilot-pro-plus", "copilot-business", "copilot-enterprise" ], "kind": "limits", "title": "GitHub Copilot moves from premium requests to GitHub AI Credits", "summary": "GitHub replaced premium request units (PRUs) with GitHub AI Credits on all Copilot plans. Usage is now calculated from token consumption at each model's listed API rates. Plan prices did not change. Monthly Pro and Pro+ plans moved on June 1, 2026; annual Pro and Pro+ plans stay on premium requests until they expire.", "before": "Premium requests (PRUs): each plan included a monthly premium request allowance, with model multipliers.", "after": "GitHub AI Credits ($0.01 each), based on input, output and cached tokens at listed API rates. Prices unchanged: Pro $10 a month, Pro+ $39, Business $19 per user, Enterprise $39 per user. Code completions and next edit suggestions do not use credits.", "baseline_note": "Premium-request billing in effect before June 1, 2026, announced for replacement on April 27, 2026. Prices are compared like for like (no change). Included usage is not directly comparable before and after, because premium requests and AI Credits measure different things. Copilot code review also started consuming GitHub Actions minutes.", "direction": "mixed", "material": true, "source_ids": [ "github-blog-usage-based-billing-2026-04-27", "github-copilot-plans", "github-docs-copilot-billing-individuals" ], "quotes": [ { "source_id": "github-blog-usage-based-billing-2026-04-27", "quote": "Starting June 1, premium request units (PRUs) will be replaced by GitHub AI Credits." }, { "source_id": "github-blog-usage-based-billing-2026-04-27", "quote": "Base plan pricing is not changing. Copilot Pro remains $10/month, Pro+ remains $39/month, Business remains $19/user/month, and Enterprise remains $39/user/month." }, { "source_id": "github-blog-usage-based-billing-2026-04-27", "quote": "Users on a monthly Pro or Pro+ plan will automatically migrate to usage-based billing on June 1, 2026. Users on annual Pro or Pro+ plans will remain on their existing plan with premium request-based pricing until their plan expires." }, { "source_id": "github-blog-usage-based-billing-2026-04-27", "quote": "Copilot code review will also consume GitHub Actions minutes, in addition to GitHub AI Credits." }, { "source_id": "github-docs-copilot-billing-individuals", "quote": "This total is converted into AI credits (1 AI credit = $0.01 USD)." } ], "verified_at": "2026-09-29", "verified_by": "Lokesh Rathore", "verified_method": "ai_assisted" }, { "id": "2026-06-01-github-copilot-flex-allotments-max", "date": "2026-06-01", "announced_on": "2026-05-12", "effective_on": "2026-06-01", "detected_on": "2026-09-28", "published_on": "2026-09-28", "products": [ "github-copilot" ], "plans": [ "copilot-pro", "copilot-pro-plus", "copilot-max" ], "kind": "both", "title": "GitHub Copilot adds flex allotments to Pro and Pro+ and a new Max plan", "summary": "Announced May 12, 2026 and effective June 1, 2026: Pro and Pro+ include more total usage at the same price through a variable flex allotment on top of base credits, and a new Max plan was added at $100 a month.", "before": "As first announced in GitHub's usage-based billing post: Pro $10 a month including $10 in monthly AI Credits; Pro+ $39 including $39; no Max plan.", "after": "Pro $10 with $15 of included usage ($10 base + $5 flex); Pro+ $39 with $70 ($39 + $31); new Max $100 with $200 ($100 + $100). In credits: 1,500, 7,000 and 20,000 a month.", "baseline_note": "The included AI Credits in GitHub's first usage-based billing announcement, which equaled the plan price. Base credits stay matched 1:1 with the price. GitHub says “Flex allotments will vary over time”, so later flex changes will be logged as their own entries.", "direction": "increase", "material": true, "source_ids": [ "github-blog-flex-allotments-max-2026-05-12", "github-blog-usage-based-billing-2026-04-27", "github-docs-copilot-plans" ], "quotes": [ { "source_id": "github-blog-flex-allotments-max-2026-05-12", "quote": "Base credits: matched 1:1 with your subscription price. These never change." }, { "source_id": "github-blog-flex-allotments-max-2026-05-12", "quote": "Flex allotment: variable additional usage on top of your base. Flex allotments will vary over time." }, { "source_id": "github-blog-flex-allotments-max-2026-05-12", "quote": "Pro | $10/month | $10 | $5 | $15" }, { "source_id": "github-blog-flex-allotments-max-2026-05-12", "quote": "Pro+ | $39/month | $39 | $31 | $70" }, { "source_id": "github-blog-flex-allotments-max-2026-05-12", "quote": "Max | $100/month | $100 | $100 | $200" }, { "source_id": "github-blog-usage-based-billing-2026-04-27", "quote": "Copilot Pro: $10/month, including $10 in monthly AI Credits" }, { "source_id": "github-blog-usage-based-billing-2026-04-27", "quote": "Copilot Pro+: $39/month, including $39 in monthly AI Credits" }, { "source_id": "github-docs-copilot-plans", "quote": "Copilot Pro | $10 USD | 1,000 | 500 | 1,500" }, { "source_id": "github-docs-copilot-plans", "quote": "Copilot Pro+ | $39 USD | 3,900 | 3,100 | 7,000" }, { "source_id": "github-docs-copilot-plans", "quote": "Copilot Max | $100 USD | 10,000 | 10,000 | 20,000" } ], "verified_at": "2026-09-29", "verified_by": "Lokesh Rathore", "verified_method": "ai_assisted" }, { "id": "2026-05-13-claude-code-weekly-limits-promotion", "date": "2026-05-13", "announced_on": null, "effective_on": "2026-05-13", "detected_on": "2026-09-29", "published_on": "2026-09-29", "products": [ "claude" ], "plans": [ "claude-pro", "claude-max-5x", "claude-max-20x", "claude-team-standard", "claude-team-premium" ], "kind": "limits", "title": "Claude Code weekly limits raised 50% in a limited-time promotion", "summary": "From May 13, 2026 through September 13, 2026, weekly usage limits in Claude Code were 50% higher for Pro, Max and Team plans and for legacy seat-based users on Enterprise plans. Free plans and consumption-based Enterprise seats were not included. Five-hour limits and the limits of other Claude products were not affected.", "before": "Standard weekly Claude Code limits (the pre-promotion level).", "after": "Weekly Claude Code limits 50% above the pre-promotion level through September 13, 2026, for Pro, Max, Team and legacy seat-based Enterprise users.", "baseline_note": "The standard weekly Claude Code limits in effect before May 13, 2026. Anthropic publishes no absolute weekly values, so the change is stated only as a percentage of that level. The article's title says May–August, but its text says the promotion ran through September 13, 2026. The level that followed from September 14, 2026 is a separate entry. The cited source does not say when the promotion was announced.", "direction": "increase", "material": true, "source_ids": [ "claude-help-weekly-limits-promotion" ], "quotes": [ { "source_id": "claude-help-weekly-limits-promotion", "quote": "We offered a limited-time promotion that increased weekly usage limits in Claude Code by 50%." }, { "source_id": "claude-help-weekly-limits-promotion", "quote": "From May 13, 2026 through September 13, 2026, your weekly usage limit in Claude Code was 50% higher. 5-hour usage limits were not affected by this promotion." }, { "source_id": "claude-help-weekly-limits-promotion", "quote": "This promotion was available for Pro, Max, and Team plans, as well as legacy seat-based users on Enterprise plans. Free plans and consumption-based Enterprise seats were not included in this promotion." }, { "source_id": "claude-help-weekly-limits-promotion", "quote": "Usage limits for other Claude products, like Claude (web, desktop, and mobile) and Claude Cowork, were unchanged." }, { "source_id": "claude-help-weekly-limits-promotion", "quote": "So while the full promotional boost couldn't last, we're making part of it permanent: starting September 14, 2026, weekly limits in Claude Code are 25% higher than they were before the promotion for Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise plans." } ], "verified_at": "2026-09-29", "verified_by": "Lokesh Rathore", "verified_method": "ai_assisted" }, { "id": "2026-05-06-claude-five-hour-limits-doubled", "date": "2026-05-06", "announced_on": "2026-05-06", "effective_on": "2026-05-06", "detected_on": "2026-09-28", "published_on": "2026-09-28", "products": [ "claude" ], "plans": [ "claude-pro", "claude-max-5x", "claude-max-20x", "claude-team-standard", "claude-team-premium" ], "kind": "limits", "title": "Claude Code five-hour limits doubled for paid plans", "summary": "Anthropic doubled Claude Code's five-hour rate limits for Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise plans, and removed the peak-hours limit reduction on Claude Code for Pro and Max accounts.", "before": "Claude Code five-hour limits at the previous level; a peak-hours limit reduction applied to Claude Code on Pro and Max.", "after": "Claude Code five-hour limits doubled for Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise; no peak-hours reduction on Pro and Max.", "baseline_note": "The five-hour limits in effect just before the announcement. Anthropic published no absolute values, so the change is stated only as a multiple of that baseline (doubled). The announcement does not mention weekly limits.", "direction": "increase", "material": true, "source_ids": [ "anthropic-news-higher-limits-2026-05-06" ], "quotes": [ { "source_id": "anthropic-news-higher-limits-2026-05-06", "quote": "The following three changes—all effective today—are aimed at improving the experience of using Claude for our most dedicated customers." }, { "source_id": "anthropic-news-higher-limits-2026-05-06", "quote": "doubling Claude Code’s five-hour rate limits for Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise plans" }, { "source_id": "anthropic-news-higher-limits-2026-05-06", "quote": "removing the peak hours limit reduction on Claude Code for Pro and Max accounts" } ], "verified_at": "2026-09-29", "verified_by": "Lokesh Rathore", "verified_method": "ai_assisted" }, { "id": "2026-04-09-chatgpt-pro-5x-tier", "date": "2026-04-09", "announced_on": "2026-04-09", "effective_on": null, "detected_on": "2026-09-28", "published_on": "2026-09-28", "products": [ "codex" ], "plans": [ "chatgpt-pro-5x", "chatgpt-pro-20x" ], "kind": "both", "title": "OpenAI adds a $100 ChatGPT Pro tier with 5x Plus Codex usage", "summary": "OpenAI launched a $100 ChatGPT Pro tier with five times the Codex usage of Plus, next to the $200 plan, then called Pro 20x. At launch, the limits shown for Pro 5x included a temporary 2x usage boost that was set to end May 31, 2026.", "before": "One ChatGPT Pro plan, at $200 a month.", "after": "Two Pro tiers: Pro 5x at $100 a month (5x Plus Codex usage) and Pro 20x at $200 a month (20x Plus).", "baseline_note": "The ChatGPT plan lineup just before the launch, as reported by VentureBeat. No existing plan changed price; a tier was added. OpenAI's pricing page, in the saved copy cited here, defined the Pro tiers relative to Plus (5x and 20x); the per-model message figures it published were estimates, not fixed message limits. OpenAI's Pro tiers article now lists the $100 and $200 Pro plans as Pro 100 and Pro 200, the names the plan tables on this site use.", "direction": "added", "material": true, "source_ids": [ "venturebeat-chatgpt-pro-100-2026-04-09", "openai-codex-pricing-2026-09-29", "openai-help-chatgpt-pro-tiers" ], "quotes": [ { "source_id": "venturebeat-chatgpt-pro-100-2026-04-09", "quote": "OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Pro $100 tier with 5X usage limits for Codex compared to Plus" }, { "source_id": "venturebeat-chatgpt-pro-100-2026-04-09", "quote": "a $100 ChatGPT Pro plan — which joins its free, Go ($8 monthly), Plus ($20 monthly) and existing Pro ($200 monthly) plans" }, { "source_id": "venturebeat-chatgpt-pro-100-2026-04-09", "quote": "ChatGPT Pro 5x ($100/month)" }, { "source_id": "venturebeat-chatgpt-pro-100-2026-04-09", "quote": "ChatGPT Pro 20x ($200/month)" }, { "source_id": "venturebeat-chatgpt-pro-100-2026-04-09", "quote": "The limits shown for Pro 5x include a temporary 2x usage boost that ends May 31, 2026." }, { "source_id": "openai-codex-pricing-2026-09-29", "quote": "5x or 20x more Codex usage than Plus*" }, { "source_id": "openai-codex-pricing-2026-09-29", "quote": "These estimates are not fixed message limits; check your usage dashboard for current limits and reset times." }, { "source_id": "openai-help-chatgpt-pro-tiers", "quote": "Pro 100 | $100 | Not included" }, { "source_id": "openai-help-chatgpt-pro-tiers", "quote": "Pro 200 | $200 | Not included" } ], "verified_at": "2026-10-02", "verified_by": "Lokesh Rathore", "verified_method": "ai_assisted" }, { "id": "2025-08-28-claude-weekly-limits-introduced", "date": "2025-08-28", "announced_on": "2025-07-28", "effective_on": "2025-08-28", "detected_on": "2026-09-28", "published_on": "2026-09-28", "products": [ "claude" ], "plans": [ "claude-pro", "claude-max-5x", "claude-max-20x" ], "kind": "limits", "title": "Claude adds weekly limits for Pro and Max", "summary": "Anthropic added two weekly rate limits for Pro and Max subscribers on top of the existing limits that reset every five hours: an overall weekly limit and a separate weekly limit for Claude Opus 4. Both reset every seven days.", "before": "Pro and Max usage limits that reset every five hours; no weekly limit.", "after": "Five-hour limits unchanged, plus an overall weekly limit and a weekly Claude Opus 4 limit, each resetting every seven days.", "baseline_note": "The limits in place before August 28, 2025, which reset every five hours and had no weekly cap. Anthropic published no absolute weekly values. It estimated the new limits would apply to less than 5% of subscribers, and told TechCrunch that most Pro users could expect 40 to 80 hours of Sonnet 4 through Claude Code within their weekly limits. Announced July 28, 2025.", "direction": "decrease", "material": true, "source_ids": [ "techcrunch-claude-weekly-limits-2025-07-28" ], "quotes": [ { "source_id": "techcrunch-claude-weekly-limits-2025-07-28", "quote": "The new rate limits will go into effect August 28 for subscribers to Anthropic’s $20-per-month Pro plan, as well as its $100- and $200-per-month Max plans, the company said Monday in an email to subscribers and a post on X." }, { "source_id": "techcrunch-claude-weekly-limits-2025-07-28", "quote": "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." }, { "source_id": "techcrunch-claude-weekly-limits-2025-07-28", "quote": "Anthropic says its existing usage limits, which reset every five hours, will remain in place. The company is also introducing two new weekly rate limits that reset every seven days; one is an overall usage limit, whereas the other is specific to Anthropic’s most advanced AI model, Claude Opus 4." }, { "source_id": "techcrunch-claude-weekly-limits-2025-07-28", "quote": "Anthropic tells TechCrunch that most Pro users can expect 40 to 80 hours of Sonnet 4 through Claude Code within their weekly rate limits." } ], "verified_at": "2026-09-29", "verified_by": "Lokesh Rathore", "verified_method": "ai_assisted" } ] }