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  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "LimitSheet (https://limitsheet.com/)",
  "url": "https://limitsheet.com/changes/2026-07-13-claude-india-inr-pricing/",
  "item": {
    "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": [
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      "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"
  }
}