Claude copies ChatGPT with $200 Max plan, but users aren’t happy

Claude has a new subscription tier called “MAX,” but it costs a whopping $200 per month, and users aren’t happy with how the company enforces rate limits.

According to Anthropic, the Max subscription gives you much more access to Claude than the regular Pro plan. For $200 a month, you’ll get 20 times more usage.

However, Claude Max limits users to 50 sessions per month. A session is a 5-hour period that starts when you send your first message to Claude.

If you use Claude again within those 5 hours, it still counts as one session.

But if you wait more than 5 hours and start a new conversation, it counts as a new session.

Claude users are upset with rate limits

Unfortunately, Claude’s rate limit strategy isn’t going well with users.

In a Reddit thread, users pointed out that 50 sessions per month aren’t enough when they need to pay $200 plus taxes.

“So, if you send one message in the morning, one in the midday, one in the evening, that is three sessions and doing that for 16 days will see you limited. Calling this shit-tier would be a compliment,” one of the upset users noted.

In another thread, some users alleged that the existing $20 Claude Pro subscription is now hitting rate limit errors faster than before, possibly after the launch of the Max tier.

The rate limit prevents users from interacting with Claude until the specified time.

If you’re on Claude free or Pro, you’ll reportedly encounter the rate limit faster, and Anthropic will nudge you to pay for the Max tier.

Some frustrated users have already cancelled their subscriptions, while others are trying to figure out what to do with their annual plans.

Anthropic hasn’t responded to these concerns yet.