Claude Ultra Plan

Anthropic renamed Max 20x to Ultra and is removing the 5-hour usage limit for verified Ultra subscribers.

Max 5x is now called Max and Max 20x is now called Ultra. Prices are unchanged at $100 and $200 a month, and existing subscribers do not need to do anything.
Verified Ultra accounts no longer have the 5-hour limit, starting with most existing subscribers on October 30, 2026.
Newer accounts keep a temporary 5-hour limit until they are verified, which Anthropic says is there to prevent fraud and abuse. You get an email when it is lifted.
Weekly limits stay the same, so the change removes the short-window cap, not the overall weekly allowance.

Heavy Claude users who kept hitting the 5-hour cap during long working sessions.

Your work stalls mid-afternoon on the rolling limit and you need one long uninterrupted block.

Power users and builders on the $200 plan running long Claude Code or Cowork sessions.

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