Anthropic Max 5x returns 13.4x its price against 8.1x for Anthropic Pro, so on measured ceiling Anthropic Max 5x is the better value.
| Anthropic Max 5x | Anthropic Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $100/mo | $20/mo |
| Agent | Claude Code | Claude Code |
| Ceiling | $1,339/mo | $161/mo |
| Multiple | 13.4x | 8.1x |
| Basis | from published cap | from published cap |
| Quota published | derived | derived |
The plan allows 3,300,000 credits per 5 hours and 41,666,700 credits per week.
The plan allows 550,000 credits per 5 hours and 5,000,000 credits per week.
A ceiling is what the plan allows, not what you will use. If you write code an hour a day, neither plan's cap is the thing that decides this and the cheaper one wins by default. The multiple matters when you are the kind of user who hits limits.
Prices and caps here change without notice, which is why this page is regenerated from the catalogue on every deploy rather than written once. Compare the raw entries at claude-max-5x and claude-pro.