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Anthropic adds monthly Claude API credits to Max, Ultra and Team plans

On October 7, 2026, Anthropic began rolling out monthly Claude Platform credits for Max and Team subscribers, with Ultra following, to spend on the Claude API for their own apps and agents. Free, Pro and Enterprise plans were not eligible.

Archive entry: this covers an event from October 7, 2026, and we published it on November 8, 2026. The details come from sources dated at the time and may have changed since.

On October 7, 2026, Anthropic began rolling out monthly Claude Platform credits to its Max and Team subscriptions, and later to Ultra, according to the Claude Help Center release notes. The credits were for building Claude into the subscriber's own apps and agents with the Claude API.

How the credits worked

  • Monthly amounts were $100 on Max and $200 on Ultra. Team plans received $20 per Standard seat and $100 per Premium seat, and discounted Nonprofit and Scientists Team plans got the same per-seat amounts.
  • On Team plans, credits for all seats were pooled into one monthly balance, capped at $500.
  • Free, Pro and Enterprise plans were not eligible.
  • Credits were claimed by linking a Claude Console organization, in Settings > Billing on Max or Organization settings > Billing on Team.
  • New subscribers could claim once they had been on an eligible plan for seven days.
  • Only one Console organization could be linked, and each Console organization could receive credits from only one plan.

What it meant for people who build with AI

Subscribers who prototyped on the Claude API got $20 to $200 a month of usage included, instead of paying separately per token. No payment method was needed to claim or use the credit, and it could be spent on any model.

Rollout and sources

The credits rolled out over a few days from October 7, 2026. Further sources for this story are the help article on monthly API credits for Max, Ultra and Team plans and the Claude Platform release notes.

Sources

Written with AI assistance, strictly from the sources listed above. Before it went live, automated checks verified its dates, sources and every language edition.

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