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Subscription or API?
The same team and the same work, priced as subscriptions and as API calls. 10 seats on Claude Pro cost $200.00 a month; the same work through Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (L2 tasks) costs $1,010.59 a month on the API. Limits are quoted in the provider’s own words.
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Result Calculated per month · Claude Pro · Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.5 · L2 · data of 9 Nov 2026
| Way to pay | Per month | What limits it |
|---|---|---|
| Subscriptions, nominal | $200.00 | 10 seats × $20.00 Published · claude.com, |
| Subscriptions, with the limit wall | UnknownUnknownthe provider publishes no task count; enter tasks per window above | “The number of messages you can send will vary based on message length, including the length of files you attach, the length of your current conversation, and the model or feature you use.” — support.claude.com, read |
| API, same work | $1,010.59 | 2,904 tasks × $0.348 (Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 5.5, L2) Calculated · prices: platform.claude.com, |
API for this work: $1,010.59 a month, $810.59 more than nominal subscriptions ($200.00). The two cost the same at about 4.0 tasks per active person per day.
- Weekly limit: “Pro plans have a five-hour limit and a weekly usage limit that applies across all models.” — support.claude.com, read .
- Background automation: Anthropic Consumer Terms of Service restricts automated access or scraping: “To crawl, scrape, or otherwise harvest data or information from our Services other than as permitted under these Terms.” — read .
Plans with a seat price
Monthly billing, price per seat. Prices as shown in the United States on .
| Plan | Per seat a month | Limit, in the provider’s words | Reset window | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Pro | $20.00 | Messages: “The number of messages you can send will vary based on message length, including the length of files you attach, the length of your current conversation, and the model or feature you use.” | 5 h | |
| Claude Team (Standard seat) | $25.00 | Compared with another plan: “On Team plans, Standard seats give more than Pro” | — | |
| Claude Max | $100.00 | Compared with another plan: “The Max plan includes five times the Pro plan's usage every five hours and every week.” | 5 h | |
| Claude Team (Premium seat) | $125.00 | Compared with another plan: “and Premium seats give 5x more than Standard.” | — | |
| Claude Ultra | $200.00 | Compared with another plan: “The Ultra plan includes 10 times the Pro plan's usage every week.” | — | |
| GitHub Copilot Pro | $10.00 | Monthly credits: “Base credits Flex allotment Total monthly AI credits Copilot Pro $10 USD 1,000 500 1,500” | — | |
| GitHub Copilot Business | $19.00 | Monthly credits: “Copilot Business $19 USD per granted seat per month Total per user per month: 1,900” | — | |
| GitHub Copilot Enterprise | $39.00 | Monthly credits: “Copilot Enterprise $39 USD per granted seat per month Total per user per month: 3,900” | — | |
| GitHub Copilot Pro+ | $39.00 | Monthly credits: “Copilot Pro+ $39 USD 3,900 3,100 7,000” | — | |
| GitHub Copilot Max | $100.00 | Monthly credits: “Copilot Max $100 USD 10,000 10,000 20,000” | — | |
| Google AI Plus (Gemini) | $4.99 | Compared with another plan: “AI Plus 2x higher than standard limits” | 5 h | |
| Google AI Pro (Gemini) | $19.99 | Compared with another plan: “AI Pro 4x higher than standard limits” | 5 h | |
| Google AI Ultra, 5x tier (Gemini) | $99.99 | Compared with another plan: “$99.99 / month: 5x higher usage limits vs. AI Pro” | 5 h | |
| Google AI Ultra, 20x tier (Gemini) | $199.99 | Compared with another plan: “$199.99 / month: 20x higher usage limits vs. AI Pro” | 5 h | |
| Microsoft 365 Personal (Copilot) | $9.99 | Messages: “Advanced Copilot chat with higher usage than free” | — | |
| Mistral Pro (Le Chat / Vibe) | $14.99 | Messages: “More messages and web searches.” | — | |
| Mistral Team (Le Chat / Vibe) | $24.99 | Usage limits: “Subject to fair usage limits and Mistral's Terms of Service .” | — | |
| Perplexity Max | $200.00 | Unknown | — |
Reset window “—”: the plan publishes none; the calculator assumes 5 hours.
Assumptions
| What | Value | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Other seats | 15% | A seat that is not active on a given day still runs some work: 15% of an active person’s tasks. |
| Tasks per window | your estimate | Providers describe limits in words, not task counts. |
| Limit window | as published | 5 hours where a plan publishes no reset window. |
| API task cost | visible output | Hidden reasoning and cache discounts are not included, as in the task cost calculator. |
| Month | your working days | Subscriptions are billed for the month; API work is counted on working days. |
How the numbers are worked out: subscriptions, nominal = seats × price per seat. Work per month = (active seats × tasks per day + other seats × tasks per day × 0.15) × working days. API = work per month × cost of one task. Limit wall: peak tasks per hour × window hours; when that is above the tasks per window you enter, each active person needs more subscriptions (rounded up), other seats keep one. The methodology explains how prices are read.