What is the most expensive Claude Code plan?

Claude Code via Claude Max 20x costs $200/mo.

Claude Code vs Cursor: plans and pricing

Cursor Plus is the cheaper way in at $8 per month, vs $20 for Claude Code via Claude Pro. At the standard tier, Claude Code via Claude Pro costs $20 per month vs $30 for Cursor Premium. At the power user tier, Claude Code via Claude Max 5x and Cursor Super both cost $100 per month. Claude Code has no free plan. Cursor has a free plan.

US prices from official pricing pages, verified October 29, 2026.

Tier	Claude Code	Cursor
Free	—	Free Free
Budget	—	Plus $8/mo
Standard	Claude Pro $20/mo ($17/mo billed yearly)	Premium $30/mo
Power user	Claude Max 5x $100/mo	Super $100/mo
Top tier	Claude Max 20x $200/mo	Ultra $200/mo
Teams	Claude Team (premium seat) $125/mo per user ($100/mo billed yearly)	Teams From $30/mo per user

Monthly prices in USD before tax. Plans are grouped by comparable tier.

Claude Code

Anthropic’s agentic coding tool, included with paid Claude plans.

Claude Pro$20/mo ($17/mo billed yearly)
Claude Code included with the Pro subscription
Claude Max 5x$100/mo
5x Pro’s usage per five-hour session · $100/month in API credits
Claude Max 20x$200/mo
20x Pro’s usage per five-hour session · $200/month in API credits
Claude Team (premium seat)$125/mo per user ($100/mo billed yearly)
Premium seats include Claude Code and Claude Cowork

Also available pay-as-you-go through the Claude API at standard token prices.

Anthropic official pricing ↗

Cursor

AI code editor with agents and cloud agents, now sold as part of The X Subscription with Grok and X.

FreeFree
Agent and Chat with limited usage
Plus$8/mo
Agent with Cursor’s own models (Grok and Composer) · Grok Chat, Voice, Imagine, Build and API access
Premium$30/mo
4x Plus usage · Cloud agents, automations and Bugbot code review · Third-party models at API list price
Super$100/mo
15x Plus usage · Priority model access at peak times
Ultra$200/mo
50x Plus usage · Earliest access to new products and models
TeamsFrom $30/mo per user
Seats at $30, $100 or $200 a month · Centralized billing, SSO and usage analytics

Cursor is sold as part of The X Subscription, one subscription for Grok, Cursor and X. Each plan’s usage pool is shared between Grok and Cursor and refreshes weekly.
Third-party models (Claude, GPT, Gemini) are billed at API list price from prepaid credit, on Premium and above only.
Pro ($20), Pro+ ($60) and the previous Ultra are legacy plans: existing subscribers keep them, new subscribers choose from the plans above.
Yearly billing costs $80 for Plus, $300 for Premium, $1,000 for Super and $2,000 for Ultra, about 17% less than paying monthly.

Anysphere official pricing ↗

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Claude Code or Cursor?: Cursor Plus is the cheaper way in at $8 per month, vs $20 for Claude Code via Claude Pro. At the standard tier, Claude Code via Claude Pro costs $20 per month vs $30 for Cursor Premium. At the power user tier, Claude Code via Claude Max 5x and Cursor Super both cost $100 per month. At the top tier tier, Claude Code via Claude Max 20x and Cursor Ultra both cost $200 per month.
Do Claude Code and Cursor have free plans?: Claude Code has no free plan. Cursor has a free plan.
What is the most expensive Claude Code plan?: Claude Code via Claude Max 20x costs $200/mo.
What is the most expensive Cursor plan?: Cursor Ultra costs $200/mo.