Anthropic sued over $200 plan delivering only about twice the weekly usage of $100 plan

The Max 20x plan from Anthropic is marketed as a twenty-fold jump from the regular plan, but a class-action lawsuit filed in June reveals that the multiplier applies only to five-hour windows. On a weekly basis, the $200 plan provides roughly twice the volume of the $100 plan, and sometimes even less, depending on the model.

The pricing page reads "Choose 5x or 20x more usage than Pro", which makes Max 20x appear four times larger than Max 5x. Only later on the page does the clarification appear: the multipliers refer to usage within a five-hour window, not to a weekly ceiling. Anthropic does not publicly disclose the size of the weekly ceiling.

According to the complaint, Max 5x actually supplies about 3.5x the weekly usage of Pro, while Max 20x reaches only 6-8x. The implication is that the weekly gap between the two Max plans shrinks to a multiplier of only 2x. The "20x" is real within the short window, but the weekly limitation changes the overall picture from end to end.

Tibo confirmed that OpenAI's Codex gives roughly five times the weekly usage in the comparable plan, a difference that underscores how Anthropic's policy is atypical. Both companies sell "maximum" tiers at premium prices, but only one translates the marketing multiplier into weekly coverage.

Anthropic does not publish the absolute numbers for the weekly ceiling, so users cannot calculate in advance whether the pricier plan is worthwhile. The class-action suit will force the company to disclose these figures or modify its marketing presentation. Meanwhile, anyone weighing an upgrade to the $200 plan should know that the actual weekly usage jump is modest compared with the headline promise.