AI Coding Tools, Priced and Compared
Every price, usage limit and context-window figure on this site is quoted from the vendor’s own pricing page or documentation, carries the date it was read, and links back to the source so you can check it yourself. Where a company does not publish a number, we say it is not published and name the pages we checked, rather than estimating one. The arithmetic — break-even points, real monthly bills, when the cheaper plan stops being cheaper — is ours.
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- Claude Pro usage limits — what each paid plan actually allows.
- When Claude’s limits reset — the 5-hour and weekly windows, explained.
- Codex usage limits by tier — every published number for ChatGPT plans.
- Claude Max 5x vs 20x — which multiplier is worth it, and why.
- Claude Code context window — what fills it and what compaction costs.
- AI coding assistant pricing — every plan on one page.
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GLM Coding Plan vs Claude Code: What Each Actually Costs (2026)
Z.ai’s GLM Coding Plan starts at $18 a month and runs inside Claude Code. Anthropic’s own Max 5x plan is $100 a month. That 5.5x gap is the reason this comparison keeps coming up — and it is also the reason almost every write-up of…
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Codex Usage Limits in 2026: Every Published Number, by Tier
Last verified: 21 August 2026. Every figure below was read directly off an OpenAI page on that date, with the URL given. Where OpenAI does not publish a number, this page says Not published and lists what was checked instead of estimating. Where two official…
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Claude Code Context Window: What Fills It and How to Get It Back (2026)
If you use Claude Code and Claude chat with the same subscription, you are probably assuming they give you the same working memory. They do not. On the same paid plan, Anthropic’s help centre states that Opus 4.8, Opus 4.7, Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6…
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When Do Claude’s Usage Limits Reset? 5-Hour and Weekly Windows (2026)
You hit the wall mid-task, Claude tells you to come back later, and the obvious question is the one nobody answers cleanly: when exactly does the limit come back? The short answer is that there are two clocks running at the same time, they reset…
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Claude Max 5x vs 20x: Which Plan Should You Choose? (2026)
If you have already outgrown Claude Pro, the next decision is not whether to move to Max — it is which Max you need. Anthropic sells the plan in two tiers: Max 5x at $100 per month and Max 20x at $200 per month. Doubling…
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Is Claude Code Free? The Short Answer and the Real Cost
No. Claude Code is not free, and the free Claude plan does not include it. Anthropic’s own documentation is unambiguous: “Claude Code requires an account to use,” and the accounts that work are a Claude subscription on the Pro, Max, Team or Enterprise tier, a…
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Claude Code vs GitHub Copilot: Credits, Limits and Real Cost
On 1 June 2026 GitHub did something no other AI coding vendor has done: it started publishing, in dollars, exactly how much model usage each Copilot plan includes. Premium request units are gone. In their place is a credit worth precisely one cent, spent against…
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Claude Code vs Cursor: What Each Plan Actually Buys
Both companies publish a price list. Only one of them publishes what the price buys. That is the single most useful thing to know before you choose between Claude Code and Cursor, and it is the thing almost every comparison skips. Cursor’s documentation states, in…
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Claude Pro Usage Limits: What Anthropic Actually Publishes
If you searched for this because Claude cut you off mid-task and told you to come back in a few hours, the honest answer is the one almost nobody puts at the top of the page: Anthropic does not publish a number for the Claude…
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Claude Max vs ChatGPT Pro: What 5x and 20x Actually Mean
Last verified: 30 July 2026. Every number on this page is quoted from the vendor’s own documentation, with the URL. Where a vendor does not publish a number, this page says Not published and lists what was checked instead of guessing. Where two official pages…