I wanted to talk about this because I was unsure which plan was right for me when I switched to Claude max. The 100$ max plan is right for almost everyone. I found it very hard initially to hit the max usage even with a development heavy environment across 3 projects simultaneously. Just be disciplined about switching models and clearing context and you’re golden. Recently, I actually developed a need for the $200 plan. I started running Claude Code agentically without myself in the loop. I’m developing a massive and complex system so I found it beneficial to have Claude run on its own to solve certain problems while I work on others. Running things this way, combined with my already heavy usage has led me to actually needing the 20x usage. My take is if you are running Claude agentically, you will probably need the 20x plan, otherwise, the 5x should be more than enough. My exact advice would be to learn to use Claude Code from the Pro subscription, move up to max plan at 5x if needed, and if you start running Claude agentically, you may need the 20x plan. submitted by /u/The_computer_jock
Originally posted by u/The_computer_jock on r/ClaudeCode
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