Claude usage runs on a 5-hour window and a weekly limit, according to Anthropic's own pages. Exact message/token allowances per session or week are not published. Below: exactly what each plan's reset rule says, quoted with its source.
Claude usage runs on a 5-hour window and a weekly limit, according to Anthropic's own pages.
| Plan | Price | Windows the vendor names | What the vendor says & source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 5-hour | Free $0: chat on web/desktop/mobile, web search, file creation & code execution, memory, connectors, Artifacts, up to 5 Projects. Sonnet and Haiku models (no Opus); no Claude Code. Usage limits reset on a rolling five-hour session window; message counts not published. Source: claude.com · checked 2026-10-16 |
| Pro | $20/mo | 5-hourWeekly | More usage than Free per five-hour session plus a weekly limit across all models (resets at a fixed weekly time per account). Message counts not published; vary by message length, attachments, model. Claude Code included, sharing the same limits. Source: support.claude.com · checked 2026-10-16 |
| Max 5x | $100/mo | 5-hourWeekly | 5x the Pro per-session usage allowance; session limit resets every five hours; weekly limit across all models; separate weekly limit for Fable. Includes $100/month API credits. Source: support.claude.com · checked 2026-10-16 |
| Max 20x | $200/mo | 5-hourWeekly | 20x the Pro per-session usage allowance; five-hour session reset; weekly limit; separate Fable weekly limit. Includes $200/month API credits. Source: support.claude.com · checked 2026-10-16 |
| Enterprise | $20/mo | Not stated | Usage billed at API rates. Source: claude.com · checked 2026-10-16 |
| Tool | Windows | Reset rule (plan naming the most windows) & source |
|---|---|---|
| GeminiChat assistants | 5-hourWeekly | Free: refresh every 5 hours until a weekly limit). Source: support.google.com · checked 2026-10-17 |
| PerplexityChat assistants | DailyWeeklyMonthly | Pro: Pro Searches, Research queries, Comet assistant and file/app creation all 'weekly/monthly limits (average use)'. Source: perplexity.ai · checked 2026-10-16 |
| CursorAI coding | Weekly | Plus: Base weekly usage pool for Cursor models, shared across Grok and Cursor; refreshes weekly. Source: cursor.com · checked 2026-10-16 |
| Claude CodeAI coding | 5-hourWeekly | Via Claude Pro: Five-hour session limit and weekly limit, shared with Claude chat (web/desktop/mobile). Source: support.claude.com · checked 2026-10-16 |
| CodexAI coding | 5-hourWeekly | Pro ($100/$200/$500): 'Pro plans currently have no five-hour limit'; weekly allowances vary by tier (not published). Source: developers.openai.com · checked 2026-10-16 |
| PoeChat assistants | Daily | Free: Non-paying users receive points daily that reset every 24 hours and do not roll over; Daily point amount not stated in the FAQ. Source: help.poe.com · checked 2026-10-16 |
| ManusChat assistants | DailyMonthly | Free: Free users get daily refresh credits, capped at 1,500 credits/month, usable only for Manus 2.0 lite. Source: help.manus.im · checked 2026-10-16 |
Claude's cheapest paid plan: Pro $20/mo. Prices are the month-to-month price of each tool's cheapest individual plan, the same basis as our rankings; "billed yearly" when that's all the vendor publishes.
Claude usage runs on a 5-hour window and a weekly limit, according to Anthropic's own pages. Free: Usage limits reset on a rolling five-hour session window. Pro: More usage than Free per five-hour session plus a weekly limit across all models (resets at a fixed weekly time per account). Max 5x: session limit resets every five hours; weekly limit across all models; separate weekly limit for Fable. Max 20x: five-hour session reset; weekly limit; separate Fable weekly limit.
More usage than Free per five-hour session plus a weekly limit across all models (resets at a fixed weekly time per account).
session limit resets every five hours; weekly limit across all models; separate weekly limit for Fable.
five-hour session reset; weekly limit; separate Fable weekly limit.
Yes. Pro: More usage than Free per five-hour session plus a weekly limit across all models (resets at a fixed weekly time per account). Max 5x: session limit resets every five hours; weekly limit across all models; separate weekly limit for Fable. Max 20x: five-hour session reset; weekly limit; separate Fable weekly limit.
Free: Usage limits reset on a rolling five-hour session window.
Exact message/token allowances per session or week are not published. Pro: More usage than Free per five-hour session plus a weekly limit across all models (resets at a fixed weekly time per account). Message counts not published; vary by message length, attachments, model. Claude Code included, sharing the same limits. Max 5x: 5x the Pro per-session usage allowance; session limit resets every five hours; weekly limit across all models; separate weekly limit for Fable. Includes $100/month API credits. Max 20x: 20x the Pro per-session usage allowance; five-hour session reset; weekly limit; separate Fable weekly limit. Includes $200/month API credits. Enterprise: Usage billed at API rates.