Anthropic renames Claude Max 20x to Ultra and removes five-hour session caps

Previously, heavy Claude subscribers on both individual high-usage tiers faced rolling five-hour session windows alongside overarching weekly quotas, frequently interrupting long Claude Code debugging runs in the middle of a workday. Under the simplified naming structure announced on 30 October 2026, the $100 per month individual plan becomes Claude Max and the $200 per month plan becomes Claude Ultra.

On Claude Ultra, Anthropic removed the five-hour session cap for verified accounts, rolling out immediately to most existing subscribers while newly created Ultra accounts retain a temporary session threshold until automated abuse verification completes. Both plans include monthly Claude Platform API credit grants matching their subscription fee ($100 on Max and $200 on Ultra) and permit allocating up to 50% of weekly capacity to Anthropic’s Fable workflow product. Notably, while Anthropic’s launch post states that weekly limits remain unchanged, the live Claude pricing page lists Ultra at 10 times Pro weekly usage alongside Max at 5 times Pro usage, compared with the former Max 20x tier name.

Key numbers

• $100 per month on Claude Max (formerly Max 5x), including $100 in monthly API credits.
• $200 per month on Claude Ultra (formerly Max 20x), including $200 in monthly API credits and no five-hour cap once verified.
• Up to 50% of weekly usage on either plan can be spent in Fable.