❯ Anthropic renames its top subscription Ultra and removes verified accounts’ five-hour limit

Two renamed tiersAnthropic announced on October 30 that the $100-a-month Max 5x plan is now Max, while the $200-a-month Max 20x plan is now Ultra, with prices unchanged. Its official announcement removes the five-hour usage limit for verified Ultra accounts, beginning with most existing subscribers. Newer accounts retain a temporary limit until verification.

Weekly allowances remainThe Claude pricing page lists Max at five times Pro usage both per five-hour window and per week. Ultra offers ten times Pro’s weekly usage and no five-hour limit for verified accounts. Max and Ultra also include $100 and $200 in monthly Claude Platform API credits, respectively, separate from regular Claude usage.

Fewer interruptions during sustained workA five-hour window constrains how quickly subscribers can spend their allowance. Removing it lets eligible Ultra subscribers concentrate their weekly budget into longer coding, research or office sessions. Max supplies a larger allowance; Ultra additionally relaxes the pace at which that allowance can be used. The weekly budget continues to constrain total usage.

▮ SIGNALPremium subscriptions increasingly sell uninterrupted working time; spending cadence matters alongside the size of the weekly allowance.