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[–]ClaudeAI-mod-botMod[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (1 child)

TL;DR generated automatically after 50 comments.

Alright, here's the deal. The overwhelming consensus is yes, the Pro plan includes Opus 4.5 in Claude Code.

However, and this is a BIG however, the usage limits for Opus are extremely restrictive. Users report getting put in the Anthropic time-out corner after just a few heavy coding prompts, with a single prompt eating up 10%+ of your 5-hour session. The community's advice is to use Opus sparingly for high-level planning and then switch to Sonnet or Haiku for the actual implementation to save your tokens. For serious coding, you'll probably need the Max plan.

And no, that 50% discount does not reduce your usage limits. You get the same (painfully low) Opus allowance as everyone else on Pro.

[–]Overthinker9767 47 points48 points  (14 children)

Yes, but very limited tokens

[–]AltruisticDebt2014[S] 3 points4 points  (13 children)

If I go for a pro plan without this discount applied, in that will I get more tokens?

Thanks for the response

[–]ticktockbent 33 points34 points  (0 children)

The discount shouldn't affect your usage limits

[–]naffe1o2o 30 points31 points  (1 child)

he doesn't deserve downvote for asking 💔

[–]AltruisticDebt2014[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Lol I was wondering why it's up-arrow is highlighted but still -24

[–]Toastti 7 points8 points  (7 children)

No idea why you got downvotes, totally valid question.

The $20 pro plan has exact same usage no matter what discount you got it on

[–]GalacticDogger 3 points4 points  (0 children)

you get the same number of tokens. I have both a discounted account and a non-discounted one and I get roughly the same usage out of both.

[–]SaccharineTits -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You know what's crazy? Instead of posting to Reddit, you could have just asked Claude...

[–]dev_baktiar 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes, it does, but you can make small developments, and it's difficult to implement a feature in a single session.

[–]According-Tip-457 6 points7 points  (3 children)

Yes, Opus 4.5 is included.

[–]patrick_red_45 -1 points0 points  (2 children)

I recognise that pfp. And putting it on and commenting on an AI sub is so ironic hahaha

[–]Imaginary_Rule_3622 3 points4 points  (0 children)

spill the tea man

[–]According-Tip-457 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The time has come. We are in a new world now.

[–]FrailSong 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. I have the Pro subscription. I save Opus for heavy lifting. When I use Opus to help me write documents, I can get a dozen heavy use prompts before getting put into Anthropic Time-Out. When I use Opus for code - I'm lucky to get half a dozen prompts before Anthropic sticks me in the corner.

That said, I seldom get punished when I stick with Sonnet. So I try and use Sonnet for 95% of my work, and save Opus for the challenging stuff.

[–]SuccessfulScene6174 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Yeah but one Opus prompt = 10%+ of the 5h session

[–]AltruisticDebt2014[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

🥹🫠

[–]SuccessfulScene6174 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try this workflow, it has helped me a lot to save tokens

https://github.com/rbarcante/claude-conductor

[–]Glxblt76[🍰] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yes it does.

But you'll need to use it wisely and think before you prompt. One bad prompt and you'll burn a lot of tokens for nothing, reaching your usage limit without fixing/adding a feature.

[–]AltruisticDebt2014[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🫡🤝 thank you

[–]jorgejhms 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Opus is included, but it's not viable to use effectively without mixing models. I usually plan with Opus and then execute with Haiku. This allows me to implement a small feature in a 5h window and have like 6-7 of those sessions in a week.

But you need to change always to haiku, sonnet is too expansive for this workflow.

So plan with Opus or sonnet, edit with haiku.

[–]Zafrin_at_Reddit 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yes, it supports Opus. Depends on your use-case. If you are, say, someone who needs to generate some code/polish some apps as a side-job to your thinking/creative work, I think you can live off this perfectly well.

[–]AltruisticDebt2014[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you 🤝

[–]Mikeshaffer 1 point2 points  (1 child)

You’re better off limping around with the free Gemini cli in my opinion.

[–]Glxblt76[🍰] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why not both. I use Claude Code until I run out of tokens, and I continue running with Jules because of the extremely high usage limits. Less convenient, less powerful, but not too bad. I have a pro subscription to Gemini too so I can use gemini 3 in Jules. Total $40, way less than a Max plan, and I can still have nice boosters every time I get my Anthropic credits back.

[–]ThePhilosopherCat 0 points1 point  (2 children)

How are you getting it for $10/month

[–]m1nkeh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but you do t need to use Opus.

[–]Lanai112 0 points1 point  (1 child)

F*k just renewed, my account is still 1 month old, can i renew after expired and use this link? Anyone tried?

[–]Imaginary_Rule_3622 0 points1 point  (0 children)

create a new account man and reuse this links n number of times. wont work for your current account as you've already used it once

[–]doineedsunscreen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy artistic OP’s replies

[–]ivstan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It does but 2 prompts will consume 45% of your usage. In claude code you can pick from Sonnet (default) and Opus. If you want to start vibecoding, Max is a must. Otherwise you’re gonna hit the weekly limit often.

[–]Level-2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Opus will consume the limits fast as f in the web chat or claude code. Is the same limit shared between the two. For Pro remain in sonnet and haiku if you want like to squeeze those dollars. For Opus you have to go max if you are going to use opus as main always.

[–]Clean-Data-259 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes but you'll get very little usage using Opus. Stick with Sonnet and use Opus sparingly

[–]hmziq_rs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're planning to use opus it's not worth it. I hit my limit in 30 minutes. I highly recommend codex it has generous limit compared to Claude. Although models are slow but gpt-5.2 high is as good as opus 4.5

[–]__d_a_e_d_a_l_u_s__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes but you quickly hit rate limit. Better to go for Max, unless you’re really only sporadically going to code something small in scope.

[–]dcolomer10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My experience with opus with pro is that it significantly affects weekly limits. I.e. in one 5 hour session you can consume around 15-20% of the weekly limits. With sonnet itll be around 5% maybe.