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Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits

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Post by motoxpro » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 6:58 PM UTC

malthaus wrote: post #16

im really tired of all those ai players just winging it can someone please find a conservative, sustainable business model and stick with it for a few months please instead of this mvp moving target bs

You can use the API. You're using the fixed price becasue it's cheaper. It's cheaper because they price it assuming a certain amount of usage being below a threshold. The usage went above the threshold. The usage was limited because of that, and they will make a plan with an increased fixed price and/or increase the price of the pro plan.

Seems pretty standard to me.

Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits

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Post by jimbo808 » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 6:59 PM UTC

I'm not sure how this will play out long term, but I really am not a fan of having to feel like I'm using a limited resource whenever I use an LLM. People like unlimited plans, we are used to them for internet, text messaging, etc. The current pricing models just feel bad.

Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits

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Post by jdboyd » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 7:00 PM UTC

christophilus wrote: post #18

Hm. I run Claude Code in several containers, though generally only one is active at a time. I wonder if they’ll see that as account sharing?

I think that is a common use case. If you run the containers at the same time, it sounds to me like you will just run into the usage limits more quickly.

Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits

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Post by paxys » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 7:02 PM UTC

jjcm wrote: post #14

They need metered billing for their plans. All AI companies are hitting the same thing and dealing with the same play - they don't want users to think about cost when they're prompting, so they offer high cost flat fee plans. The reality is though there will always be a cohort of absolute power users who will push the limits of those flat fee plans to the logical extremes. Startups like Terragon are specifically engi…

The API exists. You can generate a token and use Claude Code with it directly, no plan needed.

Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits

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Post by andix » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 7:03 PM UTC

christophilus wrote: post #18

Hm. I run Claude Code in several containers, though generally only one is active at a time. I wonder if they’ll see that as account sharing?

This is a very common usage pattern, I don't think they will restrict that.

The daily limits are probably there to fix the account sharing issue. For example I wanted to ask a friend who uses the most expensive subscription for work, if I could borrow the account at night and on weekends. I guess that's the kid of pattern they want to stop.

Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits

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Post by wdb » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 7:04 PM UTC

Guess they ran into the usage limits themselves when they worked on the messaging in Claude Code: "Claude usage limit reached. Your limit will reset at 8pm (UTC)"

Why not use the user's timezone?

Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits

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Post by ComplexSystems » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 7:04 PM UTC

These are limits for the $200/mo plan?

Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits

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Post by Modified3019 » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 7:04 PM UTC

rstupek wrote: post #8

"... and advanced usage patterns like running Claude 24/7 in the background" this is why we can't have nice things

Yeah that part made me laugh. Clearly the work of Benevolent World Exploders trying to hasten the heat death of the universe.

Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits

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Post by tough » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 7:05 PM UTC

paxys wrote: post #24

jjcm wrote: post #14

They need metered billing for their plans. All AI companies are hitting the same thing and dealing with the same play - they don't want users to think about cost when they're prompting, so they offer high cost flat fee plans. The reality is though there will always be a cohort of absolute power users who will push the limits of those flat fee plans to the logical extremes. Startups like Terragon are specifically engi…

The API exists. You can generate a token and use Claude Code with it directly, no plan needed.

then why sell fake -unlimited- plans to hook people up

It lasted less than a week -unlimited- been a shit show cutting down since then

Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits

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Post by andix » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 7:05 PM UTC

jimbo808 wrote: post #22

I'm not sure how this will play out long term, but I really am not a fan of having to feel like I'm using a limited resource whenever I use an LLM. People like unlimited plans, we are used to them for internet, text messaging, etc. The current pricing models just feel bad.

I guess you need to get used to it. LLM token usage directly translates to energy consumption. There are also no flat fee electricity plans, it doesn't make any sense.