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API credits for Max and Team plans (Claude Platform docs)

Author
Anthropic
Published
7 October 2026
Added
20 October 2026
Original
https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/api-credits-for-subscribers

Summary

Anthropic's documentation for the monthly Claude API credits included with Max and Team plans, launched on 2026-10-07 according to the Help Center release notes. Subscribers link a Claude Console organization to their plan and receive credits each billing cycle for the API, Managed Agents, the Agent SDK, and the Console playground. Credits do not cover Claude Code or extra usage in the Claude apps. This is the primary source for what the library previously knew only from Simon Willison.

Key points

  • Amounts (checked 2026-10-20): Max 5x $100 a month, Max 20x $200. Team plans get $20 per Standard seat and $100 per Premium seat, pooled and capped at $500 a month, and discounted Team plans get the same.
  • Claim: on claude.ai go to Settings > Billing (Max) or Organization settings > Billing (Team), then link a Console organization in the "API credits" section. New subscribers wait 7 days. Each plan links to one organization, and changing it needs support.
  • Credits expire at the end of each billing cycle with no rollover. They are spent before purchased credits, and every key and workspace in the organization shares them.
  • Credits cannot be used on Bedrock, Vertex AI (Google Cloud), Foundry, or Claude Platform on AWS. Free, Pro, and Enterprise plans are not eligible.
  • Linked organizations move up to at least the Start tier, or the Build tier if the credits exceed $200. The credits do not count towards higher tiers.
  • When the credits run out and no purchased balance remains, API requests stop. Nothing is ever charged to the Claude plan.

Why it matters

Max and Team subscribers can build and run small agents on the API at no extra cost. Because Claude Code is excluded, the credits suit Agent SDK scripts and Managed Agents, not interactive coding.