Claude Code with API billing
PricePay-as-you-go at API token rates
Claude Code with API billing is pay-as-you-go at API token rates, through a Claude Console account.
Claude Code API pricing follows token use: the docs say “Claude Code charges by API token consumption”, billed per token to your organization. A Console account covers the Claude Code CLI, VS Code and JetBrains, third-party providers are supported in those three, and the models are the ones available to your API key.
Usage: “Claude Code charges by API token consumption”; billed per token to your organization
Included for coding agents: Claude Code CLI, VS Code, JetBrains with Console account; third-party providers supported in CLI/VS Code/JetBrains
- Usage (vendor's wording)
- "Claude Code charges by API token consumption"; billed per token to your organization
- Models in the tool
- Models available to your API key
- Agent features included
- Claude Code CLI, VS Code, JetBrains with Console account; third-party providers supported in CLI/VS Code/JetBrains
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Sources
Checked against the source on October 5, 2026. Compare it with every other plan in the coding agent plans tracker.
Claude Code
View all- Claude Code EnterpriseClaude Code Enterprise is the annual per-seat plan, with usage billed at API rates.
- Claude Code Max 20xClaude Code Max 20x is the $200-a-month Max plan with 20 times Pro’s usage per session.
- Claude Code Max 5xClaude Code Max 5x is the $100-a-month Max plan with five times Pro’s usage per 5-hour session.
- Claude Code ProClaude Code Pro is the Claude Pro subscription with Claude Code, from $17 a month billed annually.