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CROSSPOST: SHELLAC: Suspiciously Precise Floats, or, How I Got Claude’s Real Limits

Brad DeLong · 19 Sept 2026 · braddelong.substack.com ↗

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    Anthropic prices its Claude subscription plans as loss leaders relative to its own API rates.

    Their wordsThe subscription tiers are still enormous loss leaders: $20/month for your first $200/month of tokens at API rates for the "Pro" tier, and $100 or $200/month for your first $1500 or $3000/month of tokens at the "Max 5x" or "Max 20x" tiers.