Anthropic is A/B testing Pro accounts that lack Claude Code for about 2% of new signups.
The Pro pricing page now shows Claude Code unchecked, suggesting the feature may be removed from Pro.
Current Pro and Max users keep Claude Code, but future Pro signups might lose access by default.

Claude Code is a very powerful tool, and part of the reason why I'm keeping my Pro subscription. Unfortunately, it seems that some people signing up for Pro may not get Claude Code, as Anthropic is performing an experiment where 2% of new users won't get it. However, while Anthropic has claimed that it's just a small test, the payment plan page has been updated to show that Pro subscribers will no longer have access to Claude Code.

Claude subscribers just lost access to OpenClaw and other third-party tools -- unless they pay more

Things are getting pricey.

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By Simon Batt

Anthropic is trying out a Pro plan that doesn't contain Claude Code

The payment plans tell a different story

Over on X, people are noticing that Claude Code isn't arriving for some new subscribers to the Pro tier. Anthropic's Head of Growth,

Amol Avasare, took to the social platform to announce that people shouldn't panic just yet. Not only are current Pro and Max subscribers unaffected by the change, but the exclusion will be a small A/B test. In the replies to his original post, Avasare says his goal is to see whether dropping Claude Code from Pro plans will keep server load down.

However, if you take a peek at the Claude pricing plans page, you may see that the Pro tier no longer says it comes with Claude Code, as shown in the screenshot above. This does signal to new subscribers that their Pro plan won't come with Claude Code, despite Avasare saying that the vast majority of new sign-ups should still get it.

Hopefully, there's just been a mix-up somewhere at Anthropic with how the information is presented. Best case scenario, we may see Anthropic create a new tier between Free and Pro that excludes Claude Code, much like what Google did with its new AI Plus plan. Worst-case scenario, new Pro subscribers won't get Claude Code by default.

I tested Claude's two biggest competitors because of its usage limits, and one banned my account

I don't really know why, though.

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By Adam Conway

Anthropic cut Claude Code from new Pro subscriptions, calling it an "A/B test"