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Claude Code pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Claude Code. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the developer tools tools listed alongside it.
As of 29 August 2026, Claude Code pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The Claude Code catalogue entry carries no price and a freemium pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Claude Code review carries the full feature record.
How that compares in Developer Tools
Too few developer tools tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code (this page) | Free | freemium | - | |
| Deep Code | Free, then $5/month | freemium | - | vs Claude Code |
| Jitsu | Free, then $99/month | Per month by event volume | - | vs Claude Code |
| Tilt | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Claude Code |
| Hookdeck | Free, then $39/month | Per month by delivered event count | - | vs Claude Code |
| Ona (formerly Gitpod) | Free, then $20/month | Per month by compute unit | - | vs Claude Code |
| Cloud Native Buildpacks | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Claude Code |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Claude Code badges page.
Before you pay for Claude Code
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: not published on the record we hold. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Claude Code runs on not recorded, and is published by Anthropic of San Francisco, California, USA. The full record is on the Claude Code review, and the rest of the category is under best developer tools tools.
Claude Code pricing questions
- How much does Claude Code cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for Claude Code, which is listed as freemium. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does Claude Code have a free plan?
- Yes, Claude Code is recorded as freemium, so it can be used without paying.
- Which developer tools tools can I use without paying?
- 8 of the 8 developer tools tools listed alongside Claude Code have a free tier: Deep Code, Jitsu, Tilt, Hookdeck, Ona (formerly Gitpod).
- What am I actually paying for with Claude Code?
- The record we hold does not itemise what each tier includes beyond the plan names and prices. The Claude Code review carries whatever feature detail is available.
- Does Claude Code charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Claude Code prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Claude Code against before paying?
- The closest developer tools tools in this directory are Deep Code, Jitsu, Tilt, Hookdeck. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Claude Code covering price, platforms and features.