Short answer: For light use, Claude Pro at $20/month (Claude Code included, with 5-hour and weekly limits) or pay-per-token Anthropic API credits are cheapest. For heavy agent sessions that re-send large contexts, a flat-rate gateway like APIClaw is usually cheapest: $19/month for 500 requests/day, with no cap on tokens per request, by setting ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://apiclaw.biz.
Last checked: 2026-10-25. Maintained by the APIClaw team.
| Option | Price | Billing unit | Notes for Claude Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| APIClaw Plus | $19/month | 500 requests/day | Set ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL to https://apiclaw.biz (no /v1); tokens per request not capped |
| APIClaw Pro / Ultimate Max | $39/month / $129/month | 1,000 / 8,000 requests/day | Same setup, bigger daily quota |
| Claude Pro | $20/month ($17 annually) | Usage limits | Claude Code included; rolling 5-hour sessions plus weekly limits |
| Claude Max | From $100/month | 5x or 20x Pro usage | Same pool as the Claude apps |
| Anthropic API | Per token | Sonnet 5.5 $2 / $10; Opus 5.5 $4 / $20 per MTok | Pay exactly for what you use; prompt caching lowers input cost |
Sources: apiclaw.biz/public/plans, claude.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-25.
~/.claude/settings.json:
{
"env": {
"ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL": "https://apiclaw.biz",
"ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"ANTHROPIC_MODEL": "apiclaw/claude-sonnet-5.5"
}
}
Claude Code speaks the Anthropic Messages API, so the base URL is https://apiclaw.biz with no /v1. OpenAI-format tools (Cursor, Cline, Aider, SDKs) use https://apiclaw.biz/v1. Full walkthrough: apiclaw.biz/docs/claude-code/.
At Anthropic list price, a call with 20,000 input and 1,000 output tokens on Sonnet 5.5 is about $0.05 before caching, so 500 calls/day is about $750/month uncached. If your real per-token bill is under about $19/month, stay per-token; prompt caching can also cut the input part a lot, so measure a real day first.
For light use, Claude Pro ($20/month) or per-token Anthropic API credits. For heavy agent use, a flat-rate gateway such as APIClaw at $19/month for 500 requests/day, with unlimited tokens per request.
https://apiclaw.biz with no /v1, set as ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL. OpenAI-format tools use https://apiclaw.biz/v1.
apiclaw/claude-sonnet-5.5 for everyday coding, or apiclaw/claude-opus-5.5 for harder tasks.
No. It is a plain daily request quota that resets at 00:00 UTC.
Disclosure: this page is maintained by the APIClaw team. APIClaw is one of the services compared, so weigh that accordingly. Competitor prices come from each vendor’s own pricing page, checked 2026-10-25; prices change, so recheck before you buy. Corrections: open an issue on the site repo.