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Claude API — Max and Team subscriber credits
Claude API — Max and Team subscriber credits: Max 5x: $100/month; Max 20x: $200/month; Team seat-based credits pooled up to $500/month
Claude Max and Team subscriptions include a separate monthly Claude Platform credit benefit. Max 5x receives $100 and Max 20x $200 per month. Team pools $20 per Standard seat and $100 per Premium seat up to $500, including eligible discounted Team plans. This is distinct from startup/research grants and the existing Enterprise activation promotion.
How to claim this perk
Follow these steps through Claude API — Max and Team subscriber credits.
Access: Direct application
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On claude.ai, open Settings → Billing as a Max subscriber, or Organization settings → Billing as a Team Owner/Primary Owner.
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Under API credits, select Link organization, choose or create the Console organization and review the supplemental terms before linking.
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Confirm the grant and expiry in platform.claude.com billing and use that organization’s API key for eligible workloads.
Who can apply?
- Active eligible paid plan in good standing for at least seven days. Free, Pro and Enterprise are excluded. Max subscribers or Team Owners/Primary Owners claim; the Console role must be Owner, Admin or Billing.
- Link one Console organization. Each organization can receive this benefit from only one plan; changing the linked organization requires support. No separate Platform payment card is required to claim or spend these credits.
- Credits refresh each billing cycle, monthly even on annual plans, and unused credits expire without rollover. They cover Claude API, Console Playground, Managed Agents and Agent SDK. Interactive Claude Code, Cowork extra usage, Bedrock, Vertex AI and Foundry are excluded. Purchased credits/auto-reload or invoiced billing may continue after the balance is spent.