Claude Max and Team plans now include monthly API credits
Anthropic's October 7, 2026 release notes say Claude Max and Team plans now include monthly API credits. To learn how to claim them, the notes point to a help page titled API credits for Max and Team plans.
SessionWatcher editorial · Published · Updated · Source announcement: 2026-10-07
What changed
Anthropic's release notes entry dated October 7, 2026 says Claude Max and Team plans now include monthly API credits.
To learn how to claim the credits, the release notes point to a help page titled API credits for Max and Team plans.
Sources: Anthropic release notes: 2026-10-07
What it means for your bill and usage
If you subscribe to Claude Max or Team, your plan now includes API credits every month. Anthropic's release notes send subscribers to the help page API credits for Max and Team plans to learn how to claim them.
In the same October 7 release notes, Anthropic cut the price of prompt cache reads on Claude Sonnet 5.5 from $0.20 USD to $0.10 USD per million tokens. Cache writes and all other prices stay the same.
Sources: Anthropic release notes: 2026-10-07
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