Anthropic stated in its help documentation that Max and Team plans will include monthly credits for the Claude Platform, intended for integrating Claude into their applications and agents. Free, Pro, and Enterprise plans are not eligible. The documentation was updated on October 7, and the distribution will be rolled out over several days.

The amounts are fixed by tier. Max 5x is $100 per month, Max 20x is $200 per month. Team standard seats are $20 each, premium seats are $100 each, with non-profit and scientist discount plans priced the same. All Team seats combine into a single balance, with a team cap of $500. Three standard seats plus two premium seats total $260 per month, with the pool calculated based on the number of seats at the time of distribution. Adding another premium seat will increase the next cycle to $360.

New subscriptions must be active for 7 days before a claim entry appears. Subscriptions can be made via web, iOS, or Android, but claims must be completed on the web version of claude.ai. There is no need to pre-link a card on the Claude Platform. Max users can access Billing in Settings, while Team owners or primary owners can access Billing in Organization settings, click Link organization under API credits, select an existing Console organization or create a new one, and agree to the terms for additional credits to receive them. Only one organization can be linked, and each organization can only receive credits for one plan; users cannot change the linked organization and must contact support for changes.

The credits cover Messages API, Batch API, Playground in Console, Claude Managed Agents, and Claude Agent SDK, and can be used for any available models on the platform. They do not cover interactive Claude Code in terminals, IDEs, desktops, or web, nor do they cover overages for Claude, Claude Code, or Claude Cowork, and do not cover Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud Vertex AI, or Microsoft Foundry. Users can run claude -p with the API key associated with their organization, which counts as Agent SDK usage and can use the credits. When logging in with the plan, the plan limit still applies.

The credits refresh with each billing cycle, and annual plans are also billed monthly. Unused credits do not roll over and expire at the end of the cycle, and they are consumed before any purchased credits. All API keys within an organization share the same balance. This does not change the usage limits for chat, Claude Code, and Cowork. Once exhausted, if no credits are purchased or auto-renewed, requests will stop until the next month and will not be charged to the subscription bill. After cancellation, downgrading to an ineligible plan, or refunds, new credits will stop, but existing credits can be used until expiration. The Agent SDK credits announced in June are not part of this allocation and are no longer available.

The buyers are developers who have paid for Max and Team but have not yet opened a separate API billing account, while the seller is the Claude Platform, which still charges by token. This is a trial driven by subscription credits, not a price reduction for the API. Funds are drawn from the chat seats to create a maximum monthly balance of $500, promoting a single Console organization. The beneficiaries are small teams looking to try Managed Agents and Agent SDK, while the burden falls on overages outside the credits for conversations, interactive Claude Code, and similar calls on Bedrock and Vertex.

Source: Public Information