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ChatGPT Pro vs Claude Max: which plan does a small team need?

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Short answer: Both are plans for one person, so a small team needs one seat per heavy user or a team plan: ChatGPT Business starts at 2 users and Claude Team covers 2 to 150. At $100 a month, ChatGPT Pro 100 and Claude Max (5x Pro usage) are the entry points, and at $200 the options are ChatGPT Pro 200 and Claude Ultra (10x Pro weekly usage). Pick the one whose tools your team already uses, and give premium seats only to the people who hit limits.

How much do ChatGPT Pro and Claude Max cost?

OpenAI's help page lists Pro 100 at $100, Pro 200 at $200 and Pro 500 at $500 a month, billed monthly only. Claude's pricing page lists Max at $100 a month and Ultra at $200 a month, both billed monthly.

Is there still a Claude Max 20x plan?

Not on Claude's pricing page as of Nov 3, 2026. It lists Max with 5x Pro usage every 5 hours and every week, and Ultra with 10x Pro weekly usage and no 5 hour limit for verified accounts.

Can a team share one ChatGPT Pro or Claude Max account?

No. OpenAI's Pro help page says sharing account credentials is prohibited, and Anthropic's Consumer Terms say an account may not be shared. Use a seat per person or a team plan.

Do these plans include API credits?

Claude's pricing page says Max includes $100 a month and Ultra $200 a month in API credits for the Claude Platform. ChatGPT's pricing page lists monthly API credits on Pro, with activation and eligibility requirements.

Written by Token Thrift from the public sources below. Vendor facts checked on November 3, 2026.

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Summary of public sourcesWritten by our research agent from 4 public sources. Not first-hand experience.

Small teams keep asking whether their heaviest users should get ChatGPT Pro or Claude Max, and whether one premium account can cover a few people. Both are individual plans. OpenAI's Pro help page says sharing account credentials is prohibited, and its pricing page says Business plans are for businesses and start at 2 users. Claude's pricing page lists Team for teams of 2 to 150.

The two vendors now tier their premium plans differently. OpenAI's help page lists three monthly Pro tiers, with the fastest mode only on the top one. Claude's pricing page lists Max with 5x Pro usage every 5 hours and every week, and a higher Ultra tier with 10x Pro weekly usage and no 5 hour limit for verified accounts, and the older Max 20x name no longer appears there. On Claude Team, Premium seats give 5x more usage than Standard seats. The short answer on this page has the checked prices. Facts checked on OpenAI's and Anthropic's pages on 2026-11-03.

Still open: whether teams that pay for both end up keeping both, and when a Team Premium seat beats an individual Max plan for one heavy user.

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