[solidasparagus]

I pay $200 a month and don't get any included access to this? Ridiculous

[rvz]

That is the point. They raised prices and want you to pay more for quicker answers.

No different to paying a knowledge worker but this time, you are paying more to get them to respond quicker to your questions.

[bakugo]

The API price is 6x that of normal Opus, so look forward to a new $1200/mo subscription that gives you the same amount of usage if you need the extra speed.

[MuffinFlavored]

I always wondered this, is this true/does the math come out to be really that bad? 6x?

Is the writing on the wall for $100-$200/mo users that, it's basically known-subsidized for now and $400/mo+ is coming sooner than we think?

Are they getting us all hooked and then going to raise it in the future, or will inference prices go down to offset?

[pedropaulovc]

Well, you can burn your $50 bonus on it

[kingforaday]

..But it says "Available to all Claude Code users on subscription plans (Pro/Max/Team/Enterprise) and Claude Console."

Is this wrong?

[behindsight]

It's explicitly called out as excluded in the blue info bubble they have there.

> Fast mode usage is billed directly to extra usage, even if you have remaining usage on your plan. This means fast mode tokens do not count against your plan’s included usage and are charged at the fast mode rate from the first token.

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/fast-mode#requirements

[sothatsit]

I think this is just worded in a misleading way. It’s available to all users, but it’s not included as part of the plan.