Warp vs Claude Code pricing (October 2026)

Generated from vendor pricing pages, fetched 2026-10-16. Always confirm on the vendor page.

Which is cheaper for you?

Both list a free plan. Warp free: Limited. Claude Code free: No Claude Code.

The cheapest individual paid plans cost the same: Warp Build and Claude Code Pro at $20/month.

Price is not the whole story: Warp bills as "Subscription with agent usage at API rates", Claude Code as "Subscription with session/weekly usage limits; or API pay-as-you-go". Heavy users should compare the limits below.

Try your own numbers in the workload calculator.

Side by side

	Warp	Claude Code
Billing model	Subscription with agent usage at API rates	Subscription with session/weekly usage limits; or API pay-as-you-go
Free plan	Limited	No Claude Code
Cheapest paid plan	Build $20/mo - $20 agent usage/mo	Pro $20/mo - Includes Claude Code; usage limits apply
Top individual plan	Max $200/mo - $200 agent usage/mo	Max 20x $200/mo - 20x Pro usage; $200/mo API credits

Warp plans

Plan	USD/month	Limits
Free	Free	Limited
Build	$20 ($18 annual)	$20 agent usage/mo
Max	$200 ($180 annual)	$200 agent usage/mo
Business	$50/seat ($45 annual)	$20 usage per seat

Source: https://www.warp.dev/pricing, fetched 2026-10-16.

Claude Code plans

Plan	USD/month	Limits
Free	Free	No Claude Code
Pro	$20 ($17 annual)	Includes Claude Code; usage limits apply
Max 5x	$100	5x Pro usage; $100/mo API credits
Max 20x	$200	20x Pro usage; $200/mo API credits

Source: https://claude.com/pricing, fetched 2026-10-16.

Recent pricing changes

2026-01-29 Claude Code: Claude Team Standard seats now include Claude Code and got cheaper. Premium seats dropped from $150 to $100 a month on annual billing. source
2025-08-28 Claude Code: Anthropic added weekly caps for Claude Pro and Max on top of the rolling 5-hour limits, including a separate Opus weekly cap. source
2025-04-09 Claude Code: Anthropic launched Claude Max at $100 (5x Pro usage) and $200 (20x Pro usage). source