Plans and published limits
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Claude API
Start — Opus 5 — requests
1,000 per minute
Standard maximum for this usage tier, not guaranteed capacity; actual organization limits can differ. Opus 5 has its own bucket; cached reads do not count toward its ITPM, and output counts actual generated tokens.
Last verified: 2026-11-02T10:31:46.576444+00:00. Evidence tier: documented. Surface: API.
Last source review: 2026-11-02T10:31:46.576444+00:00. Start explicitly lists Opus 5 at 1,000 RPM. Separate model limits, token-bucket replenishment, variable organization limits, cache/output accounting and conditional retry guidance support all qualifiers.
Reset rule: token bucket. Reset type: bucket.
When reached: 429; if retry-after is present, wait that many seconds before retrying; ramp traffic gradually.
Start — Opus 5 — input tokens
2,000,000 per minute
Standard maximum for this usage tier, not guaranteed capacity; actual organization limits can differ. Opus 5 has its own bucket; cached reads do not count toward its ITPM, and output counts actual generated tokens.
Last verified: 2026-11-02T10:31:46.576444+00:00. Evidence tier: documented. Surface: API.
Last source review: 2026-11-02T10:31:46.576444+00:00. Start explicitly lists Opus 5 at 2,000,000 ITPM. Cached reads are excluded; separate limits, bucket replenishment, organization variability, output accounting and exhaustion guidance match.
Reset rule: token bucket. Reset type: bucket.
When reached: 429; if retry-after is present, wait that many seconds before retrying; ramp traffic gradually.
Start — Opus 5 — output tokens
400,000 per minute
Standard maximum for this usage tier, not guaranteed capacity; actual organization limits can differ. Opus 5 has its own bucket; cached reads do not count toward its ITPM, and output counts actual generated tokens.
Last verified: 2026-11-02T10:31:46.576444+00:00. Evidence tier: documented. Surface: API.
Last source review: 2026-11-02T10:31:46.576444+00:00. Start explicitly lists Opus 5 at 400,000 OTPM, counting actual generated tokens. Separate limits, bucket behavior, organization variability, cache exclusion and exhaustion guidance match.
Reset rule: token bucket. Reset type: bucket.
When reached: 429; if retry-after is present, wait that many seconds before retrying; ramp traffic gradually.
Build — Opus 5 — input tokens
5,000,000 per minute
Standard maximum for this usage tier, not guaranteed capacity; actual organization limits can differ. Opus 5 has its own bucket; cached reads do not count toward its ITPM, and output counts actual generated tokens.
Last verified: 2026-11-02T10:31:46.576444+00:00. Evidence tier: documented. Surface: API.
Last source review: 2026-11-02T10:31:46.576444+00:00. Build explicitly lists Opus 5 at 5,000,000 ITPM. Separate model limits, uncached input accounting, actual output accounting, bucket behavior and conditional retry guidance match.
Reset rule: token bucket. Reset type: bucket.
When reached: 429; if retry-after is present, wait that many seconds before retrying; ramp traffic gradually.
Scale — Opus 5 — input tokens
10,000,000 per minute
Standard maximum for this usage tier, not guaranteed capacity; actual organization limits can differ. Opus 5 has its own bucket; cached reads do not count toward its ITPM, and output counts actual generated tokens.
Last verified: 2026-11-02T10:31:46.576444+00:00. Evidence tier: documented. Surface: API.
Last source review: 2026-11-02T10:31:46.576444+00:00. Scale explicitly lists Opus 5 at 10,000,000 ITPM. Separate limits, organization variability, cache/output accounting, token-bucket replenishment and conditional retry guidance match.
Reset rule: token bucket. Reset type: bucket.
When reached: 429; if retry-after is present, wait that many seconds before retrying; ramp traffic gradually.
Start — Monthly spend cap
$500 per calendar month
Calendar-month organization spend cap for this tier. At the cap the API returns 429 without retry-after and pauses until 00:00 UTC on the first day of the next month, unless a higher tier/limit is approved.
Last verified: 2026-11-02T10:31:46.576444+00:00. Evidence tier: documented. Surface: API.
Last source review: 2026-11-02T10:31:46.576444+00:00. Start's organization cap is $500 USD per calendar month. The documented pause, UTC reset, header absence and restoration through higher limits support the complete claim.
Reset rule: calendar month. Reset type: calendar-utc.
When reached: 429 without retry-after until 00:00 UTC on the first day of next month or a higher limit.
Build — Monthly spend cap
$1,000 per calendar month
Calendar-month organization spend cap for this tier. At the cap the API returns 429 without retry-after and pauses until 00:00 UTC on the first day of the next month, unless a higher tier/limit is approved.
Last verified: 2026-11-02T10:31:46.576444+00:00. Evidence tier: documented. Surface: API.
Last source review: 2026-11-02T10:31:46.576444+00:00. Build's organization cap is $1,000 USD per calendar month. The documented pause, UTC reset, header absence and restoration through higher limits support the complete claim.
Reset rule: calendar month. Reset type: calendar-utc.
When reached: 429 without retry-after until 00:00 UTC on the first day of next month or a higher limit.
Scale — Monthly spend cap
$200,000 per calendar month
Calendar-month organization spend cap for this tier. At the cap the API returns 429 without retry-after and pauses until 00:00 UTC on the first day of the next month, unless a higher tier/limit is approved.
Last verified: 2026-11-02T10:31:46.576444+00:00. Evidence tier: documented. Surface: API.
Last source review: 2026-11-02T10:31:46.576444+00:00. Scale's organization cap is $200,000 USD per calendar month. The documented pause, UTC reset, header absence and restoration through higher limits support the complete claim.
Reset rule: calendar month. Reset type: calendar-utc.
When reached: 429 without retry-after until 00:00 UTC on the first day of next month or a higher limit.
Sources and method
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