User frustrated Claude Pro plan burns through limits far faster than rivals
This developer's project was already built on Claude, so they structurally want to keep using it. Repeated policy reversals from Anthropic around Fable eroded their trust in the company's direction, prompting a downgrade from the Max plan to the Pro plan.
On Max, they never hit and found it fine, but they're unwilling to pay that price again when a offers comparable for less. The real problem is the Pro plan: using the top-tier model burns through the usage allowance almost instantly.
Even Opus chews through the limit well before the resets. As a result, they're considering moving the entire project to GPT/Codex, something they don't particularly want to do, while stressing they simply want to be treated fairly as a paying customer.
Key points
- Using top-tier models (especially Opus) on the Pro plan burns through very fast
- The allowance is often exhausted before the even resets
- No limit issues on the Max plan, but downgraded anyway since a offers similar value for less
- Anthropic's past policy reversals around Fable damaged trust and triggered a plan reconsideration
- Despite the project being built on Claude, the user is weighing a full switch to GPT/Codex over the limits