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Anthropic "pauses" token-based billing for its Claude Agent SDK
Move originally planned for Monday would have heavily increased power users’ costs.
TL;DR
- Anthropic has paused previously announced billing changes for its Claude Agent SDK.
- The changes, set to begin June 15, would have treated SDK usage separately and billed it at API rates, significantly increasing costs for heavy users.
- Existing Claude subscription limits will continue to apply to Agent SDK usage for now.
- Anthropic is reportedly working on an updated plan to better support how users build with Claude subscriptions.
- This pullback comes shortly after GitHub Copilot's own token-based billing changes and amid Anthropic's preparations for a possible IPO.