BREAKING
Anthropic Pauses Agent SDK Billing
"Nothing changes for now"
Planned Change vs Status Now
Planned
Paused
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Split SDK usage from plan limits
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Monthly credit at API prices
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Pay-as-you-go after credit
Now
Reverted
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Draws from existing plan limits
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No separate monthly credit
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No change for SDK or tools
0
x
cheaper than API
0
$
tokens on $200 plan
0
$
Max 20x plan price
How We Got Here
1
April: limit OpenClaw
↓
2
May 13: credit scheme
↓
3
June 15: paused
Future Pricing Worth Watching
AI NEWS BLITZ
Anthropic has paused its planned token billing for the Claude Agent SDK.