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Claude API Start tier Usage Limits: Official Wording

$500.00/monthWhat is the monthly API usage limit (spend cap) on the Claude API Start tier?
1,000 requests/minuteHow many requests per minute does the Claude API Start tier allow for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (standard limits)?
2,000,000 tokens/minuteHow many input tokens per minute does the Claude API Start tier allow for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (standard limits)?
400,000 tokens/minuteHow many output tokens per minute does the Claude API Start tier allow for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (standard limits)?

From the provider's official wording, checked Oct 18, 2026. Details and sources below.

What is the monthly API usage limit (spend cap) on the Claude API Start tier? $500.00/month, according to the official wording captured on Oct 18, 2026. Observed Last checked · Source · Methodology

Published amount: $500.00/month, in USD as the source shows it · as shown in the United States on Oct 18, 2026 · the page does not say whether tax is included; we do not assume it is excluded · no change seen since Oct 16, 2026.

How we got this number

  • What we read: the published price on platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/rate-limits
  • Checked: ; tracked since Oct 16, 2026
  • Shown in: the United States
  • Checks so far: 3 checks since Oct 16, 2026
  • What changed: no price change since Oct 16, 2026
  • Page updated:

Other measured facts

QuestionAnswerCheckedStatus
How many input tokens per minute does the Claude API Start tier allow for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (standard limits)?2,000,000 tokens/minuteObserved
How many output tokens per minute does the Claude API Start tier allow for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (standard limits)?400,000 tokens/minuteObserved
How many requests per minute does the Claude API Start tier allow for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (standard limits)?1,000 requests/minuteObserved

History

Same price in all 3 checks since Oct 16, 2026.

  1. — First check: $500.00/month
Start $500 USD
What the source says · platform.claude.com
Record history — 12 records for 4 questions
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the United States
What is the monthly API usage limit (spend cap) on the Claude API Start tier?
TimeValueStatus
Oct 18, 2026$500.00/monthObserved
Oct 17, 2026$500.00/monthObserved
Oct 16, 2026$500.00/monthObserved
How many input tokens per minute does the Claude API Start tier allow for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (standard limits)?
TimeValueStatus
Oct 18, 20262,000,000 tokens/minuteObserved
Oct 17, 20262,000,000 tokens/minuteObserved
Oct 16, 20262,000,000 tokens/minuteObserved
How many output tokens per minute does the Claude API Start tier allow for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (standard limits)?
TimeValueStatus
Oct 18, 2026400,000 tokens/minuteObserved
Oct 17, 2026400,000 tokens/minuteObserved
Oct 16, 2026400,000 tokens/minuteObserved
How many requests per minute does the Claude API Start tier allow for Claude Sonnet 5.5 (standard limits)?
TimeValueStatus
Oct 18, 20261,000 requests/minuteObserved
Oct 17, 20261,000 requests/minuteObserved
Oct 16, 20261,000 requests/minuteObserved
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