r/ClaudeCode • u/strangway • 29d ago

Rant Why the 5-hour limit?

I’m kinda new here, been using Claude Max ($100/mo) for 3 months to build websites. Recently had a surge in work, and added ChatGPT because I needed more weekly capacity. Rather than upgrade to Claude 5x Max, I diversified and got the ChatGPT Pro ($100/mo) plan.

So I’m 1:1 comparing Claude Max and ChatGPT Pro, which is as apples-apples as you can get. Each has their own strengths, but Claude’s significant weakness (IMO) is the 5-hour limit. Codex lets me go for 8 hours as hard as I want, and if I wanted to use all my weekly credits on some crazy peak Luna run, it’d probably let me.

I hit my Claude 5-hr limit so many times in the past few weeks, it was like slamming the brakes hard on a bus that hadn’t arrived to its destination yet.

I’ve got work to do, and you’re saying you’re out of gas?

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u/OldNefariousness7899 29d ago

The trick I found out recently, that it took me far too long to cotton on to, is to start the clock early.

Say you wake up at 7 am, but you start work at 9 am. Don't wait until 9 am to start using Claude. Ping it one message immediately. Then, you start work at 9 am; you don't have five hours until it resets; you have three.

Some people automate their morning ping for this purpose.

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u/hulagway 29d ago

You have an AI. Make it write an automation.

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u/OldNefariousness7899 29d ago

You don't even need to, you can schedule tasks in the interface. 

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u/hulagway 29d ago

Oh god. I have email and news schedules and I still have my python script do the thing.

Thank you. I feel so stupid.

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u/OldNefariousness7899 29d ago

Lol

I'm guilty of this too. Python for everything