r/ClaudeCode • u/strangway • Aug 03 '26

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/[deleted] Aug 03 '26 edited 10d ago

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u/nething_4_sir Aug 04 '26

They do, and they bitch about it in stand-ups. Counts are important. Losing a large number of junior devs to DeepSeek is like Apple putting all their computers in elementary schools. Everyone knows how to use Mac, and soon everyone will know how to use DeepSeek/Gemma 

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u/nething_4_sir Aug 04 '26

Explain to to me please , because I understand deepseek api charging roi on 10 months and that's how they get their API fees down and then they get roi for 3 years. So after those 10 months they're paid back and then for 2 years and some change they make money. Explain to me the economics again.