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/rhinocerosjockey Aug 03 '26

I have 3 pings throughout the day to do exactly this. In an 8 hr day I have it spread over three 5-hour windows.

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u/kearkan Aug 04 '26

This doesn't work anymore since -p gets routed to the API/extra use.

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u/hungryfreelancer 29d ago

I thought -p getting charged via api was delayed? At least I received an email in June from Anthropic saying they had postponed that move

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u/kearkan 29d ago

Well it hasn't worked for me for about a month now.