Not to be ungratefull but lets look at this comparision:
if the Claude Pro plan allows at least 45 messages every 5 hours, let’s calculate the monthly limit:
Messages per day:
45 messages per 5-hour window
There are 24 / 5 = 4.8 such windows per day
45 × 4.8 = 216 messages per day
Messages per month:
216 × 30 = 6,480 messages per month (for a 30-day month)
216 × 31 = 6,696 messages per month (for a 31-day month)
So, you can send around 6,480 to 6,696 messages per month on the Claude Pro plan.
This costs around 20 euros a month.
So you get 6000 requests instead of 500… or am i incorrect?
So basically woudent it be cheaper to get a claude account for 20 USD and put the api key in cursor?
or do i overlook and doesent it work this way?
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claude: 20USD is for web interface, you dont get a key. no key, my friend.
ps: i know there is method to change it into api, but it’s unstable.
if you can stably set it up, pls help.
btw, in cursor if you use API key, seems you cant have the “cursor tab” function.
ar, did i tell you that in cursor, the claude API input only accepts official claude api key? which cost you usd20 FOR 1 day! you cant use the diy api key with cursor’s claude api key slot.
and… i need cursor’s apply/apply to function, also the git. cursor is a IDE,
claude webchat is not; claude code could be, but claude code is even more expensive.
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Hey, you’re not comparing correctly. In this case, you need to compare the Anthropic API with Cursor. Here are the prices for their API. Note that in Cursor, we don’t consider the number of tokens, it can vary in each request and reach several tens of thousands of tokens, and each request will cost you 4 cents.
Meanwhile, in Anthropic, 1 million input tokens will cost $3.75 and output tokens $15.
Let’s calculate an example where each request contains, for instance, 20,000 input and output tokens. 20,000 * 500 = 10,000,000.
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ah ok thank you for the explenation.