Pro Plan Rate Limit Transparency Issues - Need Specific Usage Details

According to the clarification we have:

We were not clear that “unlimited usage” was only for Auto and not all other models , which have at least $20 of included usage. Based on median token usage, the Pro plan currently covers about 225 Sonnet 4 requests, 550 Gemini requests, or 650 GPT 4.1 requests, and the vast majority of Pro users do not run out of their included usage.

And now lets do some math:

Claude Code Pro ($20/month):

  • 45 messages every 5 hours
  • 5-hour resets = ~4.8 resets per day
  • 45 × 4.8 = ~216 messages per day
  • 216 × 30 days = ~6,480 messages per month

Cursor Pro ($20/month):

  • 225 Sonnet 4 requests per month total

The Comparison:

Claude Code: ~6,480 interactions/month
Cursor: 225 interactions/month

That’s a 29:1 ratio! :rofl:

The value proposition is so bad it’s almost comical. Hope they will not change or remove old pricing model.

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