Methodology
- We only take limits from official vendor pages (pricing, help centre, docs). Third-party sources are used only for setup costs and are labelled.
- Every item shows the date we last checked it. verified means we read it on the source page that day. unverified means it came from a secondary source or our own estimate.
- An automated watcher checks vendor pages for changes. A person reviews each change before it goes into the changelog.
- Most vendors publish multipliers and time windows, not fixed message counts, so we report what they publish and don't make up numbers.
Plan sources
| Plan | Source | Checked | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Pro | https://support.claude.com/en/articles/8325606-what-is-the-pro-plan | 2026-10-16 | verified 2026-10-16 |
| Claude Max 5x | https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11049741-what-is-the-max-plan | 2026-10-16 | verified 2026-10-16 |
| Claude Max 20x | https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11049741-what-is-the-max-plan | 2026-10-16 | verified 2026-10-16 |
| ChatGPT Plus (Codex) | https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing | 2026-10-16 | verified 2026-10-16 |
| ChatGPT Pro ($100/$200/$500) | https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing | 2026-10-16 | verified 2026-10-16 |
| Google AI Pro | https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/16275805 | 2026-10-16 | verified 2026-10-16 |
| Google AI Ultra | https://gemini.google/subscriptions/ | 2026-10-16 | verified 2026-10-16 |
| Copilot Pro / Pro+ / Max | https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/billing/usage-based-billing-for-individuals | 2026-10-16 | verified 2026-10-16 |
| Cursor Plus / Premium / Super / Ultra | https://cursor.com/pricing | 2026-10-16 | verified 2026-10-16 |
Setup sources
| Setup | Sources | Checked | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hetzner CX23 VPS + tmux/systemd + Claude Code/Codex CLI | https://docs.hetzner.com/general/infrastructure-and-availability/price-adjustment/ | 2026-10-16 | verified 2026-10-16 |
| Hetzner CAX21 ARM 4vCPU/8GB multi-agent box | https://docs.hetzner.com/general/infrastructure-and-availability/price-adjustment/ | 2026-10-16 | verified 2026-10-16 |
| DigitalOcean 2vCPU/4GB droplet | https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets | 2026-10-16 | verified 2026-10-16 |
| Fly Machine shared-cpu-1x 1GB (always-on) / Sprites for burst | https://docs.fly.io/about/pricing https://fly.io/learn/ai-sandbox-pricing/ | 2026-10-16 | verified 2026-10-16 |
| Ephemeral sandboxes (E2B / Modal / Cloudflare Sandbox) for agent tool-exec | https://fly.io/learn/ai-sandbox-pricing/ | 2026-10-16 | partial - via Fly comparison page, confirm on e2b.dev/modal.com |
| Mac mini M4 16GB home agent server (+Ollama small models) | https://appleinsider.com/inside/mac-mini https://support.apple.com/en-us/103253 https://github.com/geerlingguy/ai-benchmarks/issues/2 | 2026-10-16 | verified 2026-10-16 |
| N100 mini PC / old laptop with Ubuntu | none | 2026-10-16 | unverified |
| T3 Code control surface (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Grok, OpenCode, Antigravity) on an always-on box | https://t3.codes/ https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3-code https://t3.codes/terms-of-service/ | 2026-10-16 | verified 2026-10-16 |
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