Guides

Understand your limits, and make them last

Short, sourced answers to the questions every Claude or ChatGPT subscriber ends up asking.

• Which Claude model should you use?Fable, Opus, Sonnet or Haiku: what each one is for, what it costs, and how to choose without burning through your limits. Based on Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s official documentation.
• How do Claude Pro and Max usage limits work?The 5-hour session, the weekly limit, and what counts toward them.
• When do Claude usage limits reset?The session, the week, and where to see the countdown.
• How do you check your Claude usage and what is left?Settings, /usage, or a gauge that is always in view.
• Hit your Claude usage limit? Here is what to doWait, pay beyond it, upgrade, or see it coming.
• How do you make your Claude Code limits last?The official levers, from the most effective to the finest.
• Claude usage credits: how do they work and what do they cost?Formerly extra usage: turning it on, cost, cap.
• How do Codex usage limits work with ChatGPT?The 5-hour window, /status, and credits.