Anthropic “pauses” token-based billing for its Claude Agent SDK
Summary
Anthropic paused the planned token-based pricing changes for Claude Agent SDK just as they were set to take effect, keeping current usage limits in place for now. The proposed plan would have billed external SDK usage at Anthropic API rates, with a monthly credit equal to the subscription price, a move that would have notably increased costs for heavy users and third-party apps. The pause follows broader industry sensitivity to usage-based pricing for AI services and precedes Anthropic’s ongoing IPO activity discussions.