AI coding plan limits: the Limits Ladder
5-hour, weekly and monthly usage caps for 8 AI coding tools, 28 plans, next to each price. Every figure links to the vendor page it came from. Updated Oct 20, 2026.
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Limit changes log
Dated, newest first. Date = the change's effective date where published, else the day we verified it.
- Cursor: Limits Ladder starts tracking Cursor: weekly pool sizes Plus 1x, Premium 4x, Super 15x, Ultra 50x
Baseline entry. Cursor's new plans share one weekly pool across Cursor and Grok; legacy plans keep two monthly pools. Source ↗
- Claude Code: Baseline: Claude Pro 1x, Max 5x and Max 20x per 5-hour session, plus weekly limits
Max also has a separate weekly limit for Fable. Sizes in tokens or messages are not published. Source ↗
- OpenAI Codex: Baseline: Codex Plus 15–160 GPT-6.1 Sol messages per 5 hours; Pro has no 5-hour limit
OpenAI calls these estimates, not fixed limits. Weekly limits may also apply. Source ↗
- OpenAI Codex: New ChatGPT Pro 200 subscriptions get a lower Codex allowance
Same $200 price. Grandfathered Pro 200 subscribers keep the old allowance through Oct 29, 2026. Sizes not published. Source ↗
- Cursor: Cursor's new plans move from monthly pools to a weekly pool
Free, Plus $8, Premium $30, Super $100, Ultra $200. The allowance refreshes weekly. Source ↗
- Lovable: Lovable adds a daily chat allowance for Chats and Chat mode
Size not published; Lovable says the chat pricing is temporary through Oct 31, 2026. Source ↗
- GitHub Copilot: GitHub Copilot replaces premium requests with monthly AI credits
1 credit = $0.01; completions don't use credits. Source ↗
- Windsurf (Devin Desktop): Windsurf / Devin Desktop replaces prompt credits with daily and weekly quotas
Month only (March 2026) is published; logged here as Mar 1. Source ↗
All limits as a table (28 plans)
| Tool | Plan | Price | 5-hour / daily | Weekly | Monthly | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | Pro | $20/mo, $17/mo billed annually | 1x: the baseline session allowance (size not published), resets every 5 hours | Weekly limit exists, size not published | No monthly cap published | 2026-10-20 |
| Claude Code | Max 5x | $100/mo, monthly only | 5x Pro's per-session allowance, resets every 5 hours | Weekly limit across all models, plus a separate weekly Fable limit; sizes not published | No monthly cap published | 2026-10-20 |
| Claude Code | Max 20x | $200/mo, monthly only | 20x Pro's per-session allowance, resets every 5 hours | Weekly limit across all models, plus a separate weekly Fable limit; sizes not published | No monthly cap published | 2026-10-20 |
| Cursor | Free | $0 | No 5-hour or daily cap published | "Limited" agent and chat usage, size not published | No monthly cap published | 2026-10-20 |
| Cursor | Plus | $8/mo ($80/yr); Cursor models only | No 5-hour or daily cap published | 1x: the base weekly pool (size not published) | No monthly cap; pool refreshes weekly | 2026-10-20 |
| Cursor | Premium | $30/mo ($300/yr) | No 5-hour or daily cap published | 4x Plus's weekly pool | No monthly cap; optional spend cap you set for extra usage | 2026-10-20 |
| Cursor | Super | $100/mo ($1,000/yr) | No 5-hour or daily cap published | 15x Plus's weekly pool | No monthly cap; optional spend cap you set for extra usage | 2026-10-20 |
| Cursor | Ultra | $200/mo ($2,000/yr) | No 5-hour or daily cap published | 50x Plus's weekly pool | No monthly cap; optional spend cap you set for extra usage | 2026-10-20 |
| OpenAI Codex | Plus | $20/mo | Estimated 15–160 local messages per 5 hours on GPT-6.1 Sol (5–45 on GPT-6 Astra, 350–3,000 on GPT-6 Luna) | Weekly limits may apply, size not published | No monthly cap published | 2026-10-20 |
| OpenAI Codex | Pro 100 | $100/mo, monthly only | Pro plans currently have no 5-hour limit | Allowance not published | No monthly cap published | 2026-10-20 |
| OpenAI Codex | Pro 200 | $200/mo; new subs get a lower allowance than before | Pro plans currently have no 5-hour limit | More than Pro 100; size not published | No monthly cap published | 2026-10-20 |
| OpenAI Codex | Pro 500 | $500/mo; only tier with Ultrafast | Pro plans currently have no 5-hour limit | Highest Pro allowance; size not published | No monthly cap published | 2026-10-20 |
| GitHub Copilot | Free | $0 | No 5-hour or daily cap published | No weekly cap published | 2,000 completions and 50 chat requests a month | 2026-10-20 |
| GitHub Copilot | Pro | $10/mo | No 5-hour or daily cap published | No weekly cap published | $15 of AI credits a month ($10 base + $5 flex); unlimited completions | 2026-10-20 |
| GitHub Copilot | Pro+ | $39/mo | No 5-hour or daily cap published | No weekly cap published | $70 of AI credits a month ($39 base + $31 flex) | 2026-10-20 |
| GitHub Copilot | Max | $100/mo | No 5-hour or daily cap published | No weekly cap published | $200 of AI credits a month ($100 base + $100 flex) | 2026-10-20 |
| Windsurf (Devin Desktop) | Free | $0 | Daily quota ("light"), size not published | Weekly quota, size not published | No monthly cap published | 2026-10-20 |
| Windsurf (Devin Desktop) | Pro | $20/mo | Daily quota, size not published | Weekly quota, size not published | No monthly cap published | 2026-10-20 |
| Windsurf (Devin Desktop) | Max | $200/mo | "Significantly higher" quotas than Pro, size not published | "Significantly higher" quotas than Pro, size not published | No monthly cap published | 2026-10-20 |
| Google Antigravity | Individual (free) | $0 (also Google AI Plus) | No 5-hour refresh on the free tier | "A meaningful quota, refreshed weekly" plus a weekly rate limit; size not published | No monthly cap published | 2026-10-20 |
| Google Antigravity | Google AI Pro | $19.99/mo (US) | "High, generous" quota refreshed every five hours, size not published | A higher weekly rate limit, size not published | No monthly cap published | 2026-10-20 |
| Google Antigravity | Google AI Ultra | from $99.99/mo (US) | "The highest, most generous quota", refreshed every five hours; size not published | The highest weekly rate limits, size not published | No monthly cap published | 2026-10-20 |
| Replit | Starter | $0 | Daily Agent credits, amount not published | No weekly cap published | Monthly cap on daily credits, amount not published | 2026-10-20 |
| Replit | Core | $20/mo, $18 billed annually | No 5-hour or daily cap published | No weekly cap published | $20 of credits a month, plus up to 30 hours of Free Mode chat | 2026-10-20 |
| Replit | Pro | $100/mo, $90 billed annually | No 5-hour or daily cap published | No weekly cap published | $100 of credits a month (tiers up to $2,500), 2-month rollover | 2026-10-20 |
| Lovable | Free | $0 | 5 build credits a day (expire daily) | No weekly cap published | Daily credits capped at 30 a month on some regional plans; 20 Cloud credits a month | 2026-10-19 |
| Lovable | Pro | from $25/mo ($21/mo yearly) | 5 daily build credits on top of the monthly balance | No weekly cap published | 100 credits a month at $25 (tiers up to 10,000) | 2026-10-19 |
| Lovable | Business | from $50/mo ($42/mo yearly) | 5 daily build credits on top of the monthly balance | No weekly cap published | 100 credits a month at $50 | 2026-10-19 |