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codai vs Claude Pro / Max

What each one is, how it is priced, where data lives, and when Claude Pro / Max is the better pick.

Last checked: October 19, 2026

In short

Claude Pro and Max are Anthropic’s monthly consumer plans for the Claude apps and Claude Code, with usage limits that reset every 5 hours plus a weekly cap. codai bills per verified task in EUR: a task that does not work is not charged. You can point Claude Code at codai too.

When Claude Pro / Max is the better pick

Pick Claude Pro or Max if you want Anthropic’s own apps and Claude Code on a flat monthly price for personal use, or the Claude desktop and mobile apps with connectors.

codai compared with Claude Pro / Max, checked on October 19, 2026
Dimension	codai	Claude Pro / Max	Sources
What it is / deployment	Managed gateway (SaaS). Runs on Cloud Run in GCP europe-west1 (Belgium). One public model name: `codai`.	Chat apps on web, iOS, Android and desktop. Claude Code runs in the terminal, VS Code, JetBrains, the desktop app and the web.	docs.codai.ro/docs/gateway codai.ro/subprocessors claude.com/pricing code.claude.com/docs/en/overview
Open source	No. Not open source and not self-hostable.	The anthropics/claude-code repository is public with a LICENSE.md; the licence type is not stated on the pages read.	docs.codai.ro/docs/gateway github.com/anthropics/claude-code
Wire formats	OpenAI Chat Completions, OpenAI Responses and Anthropic Messages.	Claude Code accepts an `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` and third-party providers. Support: “The Pro plan does not include API usage.” The pricing page lists API credits on Max.	docs.codai.ro/docs/gateway/wire-formats code.claude.com/docs/en/overview support.claude.com/en/articles/8325606-what-is-the-pro-plan claude.com/pricing
Pricing model	Monthly plans in EUR: Free (5 verified tasks), BYOK €5, Starter €40 (33 tasks), Builder €100 (83), Team €300 (250). Overage €1.20 per verified task; unverified tasks are billed at raw token cost.	Free €0. Pro €18 a month (€15 a month billed yearly). Max “From €90” a month, with 5x or 20x Pro usage. Limits reset every 5 hours plus a weekly cap; optional usage credits beyond them.	codai.ro/pricing claude.com/pricing support.claude.com/en/articles/8325606-what-is-the-pro-plan
Data residency	Gateway and database in the EU (europe-west1, Belgium). Model inference region depends on the upstream deployment.	No residency option is stated for the consumer plans. Regional processing is offered through AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex and Microsoft Foundry; the first-party API lists `us` or `global` inference.	codai.ro/subprocessors codai.ro/security claude.com/regional-compliance platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/data-residency
Routing	`codai` routes each request to the model best suited to it among Anthropic's current Claude models and fails over between approved deployments; the `x-codai-routed-to` header names the model that answered.	You pick the model yourself from the Claude family (Opus, Sonnet, Haiku and others); Opus is not on Free.	docs.codai.ro/docs/gateway/models claude.com/pricing
Prompt caching	On by default for every request.	Prompt caching is documented for the API (5-minute or 1-hour TTL); nothing is stated for the consumer plans.	docs.codai.ro/docs/gateway/headers platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/prompt-caching
MCP	Remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP) with OAuth 2.1.	Claude Code connects to MCP servers over HTTP, SSE and stdio, with OAuth; claude.ai connectors are MCP-based.	docs.codai.ro/docs/gateway/clients code.claude.com/docs/en/mcp
Billing currency / invoices	Prices and charges in EUR; invoices issued by the Romanian seller.	Shown in EUR, “Prices shown don’t include applicable tax.” Credit card only; invoicing and net terms: no, on Pro and Max.	codai.ro/pricing codai.ro/imprint claude.com/pricing
Company HQ	IMS SRL (Interactive Media Solutions S.R.L.), Târgu Jiu, Romania.	EEA consumers contract with Anthropic Ireland, Limited (Dublin, Irish law); the parent is Anthropic PBC, San Francisco.	codai.ro/imprint www.anthropic.com/legal/consumer-terms

Where Claude Pro / Max’s own pages disagree

The pricing page shows Pro at €18 for an EU visitor; the support article says “$20 per month (US)” and that prices vary by region.
- claude.com/pricing
- support.claude.com/en/articles/8325606-what-is-the-pro-plan
The consumer terms say “You agree that you will not use our Services for any commercial or business purposes”, while Claude Code is part of Pro and Max.
- www.anthropic.com/legal/consumer-terms
- claude.com/pricing

Sources

Facts from each vendor’s public pages on October 19, 2026; tell us at [email protected] if something changed.