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Cheapest AI plan for parallel coding agents

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Claude Max 5x ($100/mo) is the cheapest plan with published limits that fits this week in the likely case: 3 hours a day of headless or 3-agent parallel coding on weekdays.

$100/moVisit Claude pricing for Claude Max 5x

Cheapest plan that fits

Claude Max 5x $100/mo

Cheapest plan whose likely week fits, sessions included.

Visit Claude pricing for Claude Max 5x

Ranked by price only, among Claude and GitHub Copilot plans.

Plans for this week, ranked

PlanPrice/moFits?Runs dryOverflowOfficial site
Claude Max 5x$100Yesnever (Wed at the earliest)–Visit Claude pricing for Claude Max 5x
Claude Max 20x$200Yesnever (Fri at the earliest)–Visit Claude pricing for Claude Max 20x
GitHub Copilot Pro$10NoMon (Mon to Mon)$416.54Visit GitHub Copilot pricing for GitHub Copilot Pro
Claude Pro$20NoMon (Mon to Wed)$459Visit Claude pricing for Claude Pro
GitHub Copilot Pro+$39NoMon (Mon to Mon)$403.83Visit GitHub Copilot pricing for GitHub Copilot Pro+
GitHub Copilot Max$100NoMon (Mon to Tue)$373.81Visit GitHub Copilot pricing for GitHub Copilot Max

Plans that fit first, then by price. Prices link to the vendor's own pricing page.

Day by day on Claude Max 5x

ForecastClaude Max 5xHigh confidence

Mostly clear, chance of storms.

Likely fits under the weekly cap (range: Wednesday to never). Only the high case runs dry, from Wednesday.

  1. Mon (Monday) ClearUnder the weekly cap $105$30–$225
  2. Tue (Tuesday) ClearUnder the weekly cap $105$30–$225
  3. Wed (Wednesday) CloudyOver the cap in the high case $105$30–$225
  4. Thu (Thursday) CloudyOver the cap in the high case $105$30–$225
  5. Fri (Friday) CloudyOver the cap in the high case $105$30–$225
  6. Sat (Saturday) CloudyNothing planned $0no API-$ work
  7. Sun (Sunday) CloudyNothing planned $0no API-$ work
Cumulative API-$ through the week against the weekly cap of $550.
Weekly cap $550

High case runs off the top of the chart.

Week total

Low
$150
Likely
$525
High
$1,125

API-$ equivalent against a weekly cap of $550 (inferred).

Off-days

No off-days needed in the likely case.

5-hour sessions

2 windows × $78.60 (derived) = $157.20 a day.

Every day fits inside 2 windows in the likely case.

Overflow

None in the likely case. In the high case about $575, billed at API rates.

Usage credits at standard API rates once you hit a limit.

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Methodology & sources

Each task is priced in API dollars (low, likely, high) and summed day by day against each plan’s weekly cap and 5-hour sessions. Only plans with a verified price and a published or measured capacity are ranked; see how the forecast works and what each task costs.

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These vendors publish only multipliers or no number at all, so we cannot rank them. You can still calibrate one in the calculator with a reading from your own meter.