Before you buy Claude, start here
First time buying Claude, or stuck on pricing, plans, gifts or redemption? Organized by real questions, with official sources on the key rules.
What do you need to solve?
Pick the question you care about most and jump straight to the answer.
Start with choosing a plan and the total price.
Match the usage ceiling to your workload.
Tell apart official subscription, top-up and gift cards.
Use their email; how they bind the account.
All guides
See the direct answer first, then continue for your case.
Claude proxy subscription: full guide
Plans, pricing and the activation flow.
Pricing & payment methods
Official fee + service fee, and how to pay.
Max 5x vs 20x
How to choose by usage ceiling and workload.
Claude top-up is an official subscription
Why there's no balance, and how it differs from the API.
A Claude gift card isn't a code
Official traceable link vs a redeem code.
Claude Gift guide
Recipient email; how they redeem and bind.
Rules are sourced, promises are spelled out
Plans, gift validity and redemption reference Anthropic's public docs; pricing, processing time, refunds and support are on us. We update when rules or our service change.