How much does Claude Code actually cost you?
Set your usage pattern below and see the monthly bill at API rates, compared honestly against Pro, Max 5x, and Max 20x.
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Priced like a real bill, not a token multiplier
Most Claude Code cost calculators take a token count you have to already know and multiply it by a single input price. That is backwards: measured across 1,037 real sessions, cache reads alone are 93.9% of billed tokens, and fresh input is only 0.5%. This calculator prices your pattern across all four billing buckets - fresh input, cache write, cache read, and output - at Anthropic's current published rates, the same mechanics explained in Claude Code cache and compaction, explained.
The plan comparison is deliberately honest about its own limits. Pro ($20/mo) and Max ($100/mo or $200/mo) are flat-rate usage allowances gated by rate limits, not metered token buckets - Anthropic does not publish an exact conversion between the two. So this tool shows what your pattern would cost billed at raw API rates and lets you weigh that against each plan's flat price, rather than pretending to know a number nobody discloses.
An estimate is still an estimate. For your real number - measured from your own sessions, not modeled from a pattern - run the free UsageCut scan, or see how many tokens Claude Code is actually using per session.
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About this estimate
Is this my exact Claude Code bill, or an estimate?
An estimate. It models a monthly token load from the pattern you set (sessions per day, workload, model) using this project's own measured session-composition data, then prices it at Anthropic's published API rates. Your real number depends on your actual files, prompts, and tool use - run the free scan below to measure it directly instead of estimating it.
Why not just multiply my tokens by the model's input price?
Because that undershoots badly. Measured across 1,037 real Claude Code sessions, 93.9% of billed tokens are cache reads (priced at 10% of input) and 4.9% are cache writes (priced above input) - fresh input is only 0.5% of the total. A calculator that prices everything as fresh input is pricing the smallest slice of the bill.
Does this know exactly what Max 5x or Max 20x covers?
No, and no honest tool can: Anthropic sells Max as a rate-limit multiplier on Pro, not a published token bucket. This calculator shows what your pattern would cost at metered API rates and lets you compare that figure to each plan's flat price - Max's real value is the higher rate-limit ceiling, not just a cost swap.
Questions, answered
Is UsageCut really free?
Yes. The scan and every fix are free - no card, no subscription, no signup. You only give an email if you want the optimization plan and one-command undo sent to your inbox.
Is my code safe? Does UsageCut upload anything?
The scan runs entirely on your machine. It never uploads your code, never reads your API key, and never sends your prompts or conversations anywhere. Only anonymous summary counts leave, and only if you choose to share them.
How does it reduce Claude Code token usage?
It reads your local setup and session history to find waste - idle MCP servers loaded into every session, an oversized CLAUDE.md re-sent on every request, duplicate file reads, and bloated tool output - then trims it losslessly, so each session carries less context and you hit your limit far less often.
What is ClockedCode?
ClockedCode is the curated, conflict-free Claude Code setup from the same maker. UsageCut makes your current setup leaner; ClockedCode makes it genuinely better - a set of hand-picked tools, specialist agents, and a tuned CLAUDE.md, installed in one paste.
Who is ClockedCode for?
Developers who use Claude Code daily and want a setup that is powerful out of the box instead of spending hours researching and wiring up plugins, agents, and MCP servers themselves.
What's included in ClockedCode?
A vetted, conflict-free bundle of hand-picked tools, specialist agents, and a tuned CLAUDE.md - everything installed together in one paste, with no setup archaeology.
Is ClockedCode a one-time payment?
Yes. ClockedCode is a one-time purchase with an instant download - no subscription and no recurring fees.
Does ClockedCode work with my existing setup?
Yes. It installs alongside what you already have and is fully reversible. Run UsageCut first to clean your current setup, then add ClockedCode to level it up.