Just got the email. Starting tomorrow (April 4, 12pm PT), your Claude Pro/Team subscription no longer covers OpenClaw usage.
What’s changing:
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<li>Claude sub still works for Claude ai, Claude Code, Claude cowork</li>
<li>OpenClaw (and other third-party harnesses) now requires “extra usage”, which is pay-as-you-go billed separately from your sub</li>
<li>You need to enable extra usage in your account settings to keep using Claude through OpenClaw</li>
<li>This starts with OpenClaw but they say it will apply to all third-party harnesses soon.</li>
</ul>
Their reasoning: OpenClaw and similar tools put “outsized strain” on their systems and they want to prioritize capacity for their own products.
Curious how this hits everyone’s setup. If you’re running OpenClaw with Claude as your main model this basically doubles your cost overnight.

Sébastien Conejo

Anthropic is cutting off Claude Pro/Team subscription coverage for OpenClaw and other third-party AI coding harnesses starting April 4. Users who rely on OpenClaw with Claude will need to enable 'extra usage' (pay-as-you-go) in their account settings, billed separately from their existing subscription. Anthropic cites 'outsized strain' on their systems from third-party tools as the reason, prioritizing capacity for their own products like Claude.ai, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork. This change will eventually extend to all third-party harnesses, potentially doubling costs for affected users overnight.

Anthropic just cut off Claude subscriptions for OpenClaw