Claude subscribers will have to pay extra to use OpenClaw
From April 4, Claude subscription limits no longer cover third-party harnesses such as OpenClaw.
What changed
From noon Pacific on April 4, Claude subscribers can no longer use their subscription limits for third-party harnesses such as OpenClaw.
Instead, they must pay for extra usage through a pay-as-you-go option billed separately.
What Anthropic says
- The policy "applies to all third-party harnesses and will be rolled out to more shortly."
- Boris Cherny, head of Claude Code: "subscriptions weren't built for the usage patterns of these third-party tools."
- Anthropic is offering full refunds to subscribers.
OpenClaw's side
OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger said he and Dave Morin only managed to delay the change by a week.
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