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News, guides, and product updates from Inferray.

• November 4, 2026Claude Code pricing in 2026: plans, API costs, and how limits workWhat Claude Code costs on Claude Pro, Max and Ultra, what it costs on an API key, how the 5-hour and weekly limits work, and how to run it on a fixed monthly budget without them.
• November 4, 2026Is Claude Code free? What you can use without paying, and the cheapest ways inUsing Claude Code needs a paid Claude plan or an API key. Here is what each option costs, as of November 2026, and the cheapest way to try it.
• November 4, 2026Claude Pro vs Max (and Ultra): what changes, and when a Token Plan is betterClaude Pro is $20, Max $100 and Ultra $200 a month. Here is what each adds, how their 5-hour and weekly limits differ, and when a Token Plan's fixed dollars of usage fit better.
• November 4, 2026Codex vs Claude Code: pricing, limits, and running both on one keyCodex and Claude Code compared on what they cost and how their limits work, from OpenAI's and Anthropic's own pages — and how to run either on any model with one API key.
• November 4, 2026Cursor vs Claude Code: Cursor pricing in 2026, and what Claude costs in eachCursor's Plus, Premium, Super and Ultra plans, what they include, and why Claude in Cursor is billed separately — compared with Claude Code on a Claude plan or an API key.
• November 4, 2026OpenCode vs Claude Code: open source agent vs Anthropic's, and what each costs to runOpenCode is an open source coding agent that connects to any model; Claude Code is Anthropic's. How they differ, what OpenCode Go and Claude's plans cost, and how to run both on one key.
• November 4, 2026Gemini CLI vs Claude Code vs Codex: quotas, plans, and limits comparedGoogle's Gemini CLI, Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex compared on how you pay and how usage is limited, from each vendor's own pages — plus how to run Gemini in Claude Code or Codex.
• November 4, 2026GitHub Copilot vs Claude Code: AI credits, plans, and what a dollar buysGitHub Copilot's Pro, Pro+ and Max plans now come with AI credits; Claude Code comes with Claude's plans. How each meters usage, and how a Token Plan compares at the same price.
• November 4, 2026OpenRouter alternatives in 2026: fees, credit expiry, and what each is forOpenRouter alternatives compared on what you pay on top of the model price, whether credit expires, and what each is best at — with every fee taken from the vendor's own page.
• November 4, 2026OpenRouter pricing and fees, explained: what 5.5% costs at $1,000 a monthHow OpenRouter prices models and where its fees apply — credit purchases, Business, BYOK — with the arithmetic at $100, $1,000 and $10,000 a month, from OpenRouter's own pages.
• November 4, 2026kie.ai alternatives for image and text model APIs (2026)kie.ai is a credit-based API for video, image, music and chat models. If you only need image and text models, here are the alternatives — and when kie.ai is still the right call.
• November 4, 2026How to get a Claude API key (and use it in code and Claude Code)Two ways to get an API key that calls Claude: from Anthropic's Console, or an Inferray key that calls Claude and every other model at list price. Then how to use it with the Anthropic SDK, the OpenAI SDK and Claude Code.
• November 4, 2026Prepaid AI API credits that never expire: who offers them, and what to checkPrepaid AI API credit is convenient until it expires. Which APIs say their credit never expires, which reserve the right to expire it, and what else to check before you top up.