Claude Max Pool Pricing, Limits and Verification
Compare provider-labeled Claude Max, full-capability, official, and direct routes by Opus 5 price, evidence date, paid call samples, restrictions, and suitable use cases.
A provider label is not technical proof
Max, full capability, official, and direct are provider-defined route names. They remain claims until controlled capability checks, cache inspection, and balance reconciliation provide stronger evidence.
Why prices differ
Pools, direct routes, reverse routes, and Kiro routes may use different upstreams and billing multipliers. Economy prices therefore remain outside the premium-route ranking.
Who this is for
This guide is for longer Claude Code sessions, tool use, and users who value provider-labeled higher-tier routes, while still checking client restrictions, concurrency, daily quota, and refund terms.
Provider-labeled Max and premium pools
'Max', 'full capability', 'official', and 'direct' below are provider labels, not independent upstream verification. Economy routes are shown only to reveal the price gap and never share the same rank.
| Provider | Premium group | Premium in / out | Economy group | Economy in / out | Price date | Passed / total | Latest test | Best suited for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LinksAPI | Dedicated CC Max | ¥3.4 / ¥17 | Provider-defined group | ¥1.6 / ¥8 | 2026-09-25 | 4 / 4 | 2026-09-29 | Users prioritizing a provider-labeled premium route |
| H API | Claude Max | ¥6.4 / ¥32 | Claude Kiro | ¥1.5 / ¥7.5 | 2026-09-25 | 3 / 3 | 2026-09-25 | Claude Code or VS Code users who accept a client-only route |
| UU API | CC full-capability MAX - CC client only | ¥6.8 / ¥34 | Provider-defined group | ¥2 / ¥10 | 2026-09-25 | 1 / 3 | 2026-09-25 | Claude Code or VS Code users who accept a client-only route |
| APINebula | Claude Code global protected route | ¥6.8 / ¥34 | CC-kiro | ¥2.5 / ¥12.5 | 2026-09-25 | 3 / 4 | 2026-09-29 | Claude Code or VS Code users who accept a client-only route |
| boxying | Claude official route | ¥8 / ¥40 | claude_kiro | ¥1.5 / ¥7.5 | 2026-09-25 | 2 / 11 | 2026-09-25 | Users prioritizing a provider-labeled premium route |
| OpenOx | direct | ¥19.2 / ¥96 | Provider-defined group | ¥3.2 / ¥16 | 2026-09-24 | 3 / 3 | 2026-09-27 | Users prioritizing a provider-labeled premium route |
How to verify a Max-pool claim
Check the required client, concurrency and quota first. Then run the same prompt through the claimed pool and a trusted control route, preserve usage fields, and reconcile the wallet charge. A model name or HTTP 200 alone is insufficient.