Archive · 27 Dec 2025
OpenAI and Anthropic Double AI Usage Limits for Holiday
OpenAI and Anthropic, two big companies that make AI tools, have decided to give their users more access to their services during the holidays.
OpenAI is doubling the limits for their coding tool, Codex, until next year.
Anthropic is doing something similar for their AI platform, Claude, for a week around Christmas.
This is to help developers who use these tools a lot and might run into limits.
It's like giving extra data to your phone plan for a short time so you can use more without worrying about running out.
OpenAI has doubled the rate limits for Codex until 1 January 2026 as a holiday thank you to users.
Anthropic is offering double usage limits for Claude from 25 to 31 December for Pro and Max plan subscribers.
The promotions aim to support developers and professionals who frequently reach usage limits during intensive work.
Codex supports end-to-end software development and is available through various platforms like ChatGPT and Visual Studio Code.
Anthropic's promotion is for individual subscribers only, excluding Team and Enterprise plans.
- Who
- OpenAI and Anthropic
- What
- Temporarily doubled usage limits for their AI coding tools
- When
- OpenAI: Until 1 January 2026, Anthropic: 25-31 December
- Where
- Globally, for their respective AI platforms
- Why
- To support developers and professionals during the holiday period and as a thank you to users
- Companies
- OpenAI, Anthropic
- Promotion Duration
- OpenAI: Until 1 January 2026, Anthropic: 25-31 December
- Tools Affected
- OpenAI's Codex, Anthropic's Claude
- Eligible Users
- OpenAI: Select users, Anthropic: Pro and Max plan subscribers
- Usage Increase
- Double the normal usage limits
