Claude API raises rate limits and consolidates usage tiers into three

UpdateJun 26, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Claude Sonnet and Haiku rate limits now match Claude Opus at every tier, and tiers are consolidated into Start, Build and Scale. No organization gets lower limits and no action is required.

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