Anthropic rolls out up to $250 in free Claude Code credits, but only for cloud sessions

Anthropic now allows you to run Claude Code via cloud sessions without signing up for the research preview, and it's offering up to $250 in free promotional credits.

Cloud sessions run Claude Code on Anthropic's infrastructure instead of your own computer, so you can start a task, leave it running remotely, and return later to review the work.

"Cloud sessions run on Anthropic-hosted infrastructure, so the work keeps going even without your computer running," Anthropic explained.

In our tests, we observed that you can start a cloud session from claude.ai/code, the Code section of the Claude mobile app, the desktop app, or the CLI using claude --cloud.

Claude Code's cloud sessions have been available to some users via research preview, but now they're officially available to eligible subscribers, and Anthropic is offering free usage credits to encourage existing subscribers to try them.

Anthropic explains how you can claim free credits

Anthropic is giving eligible Pro users $100 in promotional cloud-session credits, while Max subscribers get $250.

However, it is worth noting that the credits are separate from normal Claude usage limits and are applied automatically when you start a cloud session.

"If you hit a limit locally, keep going in the cloud until your credit runs out," Anthropic said.

If you like the idea of Claude Code's cloud sessions, you can claim the offer from Claude's website by October 7, and any remaining balance expires on November 4.

Once the promotional balance is exhausted, cloud sessions go back to counting against your normal plan limits. There's no separate charge for the cloud container itself.

The offer is limited to individual Pro and Max subscribers who had an active subscription when the promotion began on September 23.

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