Anthropic is temporarily doubling usage limits for its Claude AI chatbot during off-peak hours from March 13 to March 27. The promotion applies to Free, Pro, Max, and Team plan users, excluding Enterprise plans. It activates automatically across web, desktop, mobile, and integrated apps.
Anthropic announced a limited-time promotion to double usage limits for Claude during off-peak hours, running from March 13 to March 27. This targets users on Free, Pro, Max, and Team plans, with Enterprise users excluded. The off-peak window is outside weekday hours of 8 AM to 2 PM ET, providing double limits in a five-hour period automatically—no user action required. The offer extends to Claude on web, desktop, mobile, Cowork, Claude Code, Claude for Excel, and Claude for PowerPoint platforms. Claude's official Twitter account stated: “A small thank you to everyone using Claude: We’re doubling usage outside our peak hours for the next two weeks.” (March 14, 2026). This follows a similar December 25-31 promotion for Pro and Max subscribers, but reaches a broader audience this time. The move comes amid Claude's popularity surge. Anthropic markets it as a thank you to users, though the article notes it may relate to tensions with the Department of Defense. Anthropic reportedly refused to remove AI safeguards for the DoD, was listed as a supply chain risk, and lost a contract, after which OpenAI signed a deal with the agency. Some users have shifted from ChatGPT to Claude in response.
