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Can you gift Claude? How Claude gift subscriptions work

October 1, 2026

Yes. Anthropic sells Claude gift subscriptions: Pro, Max 5x or Max 20x, for 1, 3, 6 or 12 months, sent by email or as a shareable link. The catch is who can buy one: per Anthropic, gifts are available to most Pro and Max subscribers, while free users and members of Team or Enterprise organisations cannot purchase them. The recipient redeems on the web, needs no credit card, and has 365 days from purchase to do it.

How to buy a Claude gift

Per Anthropic's help centre:

  1. Log in to Claude and open the menu under your initials, in the lower left.
  2. Choose Gift Claude, or go to claude.ai/gift.
  3. Pick the plan (Pro, Max 5x or Max 20x) and the length (1, 3, 6 or 12 months).
  4. Personalise it: a card colour and an optional message.
  5. Choose delivery: email, with the recipient's name and address, or a shareable link you can put in a card or a text.
  6. Pay at checkout. You get a confirmation email.

The price depends on the plan and length you choose, and is shown at checkout.

The catch: you have to be a subscriber

This is what surprises most people. Anthropic says gift subscriptions are available for most Pro and Max plan users to purchase, and that free users and members of Team and Enterprise organisations cannot buy them at this time. If you use Claude for free, or only through work, the Gift Claude option will not be there.

That is different from ChatGPT, where a US gift card is sold to anyone. That route is covered in ChatGPT and OpenAI gift cards.

What the recipient gets

Full access to every feature of the plan, for the length you chose. Redemption happens on the web at claude.ai/gift/redeem, and no credit card is needed. A few details from Anthropic's redemption guide:

  • Expiry: a gift must be redeemed within 365 days of purchase.
  • Already on Pro, gifted Pro: their subscription is extended by the gift's length.
  • On Pro, gifted Max: they move up to Max for the gift's length, then Pro resumes, with unused Pro time added as account credit.
  • On Max, gifted a lower tier: the gift's value becomes account credit.
  • Subscribed through the App Store or Google Play: they must wait for that subscription to end before redeeming. The gift does not expire while they wait.
  • No stacking: a recipient cannot redeem several gifts at once.
  • Any account: the gift can be redeemed on any Claude account, whichever email it was sent to.

Watch out for look-alike "Claude gift cards"

Some gift-card sites sell cards with Claude in the name that are not Claude subscriptions at all. They are credit for third-party services that offer Anthropic's models among many others, and the fine print usually says so. If you want to give Claude itself, buy through claude.ai/gift.

Which plan to give

For most people, Pro is the sensible gift: it covers everyday writing, research and coding help. Max suits someone who already hits Pro's usage limits, typically heavy coders. If you are unsure, three months of Pro is a low-risk way to let them try it.

If you are not a Claude subscriber

You cannot buy a Claude gift without subscribing first. Other ways to give AI are covered in gifting an AI subscription. Or give a nixm gift: 5 videos and 100 chat credits for CA$24.99. Anyone can buy it, the credits never expire, and there is no subscription for either of you to cancel.

frequently asked

Can you gift Claude?

Yes. Anthropic sells Claude Pro, Max 5x and Max 20x gift subscriptions for 1, 3, 6 or 12 months, delivered by email or a shareable link.

Who can buy a Claude gift subscription?

Most Pro and Max subscribers. Per Anthropic, free users and members of Team and Enterprise organisations cannot purchase gifts at this time.

How do I redeem a Claude gift?

Open the gift email or link and click Redeem, or go to claude.ai/gift/redeem and enter the code. Redemption is web only and needs no credit card.

Do Claude gift subscriptions expire?

Yes. A gift must be redeemed within 365 days of the purchase date.

What if the recipient already pays for Claude?

A Pro gift extends an existing Pro subscription. A Max gift upgrades a Pro user for its length, then Pro resumes. A lower-tier gift to a Max user becomes account credit.

Is there a Claude gift card in stores?

Not from Anthropic. Cards on gift-card sites with Claude in the name are usually credit for third-party services, not Claude subscriptions.

Can I try nixm without an account?

Yes. Open nixm.ai and seed a signal, with no sign-up and no transcript kept.

give it instead — a nixm gift: 5 videos and 100 chat credits, CA$24.99. credits never expire. no subscription to cancel.

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