How much does Claude pay for a referral?

Claude pays the referrer $10 credit. The invited person gets 7 days of Pro.

Who can use the Claude referral program?

Invitee must be a brand-new Claude user and later convert to a paid subscription before the referrer sees anything

Claude referral program is invite only

Q: Does Claude have a referral program?

Claude has a referral program, but access to it is gated. Guest Passes exist but only for Max-plan subscribers, and they are surfaced in-product rather than documented. Anthropic's help centre has no article about them at all. Last checked 22 July 2026.

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Gated

Invite only

Guest Passes exist but only for Max-plan subscribers, and they are surfaced in-product rather than documented. Anthropic's help centre has no article about them at all.

You get $10 credit Community-reported — Anthropic does not document this

They get 7 days of Pro Guest Pass; a card on file is required to redeem

We hold no Claude referral link

Invite only

This one is not open to everyone. Whether you can invite anybody depends on your account, and it is offered in-product rather than advertised.

Official terms

Share your Claude invite link

We hold no link for this one — nobody can have an account everywhere. Add yours and it goes in front of the next person who asks.

Referral linkOr a code

If we already hold a link for this one, yours goes on file rather than live — we swap it in if it turns out to be the better offer.

What Claude pays for inviting a friend

Program type: Both a refer-a-friend and an affiliate program
Qualifies on: Invitee must be a brand-new Claude user and later convert to a paid subscription before the referrer sees anything
Payout delay: —
Cap: Around 3 guest passes, community-reported
Availability: —

The amounts here come from third parties, not from Anthropic. There is also a separate, unrelated referral partner program for Claude for Enterprise — that one is B2B.

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Has the Claude offer changed?

4 June 2025 Claude 4 invite sweepstakes ended