Anthropic forces Claude users to pay separately for OpenClaw access starting April 4th, effectively pricing out the third-party tool.

Beginning April 4th at 3PM ET, Claude subscribers can no longer use their subscription limits for OpenClaw and other third-party tools

Users wanting to continue using OpenClaw must switch to a separate pay-as-you-go billing option instead of their standard Claude subscription

OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger now works for OpenAI, suggesting Anthropic may be pushing users toward its own competing tools like Claude Cowork