Question 1

Claude Max 5× vs GLM Pro for coding: which gives more building hours per dollar?

Accepted Answer

At p50 peak, Claude Max 5× returns 0.60 building h/week per $/month (60 h/week for $100/mo) and GLM Pro returns 0.50 building h/week per $/month (40 h/week for $80/mo), so Claude Max 5× gives more building hours per dollar; both are graded strong for building.

Question 2

What do Claude Max 5× and GLM Pro cost?

Accepted Answer

$100/mo and $80/mo. Comparisons only pair plans within 1.5× of each other on price.

Question 3

Which of the two has an off-peak rate?

Accepted Answer

Claude Max 5× does not (no published off-peak discount). GLM Pro does — peak Mon–Fri 07:00–11:00 London, building 40 h/week p50 peak → 80 h/week p50 off-peak.

	Claude Max 5×	GLM Pro
Price	$100/mo	$80/mo
Building h/week p50 (p10–p90), peak	60 (30–120)	40 (20–80)
Building h/week p50 (p10–p90), off-peak	—	80 (40–160)
Building h/week per $/mo at p50 peak	0.60	0.50
Quality grades	frontier planning · strong building · strong admin	strong planning · strong building · strong admin
Source	community	official-clock + haircut
Terminal CLI agent	Yes	Yes
Clock	no published off-peak discount	peak Mon–Fri 07:00–11:00 London

Claude Max 5× vs GLM Pro, side by side