Users say Claude's Ultrafast mode burns limits 8x faster — a 'flex' speed tier would make more sense
Lucky_Creme_5208 · reddit · 2026-11-04
A Reddit user argues Anthropic should have shipped a money-saving 'flex' speed instead of Ultrafast: one that consumes 50% less usage allowance in exchange for slower responses. The author notes they've only seen Ultrafast used in demos — for many automations users don't care about latency, they just hand off the task and move on, so nobody wants to exhaust their entire limit 8x faster. Anthropic already has a flex tier on the API side as precedent.
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