How AiTopUp actually works
No code. No wallet. No proxy app. Here's exactly what happens when you gift someone Claude Pro.
$23 for Claude Pro. We charge your card or accept USDC. That's it for you.
A real, working Visa card number, issued through our regulated payment partner. The cardholder is your recipient — not you, not us. The card is locked to a single merchant: Anthropic. It cannot be used anywhere else.
One link: "Activate Claude Pro." It opens claude.ai. They sign up with their own email and enter the virtual card we just issued in their name. Twenty seconds, done.
No proxy. No wrapper. No AiTopUp branding inside Claude. It's their account with Anthropic, governed by Anthropic's terms. You just happen to be paying the bill.
When the subscription renews, we charge you again and email you a statement. Cancel anytime from your dashboard — their plan reverts to free at the end of the current period.
AiTopUp is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or partnered with Anthropic, OpenAI or Google. We issue a virtual payment card in your recipient's name, funded by you, that they use to subscribe directly with the AI provider. Subscriptions are governed entirely by the provider's terms of service. You authorize us to issue this card and charge your payment method on a recurring basis until you cancel.
We are currently in Concierge Beta — Claude Pro only, capped at 50 active gift subscriptions. Each setup is reviewed by a human within 24 hours.
Common questions
Because Anthropic, OpenAI and Google don't sell prepaid gift cards. There is no field on claude.ai where a code could go. We solve gifting the only way it can actually be solved: by holding the payment relationship on your behalf.
Your recipient is the account holder. They sign up themselves and accept Anthropic's ToS. You're a third party paying their bill — the same as a parent giving a teenager a prepaid Visa for a streaming service. This pattern is well-established.
Tell us at checkout and we'll skip the new signup — we credit their existing subscription so they're never double-charged.
Yes, anytime. You stop being charged. Their plan reverts to Claude's free tier at the end of the period you've already paid for.
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