Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

A comparison post says Claude bans Chinese users instantly, Gemini is relatively friendly, and DeepSeek counts as one of their own.

The user pushes back on claims that bans are tied to how the account is used, saying their account was banned just after opening Claude Code, and that they no longer use Claude.

A user replies that Claude account bans are hard to explain, and that asking GPT about a ban would give the same answer.

The user says Chinese people around them, including professors with no security background, all use Claude and they have never heard of anyone being banned, casting doubt on reports of a ban wave.

The user jokes that Anthropic is the biggest winner of the Claude ban wave, since banned users have to come back and pay again.

Replying to another user, they say they hope things turn around so they can use Claude without constantly worrying about account bans.

A user observed that whenever a Claude ban wave hits, people start buying accounts on Xianyu, saying the black market raises prices first each time the platform tightens.

The poster says someone had five Claude accounts banned in an experiment, concluding that payment method and chat content matter most while IP matters less.

A user says their Claude account was banned and their Codex quota was cut, and they are looking at domestic models, asking about Xiaomi mimo2.6.

A user says they upgraded a newly registered Claude account to Pro and were migrating their Codex projects and workflow, including skills, to Claude when the account was banned.

A reply notes that even if you get Claude to output content slowly, you may still be banned partway through.

The poster jokes that Anthropic bans accounts so often that users have written songs mocking it and posted complaints, and warns users may leave en masse if it continues.