Claude

Helpful, honest AI assistant by Anthropic for long-form reasoning and writing.

AI Chat★★★★★ 4.8 (1400)Freemium
By AnthropicSince 2023Models: Claude Opus 4, Claude Sonnet 4Web · iOSAPI: Yes

Best for

Ideal for

  • Long-document analysis
  • Careful writing and editing
  • Coding across a large codebase
  • Research synthesis
  • Safety-conscious enterprise use

Not ideal for

  • Image generation
  • Video creation
  • Heavy real-time web search

Real-world use cases

  • A legal team can summarize a 200-page contract and flag risky clauses.
  • An engineer can paste multiple repo files and refactor with full context.
  • A researcher can synthesize dozens of sources into one brief.

Who it is for

Who should use it

EnterprisesDevelopersResearchersWritersAnalysts

Who should look elsewhere

Designers needing image generationVideo creators

Key features

  • ✓ ~200K-token context window
  • ✓ Projects and Artifacts
  • ✓ Strong coding with Claude Code
  • ✓ Vision and document analysis
  • ✓ Enterprise data controls

Pricing

Free$0

Limited daily access

Pro$20/mo

More usage plus Projects

Team$30/user/mo

Collaboration and admin

EnterpriseCustom

SSO and expanded context

Pros & cons

Pros

  • Excellent long-context reasoning
  • Honest, low-hallucination answers
  • Great for coding and analysis

Cons

  • No native image generation
  • More limited web browsing than rivals

Integrations

SlackZapierAPI

API & developers

Anthropic's API serves the same Claude models with up to ~200K-token context, used widely for coding agents and document analysis.

Claude alternatives

FAQ

Is Claude free?
Yes, with a limited daily free tier; Pro is $20/mo.
How much context does Claude handle?
Up to ~200K tokens, ideal for long documents and codebases.
ChatGPT vs Claude?
ChatGPT has a larger ecosystem and multimodality; Claude excels at long-context reasoning and careful writing.