ChatGPT vs Claude
Pricing
ChatGPT: Free tier, paid from $8/mo (Plus $20/mo, Pro from $100/mo)
Claude: Free tier, Pro $20/mo ($17/mo billed yearly), Max from $100/mo
Description
ChatGPT: OpenAI's AI assistant for writing, research, analysis, images and voice, with the Codex coding agent included
Claude: Anthropic's AI assistant for writing, analysis, research and coding, with Claude Code included in paid plans
Pros
- The free plan includes unlimited text chats with GPT-6, within abuse guardrails
- Plus adds deep research, projects, scheduled tasks, custom GPTs and more Codex usage
- Apps for web, iOS, Android and desktop, with voice chats on every plan
- The free plan includes web search, file creation with code execution, memory and app connectors
- Pro adds Claude Code, Research, and Claude in Chrome and Microsoft 365
- Context windows of up to 1 million tokens, depending on the model
Cons
- The $8 Go plan may show ads
- Your chats can be used to train OpenAI's models unless you opt out
- Most plan limits (uploads, images, deep research, Codex) are described as limited or expanded rather than given as numbers
- Usage limits apply on every plan, and heavy users are pointed to Max, from $100/mo
- The free plan has no Opus models and allows up to 5 projects
- Your chats can be used for model training unless you opt out
Details
ChatGPT is OpenAI’s assistant. Besides chat, it searches the web, works with files and spreadsheets, creates images, holds voice conversations and takes on multi-step work in ChatGPT Work. Codex, OpenAI’s coding agent, is included in the same plans.
Go ($8/month) mainly raises the free limits. Plus ($20/month) is where the advanced reasoning models, projects, scheduled tasks and fuller Codex access start. Pro starts at $100 a month in three usage tiers, for people who use it all day.
Business plans for teams start at two users. OpenAI’s API is billed separately from any ChatGPT plan.
Claude is Anthropic’s assistant. It chats, searches the web, creates and edits files by running code, builds Artifacts, remembers context across conversations and connects to your apps and tools. Paid plans add Claude Code for software work, Research, and Claude in Chrome and Microsoft 365.
It suits founders who write a lot, work with long documents or want one subscription that also covers coding. Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI coding tool, comes with Pro and Max.
Pro is $20 a month, or $17 a month billed yearly. Max starts at $100 a month for 5 times Pro’s usage, with a 20x option above it. To build Claude into your own product, use the Claude Developer Platform, which is billed per token.
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