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Claude

AI Assistants & Agents

Free tier, Pro $20/mo ($17/mo billed yearly), Max from $100/mo

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Anthropic's AI assistant for writing, analysis, research and coding, with Claude Code included in paid plans

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.

Pros

  • 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

  • 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

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