Starting Price
Free
Free Tier
Yes
API
Available
Platforms
web, ios, android, desktop, api
Overview
Claude is Anthropic's AI assistant, known for nuanced reasoning, long-context understanding (200K tokens, 1M beta), and strong coding abilities. Claude Opus 4.6 (released Feb 5, 2026) and Sonnet 4.6 excel at complex analysis, coding, and creative tasks with doubled output to 128K tokens.
Pricing Plans
Free
Free
Rate-limited
- Claude Sonnet 4.6
- Haiku 4.5
- Basic web search
- Image analysis
Popular
Pro
$20/mo
$17/mo billed yearly
- 5x Free usage
- Opus 4.6 access
- Extended thinking
- Projects
- Cowork agentic features
- Priority access
Max 5x
$100/mo
- 25x Free capacity
- Everything in Pro
- Full Claude Code
- Early access to new models
Max 20x
$200/mo
- 100x Free capacity
- Everything in Max 5x
- Priority during peak times
Team
$25/mo
Per user, $20-30 depending on size
- Everything in Pro
- Admin dashboard
- Team collaboration
- Higher limits
API Pricing: Sonnet 4.6: $3/$15 per 1M tokens, Opus 4.6: $5/$25, Haiku 4.5: $1/$5
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Best-in-class reasoning and analysis
- 1M token context window (beta)
- Excellent at coding with Claude Code
- Strong safety and alignment
Cons
- Smaller ecosystem than ChatGPT
- No image generation
- Can be overly cautious sometimes
- Max plans are pricey
Detailed Ratings
Overall
4.6
Ease of Use
4.7
Value for Money
4.3
Output Quality
4.7