Best for: Writing, coding and careful analysis of long documents
Price: Freemium · from $20/month
Free: Sonnet and Haiku models, web search, memory, Artifacts, connectors and voice
Platforms: Web, iOS, Android, Desktop app, Chrome extension
Made by: Anthropic, San Francisco, USA · since 2021
App store ratings: iOS 4.7★ (274K) · Android 4.5★ (779K)

What it is

Claude is Anthropic's AI assistant on web, desktop and mobile, known for strong writing, reasoning and coding. The free plan includes web search, memory, Artifacts and connectors; paid plans add more usage, Opus models, Research, Claude Code and Claude in Chrome.

What the AI does

Artifacts and file creation with code execution
Research mode (paid)
Memory and connectors to your apps
Claude Code and Claude in Chrome (paid)
Very large context window
Voice mode

Pros and cons

Top-tier answer quality on independent leaderboards
Strong writing and coding
Generous free features (connectors, memory, Artifacts)
Large context window

Easy to hit usage limits
No image or video generation
Opus models and Research are paid-only

How it scores

Answer quality9.5

Ease of use8.5

Features9

Value for money8

Platforms9

Among the top answer quality on independent leaderboards; usage limits and no media generation hold back value and features.

Feature checklist · 8 of 9

Live web search for current answers (yes)
Deep research reports (yes)
Voice conversation (yes)
Understands photos and files you upload (yes)
Generates images (no)
Remembers you across chats (yes)
Connects to your email, calendar or other apps (yes)
Agent that carries out multi-step tasks (yes)
Creates documents, code or slides you can edit (yes)

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