Claude

Claude is an AI assistant from Anthropic for chat, writing, brainstorming, and coding, for individuals, teams, large businesses, and universities.

  • Free plan
  • Web app · Desktop · Mobile · Browser extension
  • by Anthropic
  • Verified 20 Oct 2026

What Claude does

Claude is an AI assistant built by Anthropic for chat, brainstorming, writing, coding and other work tasks. It offers a Free plan with limited use, a Pro plan at USD 20/month billed monthly, and Team seats at the prices listed in the plan facts. Claude is available on web, iOS, Android, desktop and as a browser extension.

Built for

  • Individuals for personal use
  • Teams of 2 to 150
  • Large businesses operating at scale
  • Universities, including students, faculty, and staff

Key features

  • Chat on web, iOS, Android and desktop
  • Web search
  • Create and edit files with code execution
  • Claude Code (Pro and above)
  • Research (Pro and above)
  • Connectors via remote MCP
  • Memory across conversations
  • Projects to organize chats and documents

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free plan is available with self-serve signup, and Claude runs on web, desktop, mobile and as a browser extension.
  • Pro plan costs USD 20/month billed monthly and adds more usage than Free, with Claude Code and Research included.
  • Includes web search, file creation and editing with code execution, remote MCP connectors, memory across conversations, and Projects.
  • Team Standard seats are priced at USD 20/month per user billed annually or USD 25/month per user billed monthly.

Cons

  • Claude Code and Research are limited to Pro and above, so the Free plan does not include them.
  • The Free plan offers limited use only.
  • Team Premium seats cost USD 125/month per user billed monthly or USD 100/month per user billed annually, which is higher than Team Standard seats.

Where Claude is listed

Claude is listed under chatbots and general assistants in Productivity and automation AI tools.

See Claude skills for productivity and automation.

Code generation and autocompleteWeb research and answers

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