Tier lists / Chat & research assistants / Claude
Assistant known for writing, coding and long documents, with projects, artifacts and research.
Use it when…
You want strong writing, analysis and coding help.
Skip it if…
You need built-in image generation.
Score breakdown
Initial editorial estimate from public info; not yet hands-on tested. How we score →
Details
- Pricing
- Free plan; Pro $20/mo monthly or $17/mo billed annually; Max from $100/mo✓ Verified on the official pricing page, Oct 18, 2026
- Free tier
- Yes
- Starting paid price
- $20/mo ($17/mo billed annually)
- Platforms
- web · Mac · Win · iOS · Android
- Open source
- No
- Official URL
- https://claude.ai
- URL verified
- Oct 18, 2026 (headless Chrome render (curl got bot-protection 403))
- Last reviewed
- Oct 18, 2026 by agent
- Sources
Changelog
- Oct 18, 2026: Initial listing; score 88 (S) as editorial estimate.
- Oct 18, 2026: Pricing verified against official pricing page.
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