Claude

Anthropic's AI assistant for writing, research, analysis, and turning tasks into finished files.

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Pricing

There is a free plan. Pro starts at $20 a month, or $17 a month if you pay yearly.

Overview

Claude is Anthropic’s chat app at claude.ai. Tell Claude what you need and it helps you write, think something through, or read a long document.

This page is the chat product. Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and Claude for Work are listed separately.

Key features

  • Ask a question or describe what you want written
  • Can read long documents and summarize them
  • Can help with code in the chat window
  • Projects and artifacts on paid plans for work you come back to

Use cases

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Last updated 2026-08-29