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Anthropic's AI assistant with a 1M-token context window, extended reasoning, and agentic coding capabilities across consumer and enterprise subscription tiers.
Claude Sonnet 4.5 only.
Dynamic limits; approximately 20 searches/day; Sonnet 4.5 only; resets on 5-hour rolling window.
Coding
9.0Claude Code is a terminal-based agentic coding agent included in Pro ($20/month) that achieves top SWE-bench scores; Opus 4.6 at $5/$25 per MTok via API is the preferred model for complex multi-file refactoring and codebase understanding tasks.
Content Creation
8.5Opus 4.6 produces the strongest long-form prose quality among frontier models according to user benchmarks; Projects provide persistent document organization for ongoing content workflows.
Research
8.01M-token context window at standard pricing enables full research paper, codebase, or multi-document analysis in a single context; Research feature (Pro) conducts structured web-grounded research reports.
Data Analysis
7.8Python code execution in a sandboxed environment enables data analysis; the 1M-token context allows loading entire datasets or codebases for analysis without chunking.
Claude is an AI assistant developed by Anthropic, offering models across three capability tiers — Haiku 4.5, Sonnet 4.6, and Opus 4.6 — accessible via claude.ai and the Anthropic API. Individual plans include Free (Sonnet 4.5 with daily limits), Pro ($20/month, 5x usage, full model access), and Max ($100–$200/month, 5–20x Pro usage). Team plans serve 5–150 users with Standard ($25/seat/month) and Premium ($125/seat/month, includes Claude Code) seats. Enterprise adds a 500K-token context window, HIPAA readiness, SCIM, and compliance APIs. Claude's primary differentiators are its 1M-token context window at standard pricing, Constitutional AI safety architecture, and Claude Code terminal-based agentic coding. Claude does not natively generate images or video.
Pricing
| Plan | Model | Usage Limits | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeFREE | Claude Sonnet 4.5 only. | Dynamic limits; approximately 20 searches/day; Sonnet 4.5 only; resets on 5-hour rolling window. | Free |
| Pro | Claude Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.6, Haiku 4.5 — full model access. | ~45 messages per 5-hour window (varies by message complexity); full model access (Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.6, Haiku 4.5); Claude Code; Projects; 5x Free usage. | $20/mo |
| Max 5x/20x | Full model access with priority; Opus 4.6 as primary model. | — | — |
| Team Standard | Full model access; 200K context. | 1.25x Pro usage per seat; 200K context; SSO; admin controls; min 5 seats. | $25/seat/mo annual |
| Team Premium | Full model access plus Claude Code and Cowork; 200K context. | Claude Code included; 5x Pro usage; 200K context; Cowork access. | $125/seat/mo annual |
| Enterprise | Full model access; 500K context window; configurable model routing. | 500K context window; HIPAA readiness; SCIM; compliance API; custom data retention. | — |
Claude Sonnet 4.5 only.
Dynamic limits; approximately 20 searches/day; Sonnet 4.5 only; resets on 5-hour rolling window.
Claude Code is included in Pro ($20/month), providing terminal-based agentic coding that is competitive with Cursor's Pro tier at the same price; the Opus 4.6 API at $5/$25 per MTok (67% cheaper than previous-generation Opus) makes it cost-viable for production coding applications.
Team Premium ($125/seat/month) includes Claude Code and Cowork; Enterprise adds 500K context, HIPAA readiness, SCIM, compliance API, and custom data retention — the strongest enterprise compliance feature set among consumer AI assistants.
The 1M-token context window at standard Opus 4.6 pricing ($5 input/$25 output per MTok) enables entire research corpora to be loaded into a single context; the Research feature on Pro generates structured web-grounded reports with citations.
Opus 4.6 produces the highest prose quality among frontier models for long-form writing; Projects on Pro ($20/month) provide persistent document organization for ongoing content workflows without session resets.
Consider These Instead
Choose ChatGPT Plus if you need image generation (DALL-E), video generation (Sora), or voice mode alongside your AI assistant — Claude does not provide these capabilities natively. Choose Perplexity AI if your primary workflow is real-time web research with source citations on every response rather than long-form reasoning and document analysis.