{"schema_version":"1.2","slug":"claude-vs-gpt","url":"https://www.launchpadhq.io/models/compare/claude-vs-gpt","data_url":"https://www.launchpadhq.io/data/v1/models/compare/claude-vs-gpt.json","title":"Claude vs GPT models","description":"Flagship and budget Claude and GPT versions, from official Anthropic and OpenAI docs. Consumer plans are not the same as API list prices.","last_verified_at":{"claude":"2026-10-14","gpt":"2026-10-24"},"rows":[{"label":"Flagship (API default / hardest work)","claude":{"id":"claude-opus-5-5","name":"Claude Opus 5.5","api_id":"claude-opus-5-5","release_date":"2026-09-22","release_date_verified":true,"status":"current","role":"flagship","context_window":{"tokens":1000000,"verified":true,"note":"API. claude.ai consumer plans list a 200k context window."},"max_output":{"tokens":128000,"verified":true,"note":"Synchronous Messages API. Batch API can go to 300k with a beta header."},"api_price_input":{"usd_per_million":4,"price_text":"$4 / 1M","verified":true,"note":null},"api_price_output":{"usd_per_million":20,"price_text":"$20 / 1M","verified":true,"note":null},"consumer_access":{"summary":"Paid Claude plans (Pro and Max). Official consumer guide: Free includes Haiku and Sonnet; Pro and Max add Opus and Fable.","verified":true},"strengths":["Anthropic’s current default pick for long coding and knowledge-work jobs on the API.","1 million token API context window — enough for a large project in one go.","Vision plus tools: it can read images and call tools, not just chat."],"best_for":"Hard, multi-step work you would pay extra for: long coding sessions, research write-ups, and jobs that run for a while.","caveats":["On claude.ai the listed consumer context window is 200k tokens, not the 1M API window.","Uses more of a paid plan’s usage limit than Sonnet or Haiku.","Adaptive thinking cannot be turned off on this model."],"sources":[{"label":"Opus 5.5 overview","url":"https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/opus-5-5/overview"},{"label":"Pricing","url":"https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing"},{"label":"Consumer model guide","url":"https://claude.com/resources/tutorials/choosing-the-right-claude-model"}]},"gpt":{"id":"gpt-6-astra","name":"GPT-6 Astra","api_id":"gpt-6-astra","release_date":null,"release_date_verified":false,"status":"current","role":"flagship","context_window":{"tokens":1050000,"verified":true,"note":null},"max_output":{"tokens":128000,"verified":true,"note":null},"api_price_input":{"usd_per_million":10,"price_text":"$10 / 1M","verified":true,"note":"Standard, short-context. 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Not on Free or Go.","verified":true},"strengths":["OpenAI’s current flagship for hard reasoning, coding, and computer-use jobs.","1.05 million token context window and 128k max output on the API.","Built-in tools on the Responses API (search, files, computer use, and more)."],"best_for":"Paid ChatGPT users and API developers with the hardest work — research, long coding, and multi-step computer use.","caveats":["Plus does not include GPT-6 Pro in regular Chat — only Work and Codex.","Long prompts (over 272k input tokens) cost more per token."],"sources":[{"label":"GPT-6 Astra model page","url":"https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-6-astra"},{"label":"GPT-6 in ChatGPT","url":"https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001354-gpt-6-and-other-models-in-chatgpt"}]}},{"label":"Budget (cheap, fast, high volume)","claude":{"id":"claude-haiku-5-5","name":"Claude Haiku 5.5","api_id":"claude-haiku-5-5","release_date":null,"release_date_verified":false,"status":"current","role":"budget","context_window":{"tokens":1000000,"verified":true,"note":"API. claude.ai consumer plans list a 200k context window."},"max_output":{"tokens":128000,"verified":true,"note":null},"api_price_input":{"usd_per_million":0.1,"price_text":"$0.1 / 1M","verified":true,"note":"Prompts up to 100k tokens. Prompts over 100k are $0.50 / $2.50 per 1M input/output."},"api_price_output":{"usd_per_million":0.5,"price_text":"$0.5 / 1M","verified":true,"note":"Prompts up to 100k tokens. Prompts over 100k are $0.50 / $2.50 per 1M input/output."},"consumer_access":{"summary":"Free and paid Claude plans. Official consumer guide lists Haiku on Free, Pro, and Max.","verified":true},"strengths":["Fastest in Anthropic’s current lineup.","Same 1M API context window as the larger models."],"best_for":"Quick answers, sorting, extraction, and anything you run hundreds of times.","caveats":["API price jumps when the prompt is over 100,000 tokens.","Not the model Anthropic recommends for hard, long-running work."],"sources":[{"label":"Haiku 5.5 overview","url":"https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/haiku-5-5/overview"},{"label":"Pricing","url":"https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing"},{"label":"Consumer model guide","url":"https://claude.com/resources/tutorials/choosing-the-right-claude-model"}]},"gpt":{"id":"gpt-6-luna","name":"GPT-6 Luna","api_id":"gpt-6-luna","release_date":null,"release_date_verified":false,"status":"current","role":"budget","context_window":{"tokens":1050000,"verified":true,"note":null},"max_output":{"tokens":128000,"verified":true,"note":null},"api_price_input":{"usd_per_million":0.1,"price_text":"$0.1 / 1M","verified":true,"note":"Standard, short-context. 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Free/Go ChatGPT model names in the main Chat picker are a separate list (unverified here beyond the GPT-6 help article).","verified":true},"strengths":["Same 1.05M context window as Astra.","OpenAI’s pick for focused, high-volume tasks."],"best_for":"Lots of short, cheap jobs — classification, drafts, and bulk API calls.","caveats":["Not in regular ChatGPT conversations, per OpenAI’s Work and Codex help article.","OpenAI positions it below Sol and Astra for hard work."],"sources":[{"label":"GPT-6 Luna model page","url":"https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-6-luna"},{"label":"Work and Codex","url":"https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001275-chatgpt-work-and-codex"}]}}],"families":[{"slug":"claude","name":"Claude","url":"https://www.launchpadhq.io/models/claude","data_url":"https://www.launchpadhq.io/data/v1/models/claude.json"},{"slug":"gpt","name":"GPT (ChatGPT / OpenAI)","url":"https://www.launchpadhq.io/models/gpt","data_url":"https://www.launchpadhq.io/data/v1/models/gpt.json"}],"tools":[{"slug":"claude","name":"Claude","url":"https://www.launchpadhq.io/platform/claude","data_url":"https://www.launchpadhq.io/data/v1/tools/claude.json","category":{"slug":"text-conversational-ai","name":"Text & Conversational AI"},"cost_tier":"FREEMIUM","lifecycle":"active","free_tier":{"available":true,"summary":"Chat on web, desktop and mobile; search the web, create files and run code; memory across conversations; connect apps and tools; Artifacts; Claude Design, Slides and Docs; up to 5 Projects."},"starting_price":"Free, from $17/month","lowest_paid":{"name":"Pro","price_text":"$17/month","amount":17,"currency":"USD","period":"month","limits":"With annual subscription ($200 billed up front); $20 if billed monthly","is_free":false},"data_as_of":"2026-10-26"},{"slug":"anthropic-api","name":"Anthropic API","url":"https://www.launchpadhq.io/platform/anthropic-api","data_url":"https://www.launchpadhq.io/data/v1/tools/anthropic-api.json","category":{"slug":"ai-apis-developer-services","name":"AI APIs & Developer Services"},"cost_tier":"FREEMIUM","lifecycle":"active","free_tier":{"available":false,"summary":"No ongoing free API tier: you pay per token used. 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Any sentence that typed a price by hand is removed; prices_removed counts them.","generated_at":"2026-10-27T01:18:43.319Z","sponsored":false,"attribution":"Data from Launchpad HQ (https://www.launchpadhq.io). Please credit Launchpad HQ and link to the tool's Launchpad HQ page."}