Claude
by Anthropic
Conversational AI, coding, analysis, long-document processing
Pricing
Free (Sonnet 4.6); Pro $20/mo; Max $100-200/mo
Difficulty
advanced
Time to Start
5 min
Privacy
high
Free Tier
Sonnet 4.6 chat; file uploads; web search; Projects; limited daily messages
Limits: ~20-30 msgs/day free (varies by demand); 200K context free vs 1M on Max; no Claude Code on free
When to upgrade: Daily message limits; needing Opus 4.6 for complex tasks; Claude Code; 1M context; MCP integrations
Use Cases
Long document analysis; agentic coding (Claude Code); complex writing; research; safety-sensitive tasks
Technical Details
Ideal For
Supported Content
Output Formats
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