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Claude

AI-first

AI Chat & Assistants

Anthropic's conversational AI assistant with a free web tier and paid Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans across web, iOS, Android, and desktop apps.

  • #4 in AI Chat & Assistants
  • #5 of 120 overall
  • 58 pages cover it
  • 48.9 ZPlatform Score

ABOUT CLAUDE

Claude is Anthropic's flagship consumer assistant, aimed at users who want a model tuned for careful reasoning, long-context work, and safety-conscious defaults. The Pro plan lifts message limits and unlocks Claude Max usage for research- and coding-heavy workflows.

OVERVIEW

Who is it for?
Writers, developers, researchers, and teams that need careful reasoning, long-context document work, and safety-conscious defaults.
Problem
Users need an assistant that handles long documents, careful reasoning, and coding tasks with predictable safety behaviour across chat, terminal, and third-party tools.
Solution
Conversational assistant with a 200K token context, extended thinking, Claude Code for terminal coding, web search, memory, artifacts, projects, remote MCP connectors, and research mode across web, iOS, Android, and desktop apps.
What makes it unique
Claude Code terminal coding agent, native Model Context Protocol connectors for external tools, extended thinking mode, and enterprise controls including SSO, SCIM, audit logs, and a HIPAA-ready offering.

KEY FEATURES

  • Chat on web, iOS, Android, and desktop
  • Claude Code for terminal-based coding
  • Web search inside chats
  • Memory across conversations
  • File creation with code execution
  • Remote MCP connectors for external tools
  • Extended thinking mode
  • 200K token context window
  • Artifacts and Projects
  • Research mode with multi-source synthesis

PRICING PLANS

Every published plan tier. Editorial reasoning about which one to buy lives on our reviews and best-of pages, not here.

Free

Free

Chat on web, iOS, Android, and desktop with web search, memory, file creation, MCP connectors, and extended thinking.

Seats: 1

Pro

$20.00/mo

Everything in Free plus higher usage, Claude Code, unlimited projects, and Research.

Seats: 1

Max

$100/mo

Everything in Pro with 5x or 20x more usage, higher output limits, and priority access at high traffic.

Seats: 1

Team

$20.00/mo

Per-seat plan for teams of 2 to 150 with central billing and admin controls.

Enterprise

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SSO, SCIM, audit logs, role-based access, HIPAA-ready offering, and custom data retention controls.

COMPANY

Founded
2021
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Founders
Dario Amodei, Daniela Amodei, Jared Kaplan, Jack Clark, Chris Olah, Ben Mann, Sam McCandlish, Tom Brown
Employees
1001-5000
Funding
$30B+ across Series A to G
Publicly traded
No

Why Claude ranks where it does

Position is earned from coverage across zPlatform, not from a launch date. Every figure below links to the page it came from.

#4 in AI Chat & Assistants of 11 tools #5 overall of 120 tracked
Hands-on tested verification tier ranks up to 100
48.9/100 ZPlatform Score
  • Editorial coverage 33.9/60
  • Verification freshness 15/15
  • Community votes 0/25

Covered across 58 zPlatform pages

  • 1 dedicated page
  • 2 best-of rankings
  • 1 featured section
  • 10 listed as an alternatives
  • 44 passing mentions

Repeat coverage of the same kind counts less each time, so a tool cannot climb by being name-dropped. The full list of pages is below.

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Featured in

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Listed as an alternative in

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Mentioned in

Passing mentions in guides and other posts.

Mentioned across 39 additional ZPlatform resources.

Sources

  1. Claude pricing - Pricing page · checked Jul 13, 2026 · may be stale for this field (61 days)

This profile answers what is Claude?. For is it good? see any ZPlatform review. For which tool should I choose? see the relevant best-of ranking.