Claude

Claude is Anthropic's conversational AI platform, available at claude.com on web, iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows. The Claude family currently includes Opus 4.7 (the most intelligent model, best for complex reasoning and agentic coding), Sonnet 4.6 (the optimal balance of intelligence, cost, and speed), and Haiku 4.5 (fastest and most cost-efficient). Beyond chat, Claude includes a suite of agentic features: Research (multi-step autonomous web investigation), Projects (persistent context and document workspaces), Memory (cross-session recall), Skills (organization-deployable custom capabilities), MCP Connectors (integrate any external data source or tool), and Artifacts (live code execution and file creation). Anthropic ships parallel sub-products inside the same plan: Claude Code (terminal-based agentic coding), Claude Cowork (knowledge-work desktop app), Claude for Excel/PowerPoint/Word (Office integrations, beta), and Claude for Chrome and Slack. Pricing tiers: Free ($0, basic chat + web search + code/data analysis), Pro ($17/mo annual or $20/mo monthly -- includes Claude Code, Cowork, Excel/PowerPoint, unlimited projects, Research, more usage), Max (from $100/mo -- 5x or 20x Pro usage with priority access), Team ($20/seat annual for 5-150 users -- includes SSO, central admin, enterprise search), and Enterprise (custom -- adds SCIM, audit logs, Compliance API, HIPAA-ready, custom retention, network access controls, IP allowlisting). API pricing is separate and per-token. Security: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, no training on customer content by default for Team and Enterprise. Best fit: knowledge workers using AI for research, writing, analysis, and coding; teams that need extensible agentic capabilities through MCP; organizations requiring enterprise-grade governance with HIPAA-readiness. Not appropriate for users needing image or video generation (Anthropic doesn't ship those), real-time voice agents, or guaranteed sub-second latency for conversational use cases. Not affiliated.