Claude
Free TierEditor's PickAnthropic's safe and capable AI assistant
Based on 8,930 reviews • Last updated February 10, 2026
What is Claude?
Claude is an AI assistant built by Anthropic, designed to be helpful, harmless, and honest. Claude excels at long-form content, nuanced analysis, coding, and following complex instructions. With Claude 4.5 Sonnet and Opus models, it delivers state-of-the-art performance on reasoning and creative tasks.
Best for:
Developers, writers, and researchers who need deep analytical capabilities
Pros & Cons
✓ Pros
- ✓Best-in-class for long documents
- ✓Excellent reasoning and nuance
- ✓200K token context window
- ✓Strong safety guardrails
- ✓Great at following complex instructions
✕ Cons
- ✕Smaller ecosystem than ChatGPT
- ✕No image generation
- ✕No voice mode yet
- ✕Rate limits on free tier
Key Features
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Frequently Asked Questions
What makes Claude different from ChatGPT?
Claude excels at long-form analysis with its 200K context window, follows complex instructions more accurately, and is designed with stronger safety principles. It's particularly strong for coding and document analysis.
What is Claude's context window?
Claude supports up to 200,000 tokens (about 150,000 words), making it ideal for analyzing long documents, codebases, and research papers.
Can Claude write code?
Yes, Claude is excellent at coding. It can write, debug, and explain code in multiple languages. Claude Code CLI is a dedicated tool for developers.
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