What is Claude?

A conversational AI assistant developed by Anthropic. Handles a wide range of tasks including comprehending and generating long-form content, writing and reviewing code, and analyzing documents. Designed with safety (Constitutional AI) and honest responses as core principles. The latest Claude 4 model achieves top-tier benchmark performance in coding, mathematics, and reasoning. Available at claude.ai, via API, and through the Claude app.

Business problems it solves

About "Claude"

How to Use

Ask a question or seek advice
- Enter what you want to know, ideas to brainstorm, writing requests, and more in natural language.
- Example: "Briefly explain the difference between AI and humans."
- Example: "Create an outline for a project proposal."
Upload and process complex documents
- Upload long documents (up to 200,000 tokens) and ask for summaries or key-point extraction.
- Example: "Summarize this report in 300 characters or fewer."
Make use of programming assistance
- Request code generation, revision suggestions, debugging, test-code creation, and more.
- Example: "Rewrite this Python code to be more efficient."
Analyze the contents of images and files
- Extract text within images, describe contents, interpret charts, and more.
- Example: "Describe what's in this image."
Boost efficiency with Google Workspace integration (Pro plan and above)
- Pull in information from Gmail, Calendar, and Docs to automate summarizing and organizing.
- Example: "Summarize this week's calendar."
- Example: "Create an action list from this document."
Refine accuracy with follow-up instructions
- Even when an answer isn't quite right, you can add instructions like "more detail, please" or "just summarize the key points."
- By going back and forth, you can refine the answer to better suit your preferences.

Features

Natural conversation and text generation

Generates natural, human-like text and provides appropriate answers to questions.
Long-document summarization and analysis

Processes long text of up to 200,000 tokens (about 150,000 characters), enabling summarization and analysis.
Programming assistance

Supports development work, including code generation, debugging, and running tests.
Multimodal support

Can generate and edit not only text but also composite content such as images and charts.
Google Workspace integration

Integrates with Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, and more to summarize and extract information.
Advanced research features

Combines multiple web searches to gather information and provides answers with citations.
Voice mode (coming soon)

A feature enabling voice-based conversation is in development, with a release planned.

Pricing

	Free	Pro	Max
Overview	Basic plan available for free	Plan for boosting day-to-day work productivity	Higher-tier plan offering 5-20x the usage of Pro
Price	$0/month	$20/month ($17/month with an annual contract)	From $100/month (varies with usage)
Highlights	- Chat available on the Web, iOS, and Android apps

Code generation and data visualization
Text and image analysis support | - Includes everything in the Free plan- Increased usage
Access to the "Projects" feature for organizing chats and documents
Multiple Claude models available
Extended thinking time for complex work | - Includes everything in the Pro plan
Greatly expanded Claude usage (5x-20x)
Raised output limits for all tasks
Access to the "Research" feature (in beta in the US, Japan, and Brazil)
Priority access during high-traffic periods
Early access to advanced Claude features |