Claude

What is Claude?

Claude, developed by Anthropic, is a high-performance, secure, and reliable AI assistant. With safety, accuracy, and controllability as its core focus, it provides a complete AI workflow, from everyday chat to professional programming. The product covers web, mobile, and desktop platforms, with core features including Artifacts visualization and creation, Cowork local file collaboration, Research in-depth analysis, and cross-conversation memory. The platform uses a three-tier model architecture: Claude Opus 4.7 , Claude Sonnet 4.6 , and Claude Haiku 4.5. A free version allows users to experience its basic capabilities. Claude possesses multimodal characteristics, can process image and audio content, and its design adheres to the philosophy of “constitutional AI,” emphasizing ethical standards and security. It is one of ChatGPT’s most formidable competitors.

Claude’s main functions

• Artifacts Visual Creation : Generate and iterate websites, graphics, documents, and code directly within chat, with real-time preview and editing support.
• Cowork desktop collaboration : connects local files with cloud applications, autonomously organizes folders, builds tables and generates reports, and allows users to approve each step.
• Claude Code Programming Agent : Performs codebase analysis, cross-file refactoring, bug fixing, and test runs via terminal or IDE integration.
• Research : Performs multi-step web searches and information integration on complex topics, outputting research reports with cited sources.
• Cross-conversation memory : Automatically saves key information and user preferences to maintain contextual coherence and personalized responses in subsequent conversations.
• Extended thinking modes : Enables deep thinking chains for complex mathematical, logical, and reasoning tasks, improving the accuracy of solving challenging problems.
• Connectors integrates with MCP : Extend workflow automation by connecting to Slack, Google Workspace, and any third-party tools via the remote MCP protocol.
• Desktop extension : Supports Excel, Chrome, Word, and PowerPoint plugins, allowing direct access to Claude capabilities within commonly used office software.

How to use Claude

• Web-based chat : Visit the Claude website https://claude.ai/, select the Free/Pro/Max plan, and start a chat by entering your question or uploading a file directly in your browser.
• Mobile App : Download the Claude App , which supports voice input, app connection, and mobile task initiation.
• Office Plugin Integration : Install the Claude extension in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, or Chrome to directly access AI-assisted writing and data analysis within documents and web pages.
• API and Enterprise Deployment : Integrate Claude into your own systems via the Anthropic API or AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, and Microsoft Foundry.

Claude’s core advantages

• A safe and controllable industry benchmark : The Constitutional AI training framework enables Claude to excel in the identification and rejection of harmful content, making it suitable for enterprise scenarios with strict compliance requirements.
• Agentic offers a complete workflow : from Claude Code (programming) to Cowork (office work) and desktop extensions, forming a full-scenario autonomous agent matrix covering development and daily office work.
• Artifacts Real-Time Creation : Generate interactive, editable websites, charts, and documents directly within the conversation flow, iterating on visualizations without switching tools.
• Research In-Depth Investigation : Performs multiple rounds of search and information integration on complex topics, outputting structured research reports with source annotations, suitable for academic and business research.
• Seamless cross-platform integration : Natively supports Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Chrome, Slack, and Google Workspace, allowing direct access to AI capabilities within commonly used tools.

Comparison of Claude’s similar products

Claude’s product pricing

• Free Plan : $0, supports web, iOS, Android and desktop chat, can generate code and visualize data, write and edit, analyze text and images, search online, create files and execute code, supports desktop extension, Slack and Google Workspace connection, remote MCP Connectors and extended thinking modes.
• Pro Plan : $17/month (200 upfront annually) or $20/month, geared towards daily productivity, adding more usage on top of the Free plan, Claude Code terminal programming, Claude Cowork desktop collaboration, unlimited projects, Claude for PowerPoint (beta), Research for in-depth research, more Claude model options, and Claude for Excel (beta).
• Max 5x plan : $100/month/person, suitable for users who frequently use Claude to handle multiple tasks. Each session uses 5 times the amount of Pro, including all Pro features and higher output limits, early access to advanced features, and priority access during peak hours.
• Max 20x plan : $200/month/person, suitable for users who work closely with Claude on most tasks every day. It offers 20 times the usage per session of the Pro plan, and includes all Pro features, higher output limits, early access to advanced features, and priority access during peak hours.
• Team Standard Seat : $20/seat/month (annual payment), $25 per month, for teams of 5–150 people, includes chat, projects, Claude Code, Connectors, centralized admin console and unified billing management.
• Team Premium Seats : $100/seat/month (annual payment), $125 per month. This offers more usage quota on top of Standard seats. Teams can mix and match Standard and Premium seats as needed.

Claude’s application scenarios

• Content creation: Claude helps bloggers, self-media creators, or businesses quickly generate article drafts, headline ideas, social media copy, stories, poems, and more.
• Intelligent Customer Service : Claude’s ability to provide long context and coherent dialogue is ideal for building intelligent customer service systems. It can handle multi-turn conversations with users, answer questions, and provide personalized suggestions while avoiding inappropriate content.
• Educational aids : Claude can serve as a learning assistant, helping students answer questions, generate study notes, provide writing guidance, or tutor English speaking skills.
• Code assistance : Claude helps developers write simple scripts, comment out code, or debug problems.