Claude
Chatbot / Assistant
Free tier + usage-based API pricing.
Claude is at its best when you have long, squishy input: product specs, contracts, research dumps, transcripts, or multi-step reasoning. If ChatGPT feels great for quick ask-and-get tasks, Claude often feels like a patient collaborator for slow, deep work.
Pros
- Handles very long documents without falling apart halfway through
- Conservative tone and explicit about uncertainty
- Strong at restructuring messy input into plans, outlines, and checklists
- Works well for research synthesis, meeting notes, and policy drafts
Cons
- Less playful by default; prompts sometimes need to be more explicit
- Can feel slower on huge-context tasks
- Still capable of hallucinations if pushed outside its lane