The essentials

What is it?

Claude is an AI assistant from Anthropic for conversation, analysis, research, and coding, available via web, apps, desktop, and API.

Mainly suited for

AI assistants & chatbots · Write text · Code

Can also

Vision · Data analysis · Agents

Who is it for?

Beginners · Practitioners · Developers · Companies · Decision-makers

Does it cost anything?

Freemium · Free to try checked on 14 June 2026

Anything to note?

−In consumer plans, content is used for model training by default unless users actively opt out.
−Full use requires paid plans; the free plan has lower usage limits.
−As with generative AI models, factually incorrect outputs are possible and should be verified.

What is Claude?

Claude is an AI assistant from the US company Anthropic. It holds natural-language conversations and helps with tasks such as writing, research, data analysis, image understanding, and coding. Claude offers integrated web search, file and document analysis, and features for agentic work and integrations (for example with Google Workspace, Slack, and Microsoft 365). The product is available as a web interface (Claude.ai), as an app for iOS and Android, as a desktop app for macOS and Windows, as a Chrome extension, and through a developer API.

Best for

Versatile AI assistant for research, writing, data analysis, and coding.

Strengths

+Broad feature range in one assistant: conversation, reasoning, coding, file and data analysis, image understanding, and web search.
+Available across many platforms (web, iOS, Android, desktop for macOS and Windows, Chrome extension, API).
+Documented compliance credentials (SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 42001) plus HIPAA-ready configuration and contractual options for businesses.
+Opt-out for model training in consumer plans plus separate contractual terms for commercial use.

Privacy & data

Anthropic may use content from its consumer plans (Free, Pro, Max) to train its AI models by default, with an opt-out available in account settings; commercial offerings (API, Team, Enterprise) are governed by separate customer agreements.

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Learn more about Claude

▸ Technical details

Capabilities

ChatReasoningCode generationWeb searchVisionData analysisSummarizationAgentsKnowledge grounding (RAG)

Use cases

ResearchSoftware developmentContent creationDecision supportEducationMarketing content

Platforms

webiosandroidmacoswindowsapibrowser-extension

Sources