ChatGPT
AI Assistants & Chatbots
Free Plan Available
OpenAI's conversational assistant for answering questions, drafting text and working through problems.
Best for: General AI help: writing, analysis, images, coding and agent-style tasks
Claude
AI Assistants & Chatbots
Personally UsedFree Plan Available
Anthropic's AI assistant for writing, analysis and coding, with Claude Code for software work.
Last reviewed 11/1/2026
Overview
Claude is Anthropic's AI assistant, available on web, desktop and mobile. It helps with writing, research, analysis and coding, and can create files, Artifacts, slides and docs. Plans run from a free tier through individual Pro, Max and Ultra plans to Team and Enterprise for organizations, and there is a separate developer API.
Best For
Writing, research, coding and document work with long-form reasoning
Key Features
- Web search, file creation and code execution
- Artifacts, plus Claude Design, Slides and Docs
- Projects and memory
- Claude Code for software development (Pro and above)
- Research and Claude in Chrome (Pro and above)
- Connectors to apps and tools
Pricing
$17/month billed annually or $20 monthly (Pro) Official pricing
Free plan: Available
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Free plan includes web search, Artifacts and file creation
- One usage allowance covers web, desktop, mobile and Claude Code
- Tiered individual plans for heavier use
Cons
- Free plan has limited usage and a cap on projects
- Claude Code and research require a paid plan
- Usage limits vary by model and conversation length
My Experience
Abbas uses Claude and Claude Code with connectors to work across his build tools.
Alternatives
Gemini
AI Assistants & Chatbots
Free Plan Available
Google's AI assistant, connected to Google's apps and services.
Best for: AI assistance built into Google apps such as Gmail, Docs and Chrome
Related learning
- Read Abbas's full toolkit story
- Compare the underlying models on the AI Intelligence Dashboard and AI model tracker.
