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Claude

Anthropic's AI assistant, strong at writing, analysis and coding.

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Our verdict

A thoughtful assistant for writing, research and coding, with projects to keep context and long-document handling.

Good

Excellent writing and reasoning
Handles long documents
Projects keep context

Not so good

Free plan has usage limits

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