Claude by Anthropic

A family of foundational AI models

5.0•768 reviews•

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A family of foundational AI models

5.0•768 reviews•

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We're an AI research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Our first product is Claude, an AI assistant for tasks at any scale.

Claude by Anthropic Reviews

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Reviewers mostly praise Claude for strong reasoning, long-context memory, and unusually clear, human-sounding writing, especially for coding, analysis, and complex multi-step work. Users say it keeps thread better than ChatGPT or Gemini, pushes back when needed, and often produces cleaner code with fewer hallucinations. Founders at products like Fathom, Chronicle, and UXPin say it improves workflows, storytelling, and production-ready UI work. The main complaints are message or session limits, some context loss across surfaces, and clunky app details.

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AI assistant (89)

code generation (62)

contextual understanding (43)

reasoning capabilities (41)

data analysis (23)

creative writing (22)

nuanced responses (19)

fast performance (15)

ethical AI (13)

natural language understanding (11)

Cons

message limits (15)

typography issues (8)

contextual understanding (2)

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•1 review

What's great

code generation (62)contextual understanding (43)creative writing (22)reasoning capabilities (41)

Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the backbone of our entire platform, Humans.Team. Over 85 development sessions, Claude Code (powered by Sonnet) built 90% of our Next.js application — from Supabase database architecture and Row Level Security policies to AI journal integration, real-time notifications, PWA offline support, and a bilingual FR/EN system across 30+ pages.

What sets Sonnet 4.6 apart is its ability to hold deep context across long sessions. It remembers architectural decisions from hours ago, understands our codebase patterns, and writes production-ready TypeScript that rarely needs fixing. The reasoning is exceptional — it debugs complex issues by tracing through multiple files and connections.

We also use Claude Desktop daily for content strategy, press releases, blog articles, and bilingual copywriting. The nuance in both French and English is remarkable.

What needs improvement

Context window limits can be frustrating during very long sessions — the conversation gets compressed and some earlier decisions are lost. Also, occasional over-eagerness to add unnecessary abstractions or comments when a simple fix is all that is needed. But these are minor compared to the massive value it delivers daily.

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We evaluated ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, and Gemini. Claude won on three fronts: superior code quality with fewer hallucinations, exceptional long-context understanding (critical for our 85+ session codebase), and genuinely better bilingual output in French and English. The Claude Code CLI is a game-changer — it reads files, edits code, runs commands, and thinks through problems autonomously. Nothing else comes close for building a full-stack application from vision to production.

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What's great

fast performance (15)AI assistant (89)user-friendly interface (11)fast development (1)code generation (62)ethical AI (13)contextual understanding (43)creative writing (22)reasoning capabilities (41)

This is my personal response. I left a platform where I was top 10% global user and top 1% messages sent globally. My experience with Claude over the last two months has far much exceeded what was capable on other platforms.

I love the no nonsense UI experience.

The experience has been so great, I have literally forgot about the other one in daily use. Especially for coding.

Claude has helped me deliver the type of service and products I dreamed of doing 12 years ago.

I actually look forward to coming and building with Claude.

It understands it is assistant quite well.

What needs improvement

message limits (15)

Now, I have to say this part frustrated me the most. For creative minds, to see that pop up in the middle of a prompt is just next level frustrating. So much it took my focus momentarily to search it up. That was the one time I remember recently thinking about “I was never treated this way on paid subscription on the other one. Was I?” So yeah. Need to do something about that. I know I’m not the only one thinking that because there are conversations out there specifically about this.

That’s the only thing for me right now.

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ChatGPT by OpenAI

Because it catches the vision for the type of builds I am committed to: clean, minimalist, and elegant.

Prompt output is spot on most time.

Code is clean and doesn’t have to constantly be cleaned up.

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What's great

AI assistant (89)user-friendly interface (11)context aware (9)natural language understanding (11)data analysis (23)contextual understanding (43)creative writing (22)nuanced responses (19)reasoning capabilities (41)

Claude has fast become an irreplaceable sidekick (or mastermind, but what do I know?) to both my personal life and startup.

I particularly enjoy its ability to understand and recall context from different chats, making it a lot easier to continue your thought process without stopping to remind it on background information.

Claude replies also come with nuance and warmth, making it feel a lot more natural without being overly pleasing.

What needs improvement

message limits (15)

Pricing

While it has a lot of merits, I'd like Claude to be more transparent about what it thinks I need regarding subscription plan. Instead of a trial-and-error process, it would be helpful for Claude to estimate what is required and suggest which level of subscription I should get on. Having used Claude for a few months now, I believe there is enough data for Claude to make suggestions.

I'd happily accept the risk that Claude over-estimates my credit needs, rather than having to guess – only to hit a wall when you're in the flow.

Onboarding

There is a lot of discussion about how Claude works differently than ChatGPT and other platforms. For ease of migration, it's worth considering having some of those differences (and how a user should adapt) be part of the UI – instead of only living in the docs.

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ChatGPT by OpenAI

Perplexity for Mac

Claude has the best answers (except for research, where Perplexity is still better) that balances empathy and diversity of thoughts. It also remembers previous contexts, and overall makes it easy to create dedicated spaces for each projects.

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What's great

AI assistant (89)context aware (9)natural language understanding (11)data analysis (23)contextual understanding (43)reliable outputs (7)

Claude holds context like a thinking partner, not just a text generator. As a 2-person founding team I use it across everything (content, growth, strategy, UX copy, HTML...) and it keeps up across all of it in one conversation.

What needs improvement

cross-surface context sharing (1)

The browser extension doesn't share context with the main Claude interface. So you constantly have to re-explain things you've already worked through. A unified context across surfaces would make a big difference.

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ChatGPT by OpenAI Gemini

Gemini

I've tried ChatGPT and Gemini, but Claude is the one I keep coming back to. The tone is less generic, it pushes back when something doesn't make sense, and it handles long, multi-topic conversations without losing the thread. For founder work that jumps between strategy and execution, that consistency matters.

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What's great

AI assistant (89)contextual understanding (43)reasoning capabilities (41)

Claude is super smart, easy to work with, and great at staying on track even with complicated questions. It writes really well and feels thoughtful compared to some other chatbots. Sometimes it’s a bit overly careful, but that also means I can trust its responses more. Definitely one of the best AI assistants out there.

What needs improvement

contextual understanding (2)

It also doesn’t always know the latest information, and its answers can occasionally feel wordy or generalized.

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ChatGPT by OpenAI Gemini

Gemini

I picked Claude because it feels thoughtful, clear, and helpful in its responses. It handles complex tasks well without being overwhelming, and its emphasis on safety and reliability makes it easy to trust for everyday use.

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What's great

fast performance (15)AI assistant (89)user-friendly interface (11)context aware (9)reliable (6)natural language understanding (11)code generation (62)data analysis (23)long context windows (8)ethical AI (13)contextual understanding (43)creative writing (22)nuanced responses (19)reasoning capabilities (41)reliable outputs (7)

I use Claude (on the web and mobile) and Claude Code every day, with great results. While I still use Gemini and (rarely) ChatGPT in parallel, Claude is my go-to now. It seamlessly goes back and forth between regular chat and deep research, is really good at web search, and returns nuanced, logical results, including telling me when I'm wrong. And Claude Code with Opus 4.5 (and now 4.6) handles everything I throw at it.

What needs improvement

Very little, TBH. The models themselves improve frequently, and the tooling improves rapidly. Especially Claude Code gets major new features on a weekly basis.

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I used ChatGPT for years, Gemini for at least 1 year, and other tools. Claude has emerged as my go-to solution.

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What's great

contextual understanding (43)creative writing (22)

I am a marketer and content writer myself, and Claude has become the one LLM that's actually worth paying money for. I find that it's better for long, more complex texts and copy, rather than for short marketingey stuff. It understands context really well, and once you invest some more time into writing an elaborate prompt – the output is usually great. Still needs some tweaking, but saves me loads of time. ChatGPT doesn't even come close.
The biggest advantage over other LLMs, in my opinion, is that the output really does sound human, and (if you do a good enough prompt with some examples) it doesn't use the classic generic phrases like "In today's world" and "Here's the thing".

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ChatGPT by OpenAI

More human, less generic text. More reliable.

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What's great

I have been using ChatGPT as my primary LLM for the last 2 years. I had heard of Claude during that time, of course, but never really explore it. Finally, I became tired of ChatGPT's tech-bro style of writing and its sycophancy. So I tried Claude and woah, what a difference! It's quite something to interact with an LLM that sounds a feels more human, and yet retains (of perhaps exceeds) the technical capabilities. Also Cowork and Claude Code are at another level. Recommending to everyone I know who use other LLMs to switch to Claude now.

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Token limits

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Claude is simply more capable, more philosophical and deep thinking, and overall feels more like speaking to a very capable, intelligent, yet also considerate, employee.

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What's great

context aware (9)code generation (62)contextual understanding (43)creative writing (22)nuanced responses (19)reasoning capabilities (41)

The one AI tool I use daily. Great for code, solid for writing, and it remembers what we're working on.

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•2 reviews

What's great

fast performance (15)AI assistant (89)code generation (62)creative writing (22)

Claude is modern day best version of AI .

What needs improvement

message limits (15)

The message lmits are too few for a free user , maybe make it to 15 per person to enable everyone to be content with the AI

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Because it helped me when studying my notes for exams. It compiled my notes very well

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used Claude by Anthropic to build Konfide

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data analysis (23)ethical AI (13)contextual understanding (43)reasoning capabilities (41)

I built a full AI agent marketplace in 7 days. Claude was my CPO.

Every product decision, every UX pattern, every Lovable prompt, every edge case, every bug diagnosis, every pitch deck slide, every UAT script, every payment flow, every earnings model, every copy line on the platform went through Claude first.

Claude did not just answer questions. It pushed back when I was wrong. It told me when my assumptions were off. It researched best practices before recommending anything. It helped me think through trust, transparency, and framing for an AI platform that puts human accountability at the center.

I would describe what I wanted. Claude would translate that into a production-grade Lovable prompt, a Supabase migration, an Edge Function spec, or a one-page investor pitch. Sometimes all four in the same conversation.

What surprised me most was not the technical capability. It was the judgment. Claude consistently asked the right question before building the wrong thing. That is what a great CPO does.

Konfide is a solo-founder company. But with Claude as CPO and Lovable as CTO, it does not feel like one. It launches on Product Hunt on April 10. None of it would exist without this stack.

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I built a full AI agent marketplace in 7 days. Claude was my CPO.

What surprised me most was not the technical capability. It was the judgment. Claude consistently asked the right question before building the wrong thing. That is what a great CPO does.

Konfide is a solo-founder company. But with Claude as CPO and Lovable as CTO, it does not feel like one. It launches on Product Hunt on April 10. None of it would exist without this stack.

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used Claude by Anthropic to build GraphBit

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PRFlow uses the Claude API for selected AI-driven review tasks that benefit from strong reasoning and long-context understanding, such as complex diffs and multi-file PR analysis.

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used Claude by Anthropic to build RNDA

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Claude's reasoning quality and ability to maintain context across complex technical problems was unmatched. Building RNDA required patent-safe code generation, mathematical proofs, and domain-specific ML implementations across 31 data types — Claude handled all of it while respecting constraints about what not to reveal publicly. The safety-first philosophy also aligned with RNDA's core mission of eliminating data liability.

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