Claude pricing
Yes. Claude has a free plan, and its cheapest paid plan is $20/mo.
Claude's entry plan is the 3rd cheapest of the 4 chat & assistants tools we price, by the least a year costs on each; Gemini is lowest at $59.88 a year (listed monthly price times 12). Figures last confirmed 19 Aug 2026.
Plans
- Free plan
- Chat on web, iOS, Android, and desktop, plus code generation, content creation, web search, memory, file creation, and connector integration, with a limited session-based message allowance
- Entry paid plan
- Claude Pro, $20/mo billed monthly, or $17/mo billed annually ($200/yr)
- Bills in
- Flat recurring subscription (monthly or annual), not usage-based; optional extra usage credits can be purchased beyond included caps
- Cost per year
- $200 a year billed annually ($240 a year billed monthly) on the entry plan
Claude against the cheapest chat & assistants tools
Entry plans only, ranked by the least a year costs on each: the annual-billed price where the vendor offers one, otherwise the monthly price times 12. The last column compares like with like: annual billing with annual billing when both tools offer it, otherwise the monthly price times 12 for both. Per-user and flat prices are not subtracted from each other.
| Tool | Free plan | Entry | Per year | A year vs Claude |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 GeminisecondaryTry | Yes | $4.99/mo | $59.88listed monthly price times 12 | $180.12 lessboth at the monthly price times 12 |
 GroksecondaryTry | Yes | $10/mo | $120listed monthly price times 12 | $120 lessboth at the monthly price times 12 |
 Claude | Yes | $20/mo | $200billed annually | this tool |
 ChatGPTsecondaryTry | Yes | $20/mo | $240listed monthly price times 12 | sameboth at the monthly price times 12 |
Is Claude free?
Yes. Claude has a free plan, and its cheapest paid plan is $20/mo. The free plan: Chat on web, iOS, Android, and desktop, plus code generation, content creation, web search, memory, file creation, and connector integration, with a limited session-based message allowance.
How much does Claude cost?
Claude's cheapest paid plan is $20/mo, which comes to $200 a year billed annually ($240 a year billed monthly). Plan detail: Claude Pro, $20/mo billed monthly, or $17/mo billed annually ($200/yr).
Verified · source: claude.com, support.claude.com
$17/mo if billed annually ($200/yr up front), $20/mo billed monthly. Corrected 2026-08-19: facts.entryPaid previously said $25/mo, which is Anthropic's separate per-seat Team plan, not the individual Pro plan this row describes.
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