Claude
#1 for AI assistants and #1 of all 1,000. Made by Anthropic.
Writes with care, and doesn't train on your team's chats.
Claude is Anthropic's AI assistant. Anthropic calls it “the AI assistant for work.”
Claude is the AI assistant for work.
claude.com, checked Oct 17, 2026.
See what Claude costs for just you or your whole team, whether it trains on your chats, and how it compares with ChatGPT and Gemini. Every answer links to Anthropic's own words.
It's our top pick of the 7 AI assistants this week, and it has the highest score of all 1,000.
Anthropic does not use the data you share when using our commercial products to train our models, unless you choose to participate in our Development Partner Program.
privacy.claude.com, checked Oct 15, 2026.
On Team, it doesn't train on your chats unless you join Anthropic's Development Partner Program.
See what it costs.
Claude has a plan for just you and one for your team. Tell us how many people are on your team, and we'll add up what Team costs.
Just you · Claude Pro
$17a month on the yearly plan, or $200 a year, paid up front.
Or $20 a month if you pay month to month ($240 a year).
Pro For everyday work $17 Per month with annual subscription discount ($200 billed up front). $20 if billed monthly.
claude.com, checked Oct 15, 2026.
Trains on your chats unless you opt out.
Model training More information | Opt-out | Opt-out | Opt-out | Opt-out
claude.com, checked Oct 15, 2026.
Your team · Claude Team
Team stops at 150 people.
$200a month for 10 people, or $2,400 a year.
$20 a person a month, billed yearly.
$20 per member per month, billed annually
support.claude.com, checked Oct 15, 2026.
If you pay month to month, it's $25 a person. That's $250 a month, or $3,000 a year, for 10 people.
Team plans require a minimum of two members. Pricing varies by seat type and billing interval: Standard seats - $25 per member per month, billed monthly - $20 per member per month, billed annually
support.claude.com, checked Oct 15, 2026.
For 2 to 150 people.
Team plans require a minimum of two members. Pricing varies by seat type and billing interval: Standard seats - $25 per member per month, billed monthly - $20 per member per month, billed annually
support.claude.com, checked Oct 15, 2026.
Team plans support up to 150 seats.
support.claude.com, checked Oct 15, 2026.
Doesn't train on your team's chats by default.
Anthropic does not use the data you share when using our commercial products to train our models, unless you choose to participate in our Development Partner Program.
privacy.claude.com, checked Oct 15, 2026.
Build with the API.
If you build your own tools on Claude, such as a support bot, an internal tool, or an automation, you pay for what you use, not for a seat.
You pay by the token, a small piece of a word. A million tokens is roughly 750,000 words.
| Model | What it's for | Per million tokens in | Per million tokens out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haiku 5.5 | Fastest, most cost-efficient model Prices are for prompts up to 100K tokens. | $0.10 per million tokens in, | $0.50 per million out |
Anthropic lists Haiku 5.5 at “$0.10/ MTok” for input and “$0.50/ MTok” for output, under “Prompts ≤ 100K tokens”. claude.com, checked Oct 17, 2026. | |||
| Sonnet 5.5 | High-performance model for coding and agents | $2 per million tokens in, | $10 per million out |
Anthropic lists Sonnet 5.5 at “$2/ MTok” for input and “$10/ MTok” for output. claude.com, checked Oct 17, 2026. | |||
| Opus 5.5 | Daily driver for agentic coding and enterprise work | $4 per million tokens in, | $20 per million out |
Anthropic lists Opus 5.5 at “$4/ MTok” for input and “$20/ MTok” for output. claude.com, checked Oct 17, 2026. | |||
Prices from Anthropic's pricing page, claude.com, checked Oct 17, 2026.
Batch processing costs half.
Save 50% with batch processing.
claude.com, checked Oct 17, 2026.
Anthropic doesn't train on what you send through the API unless you join its Development Partner Program.
Anthropic does not use the data you share when using our commercial products to train our models, unless you choose to participate in our Development Partner Program.
privacy.claude.com, checked Oct 15, 2026.
See what a few jobs cost.
These are our own estimates, worked out from Anthropic's prices. Your real cost depends on how long your prompts and answers are. Try a small test first.
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Answer 1,000 short support questions a day.
About $180 a month on Sonnet 5.5, or about $9 on Haiku 5.5.
We assumed about 1,500 tokens in and 300 out for each answer, over 30 days.
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Summarize 500 long documents a month.
About $25 a month on Sonnet 5.5, or about $1 on Haiku 5.5.
We assumed about 20,000 tokens in and 1,000 out for each document. With batch processing, a job like this can cost half as much.
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Draft 100 blog posts a month.
About $2 a month on Sonnet 5.5, and under $1 on Haiku 5.5.
We assumed about 2,000 tokens in and 2,000 out for each post.
Check what happens to your data.
On Team, Anthropic doesn't train on your chats. Every answer comes with Anthropic's own words and a link, so you can check it yourself.
Will it train on your chats?
No, not by default on Team.
Anthropic doesn't train on Team or Enterprise chats unless you join its Development Partner Program.
Anthropic does not use the data you share when using our commercial products to train our models, unless you choose to participate in our Development Partner Program.
privacy.claude.com, checked Oct 15, 2026.
How long does it keep your chats?
Until you delete them. After that, they're gone from its systems within 30 days.
If you want to set your own time limit, you need Enterprise. Team doesn't have it.
You control your conversations and can delete your chats anytime from your dashboard. When you delete a conversation it’s: Removed from your chat history immediately; Deleted from our back-end storage systems within 30 days
privacy.claude.com, checked Oct 15, 2026.
Which security audits has it passed?
SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and ISO 42001.
Anthropic also lists SOC 2 Type I and a HIPAA-ready setup, with a BAA if you need one.
HIPAA-ready configuration (BAA available) - ISO 27001:2022 (Information Security Management) - ISO/IEC 42001:2023 (AI Management Systems) - SOC 2 Type I & Type II
privacy.claude.com, checked Oct 15, 2026.
Can your team use single sign-on?
Yes, on Team.
Team comes with single sign-on and domain capture.
Single-Sign-On (SSO) and Domain Capture: Enhance authentication security and user experience.
support.claude.com, checked Oct 15, 2026.
Where is your data stored?
We don't know yet.
We count it as a no in the score until we find the answer on Anthropic's own pages.
We haven't found Anthropic's answer yet. We look again every week.
Can you take your data with you?
Yes, you can export your team's chats.
On Team, your company controls what your people put into Claude, and can export it, chat history included.
The customer may access and export data (such as conversation history) submitted by its Users.
privacy.claude.com, checked Oct 15, 2026.
What if you cancel?
You can cancel any time and keep Claude until the end of the period you've paid for.
To avoid the next charge, cancel at least a day before your renewal date.
You can cancel anytime, and your plan stays active until the end of your current billing period. To avoid the next charge, cancel at least 24 hours before your renewal date.
claude.com, checked Oct 15, 2026.
See how it scores.
8.5out of 10
Five things make up the score. Anything a company won't tell us counts as a no.
Learn how we check- Value25% of the score7.6 out of 10
It's $20 a seat, the same as ChatGPT Business and nearly three times Gemini's Business Starter at $7.
- Data safety25% of the score9.1 out of 10
It doesn't train on Team chats by default, and it holds SOC 2 and two ISO certificates. It loses points because we haven't found where it stores your data.
- Does it work25% of the score9.0 out of 10
This score is a sample until we publish our hands-on tests.
- Momentum15% of the score8.0 out of 10
It's held #1 for AI assistants three weeks running.
- Track record10% of the score8.5 out of 10
Its price and data answers haven't changed in any of our October checks.
Follow its rank.
Claude moved up to #1 in September and has stayed there since. We check every fact again each week.
Week by week
- SameHeld #1October 12 to 18
- SameHeld #1October 5 to 11
- SameHeld #1September 28 to October 4
- 1Up to #1September 21 to 27, passing ChatGPT
What we checked
- Oct 15Checked the price. No change.support.claude.com
- Oct 15Checked the training policy. No change.privacy.claude.com
- Oct 15Checked the certificates. No change.privacy.claude.com
- Oct 8Checked the price. No change.support.claude.com
- Oct 8Checked how long it keeps chats. No change.privacy.claude.com
- Oct 1Checked the price. No change.support.claude.com
We're still looking for where Claude stores Team data.
See the other assistants.
Compare what each one costs for 10 people, and what it does with your chats.
Compare Claude and ChatGPTPrices are for 10 people on each tool's team plan. Tap a mark to see the company's own words.
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ChatGPTBusiness (Standard seat)
$200 a month$2,400 a year$20 a seat a month, billed yearly
No training on your business data by default
openai.com, checked Oct 15, 2026.
No, not by default on Business.
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Gemini for WorkspaceBusiness Starter
$70 a month$840 a year$7 a seat a month, billed yearly
No. User prompts are considered customer data under the Cloud Data Processing Addendum. Workspace does not use customer data for training models without customer's prior permission or instruction.
support.google.com, checked Oct 15, 2026.
No, not without your permission.
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Microsoft 365 CopilotMicrosoft 365 Copilot Business
$210 a month$2,520 a year$21 a seat a month, billed yearly
Prompts, responses, and data accessed through Microsoft Graph aren't used to train foundation LLMs, including those used by Microsoft Copilot.
learn.microsoft.com, checked Oct 15, 2026.
No.
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117
GrokBusiness
$300 a month$3,600 a year$30 a seat a month
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256
Le ChatTeam
Plans from $24.99 a monthFrom $300 a year
Vibe: users are not opted out by default and can opt out at any time in their settings. Vibe (Teams): Administrators can disable data training usage for the entire organization.
docs.mistral.ai, checked Oct 15, 2026.
Yes by default, unless an admin switches it off (Enterprise is off by default).
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352
PoeLowest subscription tier (name not stated)
Plans from $4.99 a monthFrom $60 a year
Developers that create bots and apps on Poe using APIs may view and store your chats on their servers to train their models.
poe.com, checked Oct 15, 2026.
Possibly; chats are shared with outside AI companies and bot developers, some of whom may train on them.
Spot a mistake?
Send us the fix and a link to where it's written, and we'll look at it in next week's checks. If you work at Anthropic, you'll see any change to this entry 7 days before it goes live, and you can send fixes the same way.