Claude (Anthropic)

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Claude is Anthropic's AI assistant, known for safety and long context. Industry-leading coding ability, free tier includes Sonnet 4.6 with 200K context. Major free tier expansion in early 2026: Projects, Artifacts, Memory, and App Connectors all free. Claude Code is a terminal-based coding agent with cross-session memory and project context.

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🎁 Free Tier

Daily Limit: Limited messages/day

Model	Context	Limit	Notes
Claude Sonnet 4.6	`200k`	`Rate limited`	Available to free users, excellent at coding; May 2026 status signals show the Sonnet 4.6 generation is active

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