Claude
Anthropic's assistant, available as a web app, desktop app and mobile app, and the surface most people mean when they say "Claude".
Last verified August 21, 2026 · 2 sources
Claude is the assistant itself: a conversational interface available in a browser at claude.ai, as a desktop app for macOS and Windows, and as mobile apps for iOS and Android. Everything else in this reference either runs on top of it, extends it, or is a different product that happens to share the name.
What it does
The free tier already includes considerably more than “chat”: web search, memory, file creation, code execution, desktop extensions, connectors, extended thinking, and integrations with Slack and Google Workspace.
Paid plans add usage headroom and unlock the separate products — Claude Code, Claude Cowork, Claude Design and Claude Science — plus unlimited Projects, Research, model choice and the Microsoft 365 integration.
What it is not
- It is not Claude Code. Claude Code is a separate agentic coding product with its own surfaces and its own documentation site. See the comparison.
- It is not the API. The Claude apps and the Developer Platform are billed separately, have separate limits and are not interchangeable — an app subscription does not grant API credits.
- It is not one uniform feature set. Web, desktop and mobile do not all support the same things at the same time. Cowork, for instance, is desktop-first with web and mobile in beta.
Surfaces
| Surface | Notes |
|---|---|
| Web | claude.ai. The broadest feature coverage. |
| Desktop | macOS and Windows. Required for some products, including Cowork’s primary experience. |
| Mobile | iOS and Android. Also the mobile entry point for Claude Code on the web. |
Availability
Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise. See plans and limits for what each unlocks, and the availability matrix for a feature-by-feature view.
Plan availability
Anything left blank is not documented publicly, not a claim that it is unavailable. Compare every feature at once in the availability matrix.
- FreeIncluded
- ProIncluded
- MaxIncluded
- TeamIncluded
- EnterpriseIncluded
- APINot available
Inside Claude
Claude desktop app
GAThe macOS and Windows desktop client — and the primary or only surface for several products that the web app does not carry.
Products
Claude mobile apps
GAThe iOS and Android apps — an assistant in their own right, and the place you check on work that Claude Code or Cowork is doing elsewhere.
Products
Projects
GAA persistent workspace in the Claude apps that keeps files, instructions and conversation history together for a single body of work.
Products
Research
GAA mode in the Claude apps where Claude runs many searches in parallel, decides what to investigate next, and returns a cited report rather than an answer.
Products
Artifacts
GAStandalone, shareable outputs Claude renders beside the conversation — documents, code, and self-contained web pages you can publish and update.
Products
Comparisons
Sources
- 01Claude product overviewOfficialclaude.com
- 02Claude pricingOfficialclaude.com
Page changelog
- VerifiedChecked against the product navigation and pricing page.