Claude vs ChatGPT
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Claude
Anthropic's assistant and models for writing, analysis and agentic cod...
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ChatGPT
OpenAI's assistant, now on GPT-6, with Work agents and Codex built in
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| RECATOOLS Score | 9 / 10 | 9.2 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Free plan: chat on web, desktop and mobile, web search, file creation and code execution, memory, connectors, Artifacts, up to 5 projects, usage limits apply | Unlimited text chats with GPT-6 Luna (abuse guardrails apply); limited uploads, images, voice, deep research, Codex and Work |
| Paid from | $20/month (Pro, or $17/month on annual billing) | SGD 11/month (Go, Singapore price); Plus $20/month; Pro from $100/month |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | Tens of millions of users globally | ~900M weekly active users (1B+ monthly active app users as of mid-2026) |
| Founded | 2023 | 2022 |
| Maker | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Verdict | Claude covers the full range from a free chat app to Anthropic's API, and the autumn 2026 releases reset the lineup: Opus 5.5 is Anthropic's recommended default, Fable 5.1 handles the longest agentic jobs, and Haiku 5.5... |
ChatGPT remains the default general-purpose assistant: GPT-6 since October 2026, Intelligent UI answers, voice, images, deep research, and ChatGPT Work and Codex for longer agent jobs, all in one app. The free plan now o... |
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